Senators are racing to finish work on a border deal as aid to Ukraine hangs in the balance

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate negotiators were laboring Monday to win wide support for a as they entered what could be a pivotal stretch for a painstakingly negotiated compromise that could open the door for Republican votes to replenish U.S. wartime aid for Ukraine.

A has worked in private for nearly two months over changes to U.S. border and immigration policy and hoped to unveil the legislation later this week.

But the bipartisan group is treading on one of the most explosive issues in American politics, and the legislation faces


Udinese bans for life one of the fans who racially abused Milan goalkeeper Mike Maignan

MILAN (AP) — Serie A club Udinese has identified a fan who racially abused AC Milan goalkeeper Mike Maignan and banned him for life as it vowed to do the same for the other “evil people” amid calls for tougher sanctions from authorities following another weekend when Italian soccer games were overshadowed by fan misbehavior.

Maignan, who is Black, during Saturday’s Serie A match at Udinese after being subjected to what he later said were monkey noises. The 28-year-old goalkeeper was joined by his teammates


Provinces concerned about expanding assisted-dying for mental disorders: Holland

OTTAWA — Health Minister Mark Holland says some of his provincial counterparts have concerns about whether Canada is ready to extend medical assistance in dying to people with severe mental illnesses.

Holland shared the feedback at a Liberal cabinet retreat just weeks before the federal government must decide if it will go ahead or delay implementation a second time.

Medical assistance in dying has been legal in Canada since 2016, but those whose sole underlying condition is a mental disorder are not currently eligible.

Parliament approved plans to lift that restriction, but


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 (20,924.30, up 17.78 points):

Royal Bank of Canada. (TSX:RY). Finance. Down 40 cents, or 0.30 per cent, to $133.41 on 14.9 million shares.

Enbridge Inc. (TSX:ENB). Energy. Down six cents, or 0.1


Watch: Wild turkey disrupts traffic in Scarborough

This turkey is poultry in motion.

Toronto police notified the public that a wild turkey was spotted in Scarborough on Monday as the bird made its way onto a local road.

Officers first received calls of a turkey sighting at 4 p.m. in the Warden Avenue and Cloverleaf Gate area.

On Monday afternoon, a police spokesperson tweeted that Toronto Wildlife was notified about the wild bird’s presence on the roadway.

Police urged motorists to use caution while driving in the area.

The turkey eventually made its way onto the


What to know about abortion rulings, bills and campaigns as the US marks Roe anniversary

Since the U.S. Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade ruling on Jan. 22, 1973, the time around the anniversary has always been marked by rallies, protests and political pledges.

This time, after the 2022 ruling that overturned the nationwide right to abortion that Roe provided, there’s a flurry of activity as state policy gets decided by courts, lawmakers and voters.

It’s also giving Democrats, including President Joe , a around abortion access.

Abortion


Lawsuit alleges HIV-positive inmate died after being denied medication at Northern California jail

PLACERVILLE, Calif. (AP) — A lawsuit filed by the family of a man who died after being held in a Northern California jail alleges he contracted a preventable viral infection there when its medical staff denied him critical HIV medication for two months.

When Nicholas Overfield was arrested in Feb. 2022 for a failure to appear in court, he informed officers that he was HIV-positive and required antiretroviral medication to keep the virus in check, according to the court filing.

His mother, Lesley Overfield,


Former gang leader charged with killing Tupac Shakur gets new lawyer, remains jailed on $750K bail

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A former Los Angeles-area gang leader jailed in Las Vegas in the 1996 has hired a private attorney to represent him ahead of his murder trial scheduled this summer.

Duane “Keffe D” Davis dismissed court-appointed lawyers and hired veteran criminal defense attorney Carl Arnold, according to a court filing posted Thursday.

Robert Arroyo, one of Davis’ former lawyers from the Clark County special public defender’s office, said Monday that he and co-counsel Charles Cano wished


Forcillo tells coroner’s inquest having a stun gun would have ‘changed everything’

A former Toronto police officer who shot a teen on an empty streetcar told a coroner’s inquest today that having a stun gun would have “changed everything.”

James Forcillo is testifying at the inquest into the death of 18-year-old Sammy Yatim, who he shot during a confrontation in July 2013.

Asked what could have helped him make better decisions that night, Forcillo said having a stun gun would have made “a world of difference,” but only frontline supervisors had access to


US, British militaries team up again to bomb sites in Yemen used by Iran-backed Houthis

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. and British militaries bombed multiple targets in eight locations used by in Yemen on Monday night, the second time the two allies have conducted coordinated retaliatory strikes on an array of the rebels’ missile-launching capabilities.

According to officials, the U.S. and U.K. used warship- and submarine-launched Tomahawk missiles and fighter jets to take out Houthi missile storage sites, drones and launchers. The officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss a