Bill to ban smoking in Atlantic City casinos moves forward on 4th try in New Jersey Legislature
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — A measure that would prohibit smoking in Atlantic City’s casinos moved forward Monday after three years of going nowhere, heartening casino workers who say they are literally sick and tired of having smoke blown in their faces at work.
The New Jersey Senate health committee approved a long-delayed bill to impose a smoking ban in Atlantic City’s nine casinos.
It was the first step in a long chain of necessary approvals, and it came as the movement by many casino
Suspects sought in failed attempt to blast open ATM with explosives
Toronto police are trying to identify several suspects who attempted to blast open an ATM using explosives on Sunday morning.
Investigators say at around 4:45 a.m., a grey SUV drove up to a financial institution in the St. Clair Avenue East and O’Connor Drive area, and two suspects attached an explosive device to the side of an outdoor ATM.
The suspects then waited around the corner as a driver parked the SUV nearby.
Around 10 minutes later, the device went off. But the

MUST-WATCH: Soaring through the skies
We’ve got some high-flying action entering the MUST-WATCH this week! But could this fighter pilot series soar to the top spot, or could it go to a miniseries about an infamous drug lord? Perhaps a documentary about one of Canada’s greatest contributions to media? You’ll have to keep reading to find out!
Where to watch: Apple TV+
First up this week, let’s enjoy some intense action in the sky!
is a new miniseries starring (from Elvis) and

Most actively traded companies on the Toronto Stock Exchange
TORONTO — Some of the most active companies traded Monday on the Toronto Stock Exchange:
Toronto Stock Exchange (21,200.06, up 74.78 points):
Royal Bank of Canada. (TSX:RY). Finance. Down 28 cents, or 0.21 per cent, to $132.71 on 9.1 million shares.
Capstone Copper Corp. (TSX:CS). Mining. Down 31 cents, or 4.
Minnesota trooper accused of fatally shooting motorist Ricky Cobb II makes first court appearance
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Minnesota state trooper accused in the fatal shooting of motorist can remain free without bail while awaiting trial, a judge ruled Monday during a brief court hearing.
must surrender his passport and avoid contact with witnesses and Cobb’s relatives, the judge ruled. The hearing was the first since Londregan was charged Wednesday with second-degree unintentional murder, first-degree assault and second-degree manslaughter in the death of Cobb, a 33-year-old Black man.
“It’s
North Carolina joins an effort to improve outcomes for freed prisoners
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina has joined a nascent nationwide effort to improve outcomes for more prisoners who return to society through an approach focused on education, health care and housing.
Gov. Roy Cooper, a Democrat, signed an Monday that seeks to reduce recidivism through formal training and workforce tools for incarcerated people so more can succeed once they are freed.
More than 18,000 people are released annually from the dozens of North Carolina adult correctional facilities, the order says,
Haiti cracks down on heavily armed environmental agents after clashes with police
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Haiti’s government on Monday announced a crackdown on a state environmental department whose heavily armed agents have grown more powerful in recent months and were blamed for violent clashes with police last week.
The government ordered all workers with the National Agency for Protected Areas to report themselves to the nearest office of the Ministry of the Environment so they can be registered.
Authorities also announced that no armed environmental agents are allowed to circulate within towns or cities, without exceptions, “in order to
Liberals say Canada not ready to expand assisted dying eligibility
Health Minister Mark Holland says the country is not ready to expand eligibility for assisted death to people whose only medical condition is a mental illness.
He says the Liberal government agrees that more time is needed and agrees with the conclusion of a joint parliamentary committee report released today.
The committee’s final report, tabled just moments before Holland and Justice Minister Arif Virani appeared on Parliament Hill, says fundamental issues around the expansion have not been resolved.
MPs and senators on the committee say it would be “reckless and dangerous”
Man gets 40 years to life for shooting bishop and assaulting the bride and groom at a wedding
NASHUA, N.H. (AP) — A man convicted of opening fire inside a New Hampshire church during a wedding, wounding a bishop and the bride, was sentenced Monday to 40 years to life in prison.
Dale Holloway, 41, “turned a marriage into mayhem,” prosecutor Seth Dobieski said at the sentencing hearing.
“The wounds of Mr. Holloway’s victims, they might fade with time. But the mental anguish and emotional pain he caused them is never going to go away
Climate activists in Germany to abandon gluing themselves to streets, employ new tactics
BERLIN (AP) — A group of climate activists who infuriated many in Germany by gluing themselves to streets to block traffic said Monday that it will abandon and move on to holding what it calls “disobedient assemblies.”
The Last Generation group in Berlin and other cities over the past two years, its best-known but far from its only tactic in a campaign of protests that also included spraying the capital’s with orange paint, among other things.
The group’s tactics were widely criticized, and described them