Canada will impose new duties of 15% to 50% on $20 billion in U.S. exports after the Trump administration enacted 50% tariffs on Canadian goods. The dispute has intensified with sharp exchanges between U.S. and Canadian leaders, including Trump’s suggestion that Lake Ontario be renamed Lake America.
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Two unvaccinated residents of Lancaster County have died of measles, Pennsylvania officials said, the state’s first measles deaths in 35 years. The deaths come as cases rise in Pennsylvania and nationally amid declining vaccination rates and rising school vaccine exemptions.
President Trump says the United States is considering renaming Lake Ontario “Lake America” as tariffs and retaliatory threats deepen a trade dispute with Canada. Canadian officials say they are preparing countermeasures after talks collapsed.
A Manhattan federal judge denied Ghislaine Maxwell’s latest bid to overturn her sex-trafficking conviction and 20-year sentence. The judge called her claims meritless, largely procedurally barred and based on speculation, distortions or falsehoods.
Authorities say multiple adults and children were killed after a family disturbance turned into a shooting and fire at a Billings, Montana, home. The gunman died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, and investigators have not released the victims’ names or ages.
A new study found that at least 25% of former NFL players who died from 2016 to 2021 had CTE. Researchers said the true prevalence is likely higher, while the NFL said it continues efforts to reduce concussions and head impacts.
About 3,000 people in South Sumatra prayed for rain as wildfires burned across forests and peatlands, producing hazardous haze. Authorities are using aircraft for cloud seeding and water bombing while police investigate suspected land-clearing fires.
South Carolina Republicans are choosing between Sen. Darline Graham and Rep. Ralph Norman in a runoff triggered by Sen. Lindsey Graham’s sudden death. The race has tested Donald Trump’s influence and sharpened questions over experience, loyalty and foreign policy.