MIAMI (AP) — The Justice Department is preparing to seek an indictment against former Cuban President Raúl Castro, three people familiar with the matter told The Associated Press on Friday, as President Donald Trump threatens possible military action against .

One of the people told the AP that the potential indictment is connected to Castro’s alleged role in the 1996 shootdown of four planes operated by the Miami-based exile group Brothers to the Rescue. Castro was defense minister at the time.

All three people spoke

TORONTO — Ontario’s ministry of health said it is now testing asymptomatic people with connections to a hantavirus-stricken cruise, a shift from government remarks made earlier this week, as health officials around the world grapple with the role of testing in the current effort to contain spread of the rodent-borne illness.

The province said the three “high-risk” travellers — two who were on the cruise and one who was on the same flight as a person who has since died of hantavirus — will stay in strict

The University of Toronto has decided to rescind the honorary degree awarded to singer Buffy Sainte-Marie seven years ago, following the ongoing controversy over her Indigenous heritage.

The university says it received a petition last year to revoke the honorary Doctor of Laws degree that was bestowed upon her in 2019, and that the Standing Committee on Recognition unanimously recommended it be rescinded. The school’s Governing Council , but did not provide any reasons.

The University of Toronto’s governing council lists only one other person whose

The Toronto Police Service Board (TPSB) has requested an independent inspection into retired homicide detective Hank Idsinga’s allegations of racism and antisemitism within the ranks at Toronto Police Service (TPS).

Idsinga’s new memoir, ‘The High Road: Confessions Of A Homicide Cop’ included disturbing recounts of “racism and dysfunction” within TPS during his storied career.

In a statement, TPS Board Chair Shelley Carroll said the Board has formally requested Ontario’s Inspectorate of Policing to consider an expedited inspection relating to the allegations

NEW YORK (AP) — Jurors deadlocked in ’s rape retrial Friday, forcing another mistrial in a #MeToo-era case that has gone to trial .

While the former has been convicted of other sex crimes on two U.S. coasts and remains behind bars, the mistrial leaves the New York rape charge in limbo. Weinstein appeared expressionless as court officers ushered him out in his wheelchair.

The majority-male Manhattan jury had been weighing whether Weinstein raped , a hairstylist and actor. Weinstein’s lawyers argued

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee man who goes by the moniker and is known for posting racist videos to social media was given a $1.25 million preliminary bond on and other charges on Friday.

Dalton Eatherly, 28, is accused of shooting another person in the middle of the day on Wednesday outside the Montgomery County Courthouse during an altercation.

An affidavit filed with the arrest warrant says that Eatherly and the other man “engaged in a verbal altercation” at about 1:19

OTTAWA — Virtual private network service NordVPN warned on Friday it could pull out of Canada over the federal government’s proposed lawful access bill.

NordVPN said in a social media post it is reviewing the bill and would consider leaving Canada if the bill requires it to compromise its privacy protections.

The company said if Bill C-22 passes “and if we are subjected to mandatory obligations, there isn’t a scenario in which we would compromise our no-logs architecture or encryption protections.”

“To prevent this

Toronto police have located the dog wanted in connection with the mauling death of a smaller dog in the city’s west end earlier this week.

Investigators issued a public safety alert just after 4 p.m. on Tuesday following reports of an assault involving a larger dog, described as an abandoned, brown pit bull mix, in the Weston Road and Lawrence Avenue West area

Police said the “unprovoked” attack resulted in a small dog being killed and the owner sustaining non-life threatening injuries.

On Wednesday, police

Peel Regional Police say they have arrested a man in connection with threats made to three schools in Brampton.

A secondary school received numerous threatening phone messages between May 10 and 12 and an investigation revealed that similar threats were made against another secondary school and elementary school in Brampton.

While all the threats were determined to be unfounded, police say they involved the same suspect.

Bryan Hulme, 31, from Scarborough was arrested and charged with uttering threats and three counts of public mischief.

He has been released and scheduled