This year’s Atlantic hurricane season expected to be below average, thanks to El Niño

Thanks to the workings of an as-yet-to-form El Niño, the Atlantic basin is expected to see a quieter-than-normal hurricane season.
'What just happened?' Jeff Probst spoils Survivor 50 finale result live on air

Oops. Jeff Probst definitely didn’t mean to say that. The longtime Survivor host has just become the latest personality to land in the live-TV blunder hall of fame, making a colossal mistake during Wednesday night’s Survivor 50 finale.
Lebanese bury victims of deadliest Israeli strike since ceasefire was announced

Mourners gathered in a southern Lebanese town on Thursday to bury victims from an Israeli airstrike earlier this week that killed 14 people, the deadliest single bombing raid on Lebanon since the announcement of a tenuous ceasefire last month.
Family of Brampton teen found dead in rural Saskatchewan devastated, searching for answers: advocate

The family of a Brampton, Ont. teen are devastated and looking for answers after he was found dead near a remote Saskatchewan community, a Toronto advocate says.
RCMP watchdog says Mounties mishandled sex assault case of murdered N.S. woman

Nearly 10 years after a Nova Scotia woman was murdered by her neighbour after she reported that he sexually assaulted and harassed her, the RCMP’s national watchdog says the Mounties failed both in the original case, and making improvements to sexual assault investigations across Canada.
Nixon goes to finance, LaGrange swaps health roles in Alberta cabinet shuffle

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith reassigned about one-quarter of her front bench in Calgary on Thursday, including several key ministers.
IRS settlement preventing Trump-related audits, controversial fund tough to challenge in court, experts say

Opponents of President Donald Trump's sweeping legal settlement with the U.S. Internal Revenue Service will face high hurdles in challenging its $1.776-billion US fund for victims of alleged political "weaponization" and its provision barring audits of his taxes, according to legal experts.
Queen Elizabeth pressed for Andrew to be U.K. trade envoy, documents reveal

Documents show Queen Elizabeth was "very keen" that Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, the former prince, be given the job of U.K. trade envoy, as the U.K. government on Thursday released the confidential papers related to his appointment in 2001, which later proved controversial due to his links to American sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
Israel begins deporting Gaza flotilla activists after outcry over their detention

Gaza flotilla activists who were detained by Israel and later pinned to the ground to the taunts of Israel's far-right police minister have been released from prison and were being deported to their countries of origin on Thursday.
N.B. woman gives birth on the side of the highway due to hospital service disruption

A couple is calling for change after they were diverted from their local hospital in Waterville to Fredericton, and their child was born on the side of the Trans-Canada Highway.