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Shooting at a Seattle food festival leaves 2 dead and wounds 5, fire official says

Citynews | July 26, 2026, 9:55 p.m. | Original

SEATTLE (AP) — A shooting killed two people and wounded five including a child on Sunday evening during a popular food festival near the Space Needle in Seattle, a city fire department spokesperson said.

Canadian TikTok star dies of MAID at 49 following Alzheimer’s diagnosis

Citynews | July 26, 2026, 7:39 p.m. | Original

A Canadian TikTok star who openly documented her struggle with Alzheimer’s disease through viral social media videos has ended her life at 49 using medical assistance in dying (MAID).

Rebecca Luna, of Victoria, B.C. died on July 25 at 1:15 p.m. surrounded by her loved ones, according to a post shared to the creator’s TikTok account over the weekend.

An update was also posted to an online fundraiser set up to cover Luna’s end-of

Oil prices ease after US and Iran pause their attacks

Citynews | July 26, 2026, 7:16 p.m. | Original

NEW YORK (AP) — Oil prices eased in early trading Sunday, falling further from a two-month high set last week, after the United States and Iran refrained from launching military strikes in the Persian Gulf for a second straight day.

2 women, 1 child injured in Scarborough crash involving TTC bus

Citynews | July 26, 2026, 3:37 p.m. | Original

Two women and a child were injured in a car crash in Scarborough on Sunday afternoon.

Toronto police say a collision between two vehicles and a TTC bus happened in the Oakridge neighbourhood, near Pharmacy Avenue and Teesdale Place just before 2:30 p.m.

Footage from the scene shows a black sedan flipped over on it’s roof and another vehicle with its airbags deployed.

Three people were brought to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

Road closures are in effect in the area and police are

Genevieve becomes a major Pacific hurricane off Mexico, but no direct threat to land is forecast

Citynews | July 26, 2026, 2:54 p.m. | Original

MIAMI (AP) — Genevieve has strengthened into a major hurricane in the Pacific Ocean and is expected to intensify well southwest of Mexico but stay far out to sea on a course roughly parallel to the coast.

Displaced from wildfires in Spain share their stories of uncertainty and narrow escapes

Citynews | July 26, 2026, 2:10 p.m. | Original

VILLAVICIOSA DE ODÓN, Spain (AP) — Elvira Menéndez knows how lucky she is that her house is not a charred ruin like so many others in Spain and France devastated by deadly wildfires.

Netanyahu accuses Mamdani of ‘fomenting hate’ and calls ICC war-crimes charges ‘bogus’

Citynews | July 26, 2026, 1:25 p.m. | Original

WASHINGTON (AP) — Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani is “fomenting hate” by calling the prime minister a war criminal who should be arrested over the war in Gaza if he visits the city for the United Nations General Assembly.

Peel police investigate after body found in downtown Brampton

Citynews | July 26, 2026, 1:15 p.m. | Original

Police are investigating the discovery of a body in downtown Brampton. Investigators say the body was located in the Queen Street East and Theatre Lane area, near Tracks Brew Pub, next to some railway tracks. No further details were immediately available, including the age and gender of the victim or the circumstances surrounding their death.

Young Quebec sailor, 17, aims to challenge gender stereotypes in sailing

Citynews | July 26, 2026, 12:56 p.m. | Original

MONTREAL — At 17, Jasmine Pernot is set to become the youngest skipper and one of only three women leading crews in Quebec's new offshore sailing race, hoping to show other young women they belong at the helm.

‘The Odyssey’ earns $87M in its second weekend, Christopher Nolan’s best second weekend yet

Citynews | July 26, 2026, 12:45 p.m. | Original

“The Odyssey” continued to exert a mighty hold on moviegoers in its second weekend in North American theaters, with $87 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday. That’s only a 30% drop from its first weekend, an incredibly modest slide for a blockbuster. It’s also filmmaker Christopher Nolan’s best second weekend ever, not accounting for inflation. In 2008, “The Dark Knight” earned $75.2 million in weekend two.

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