[Note language 3rd, 5th, 6th, 7th paragraphs] A video posted online last week showing a man in a Walmart checkout line being confronted by an unidentified angry woman for using SNAP benefits, also known as food stamps, has gone viral, Raw Story reports. The video, which was first noted by HotTopics, has amassed nearly 290,000 views since going online on April 24 ... “I put in 50 to 60 hour weeks ... “The government is ... Vote Republican....
U.S.Secretary of StateJohn Kerry’s latest threat against the government of Syrian PresidentBashar al-Assad to begin a political transition away from Assad by Aug. 1 or risk the consequences of a new U.S. approach toward ending the five-year-old civil war is filled with intrigue, The Associated Press reports.In the past, U.S ...Now, it’s just a question of what effect Kerry’s ultimatum might have ... presidential election season....
Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas DarlingAfter soundly winning last week’s Rhode Island presidential primary race, Sen. Bernie Sanders declared ... To be certain, Sen ... Rhode Island was actually founded by a dissenter banished from Massachusetts Bay Colony, later compromising with neighbors and allowing gender and cultural diversity ... Consequently, RI’s state flag shows a large anchor with one word underneath....
Both sides in the strike by nearly 40,000Verizon workers are digging in after nearly three weeks of a work stoppage as striking workers will start receiving payments this week from a $400-million war chest to fund lost wages and benefits and management will bring on more replacement workers, Fortune reported Tuesday. Representatives of the Communications Workers of America said they were prepared for a lengthy walk out....
(CNN)Ted Cruz will bow out of the Republican presidential race Tuesday following a crushing loss to Donald Trump in Indiana, according to a Cruz campaign source, clearing the path for the real estate mogul to clinch the GOP nomination. It was a remarkable turn of events in a presidential primary race that seemed destined -- just weeks ago -- to end in a contested convention this summer ... But those plans hinged on money and momentum ... ....
Former Toronto Star columnist and editorial page editor Haroon Siddiqui recently accused Sun Media and Postmedia of pandering to Islamophobia. Notwithstanding the fact that Sun Media and Postmedia give far more prominence to secular liberal Muslim columnists than the Star, it’s time to put Siddiqui’s role as an editor and columnist in ......
As tens of thousands flee a ferocious wildfire in Fort McMurray, some residents are openly wondering what will be left to come back to. More than 80,000 residents have been ordered to evacuate the oilsands city, the largest fire evacuation in Alberta's history, including the massive Slave Lake wildfires five years ago ... — With files from Emma McIntosh, The Canadian Press and Postmedia. MPotkins@postmedia.com ....
Police officers sifted through trash at a west-end recycling plant Tuesday following the discovery of what may be a human hand ...Toronto Police say the recycling plant in the Arrow Rd.-Deerhide Cr. area, near Finch Ave. W. and Hwy ... cdoucette@postmedia.com ....
The Delhi Metro by this year end will join the global elite club of top 10 urban metro rails which have a network of over 300 km, a senior Urban DevelopmentMinistry official today said ...DMRCManaging Director Mangu Singh said it has been awarded work in the metro networks for Mumbai and Vijaywada cities ... “Besides, building our own network in ......
Dr. Rod Kunynetz admitted Tuesday at a discipline hearing he twice breached an order last September that required a female monitor be present when he provided care to women. Four female patients brought allegations last year against the prominent Barrie dermatologist ...Within four weeks of that ruling, Kunynetz twice saw female patients without a monitor ... His actions were purely clinical, he asserted ... spazzano@postmedia.com ....
ViceMedia produce TV shows and web series for Walt Disney Co.’s ESPN, the most-watched sports network in the U.S., a deal that deepens the ties between the two companies. ESPN will air Vice’s “The Clubhouse,” in which athletes talk to viewers off the field, on both its TV network and on the web, and carry new episodes of “Vice World of Sports,” after they air on Vice’s cable network Viceland, according to a statement Tuesday ... ....
Doesn’t sound like Bruce Boudreau will be a sitting duck for long. The Senators have added the 61-year-old coach, fired by the Anaheim Ducks on Friday, to their list of candidates by officially getting permission to speak to Boudreau about their head coaching vacancy — as Postmedia reported first on Tuesday ...Louis assistant Brad Shaw ... Less than a week later, he was hired to take over the Ducks ... Email. bgarrioch@postmedia.com....
The billionaire co-founder of Tim Hortons and his former lover “were attempting to play tricks on one another” instead of settling a sexual assault claim with a $50,000 cheque, a judge has ruled. JusticePaul Perell dismissed the bid by Ron Joyce’s lawyers to toss out the sexual assault lawsuit ... The woman deposited the cheque but asserted it was just an advance of a future settlement ... spazzano@postmedia.com ....
A 68-year-old woman was killed and two other people suffered serious injuries when an SUV soared through the front window of a small dance studio in the BeachesTuesday morning. “It was just like a bomb coming through that window,” RandyNorton, who owns a nearby Pet Valu, said in the aftermath of the deadly crash. “The glass went everywhere.” ... E. and Spruce Hill Rd ... cdoucette@postmedia.com ....
Sling TV, DishNetwork's live TV streaming service, offers new customers a $50 Best Buy In-Store Credit — valid toward a new Sling TV-compatible device — for free when you sign up for three months of Sling TV service at $20 per month ... such channels as ESPN, ESPN2, TNT, TBS, FoodNetwork, HGTV, CartoonNetwork, and Disney Channel....
Apple sees a “huge market potential” for its products in India and the technology giant is “really putting energy” in the country which will begin rolling out high-speed wireless networks this year, CEOTim Cook said ... Two iPhone devices, not two iPhonesTwitter switches from social network to news on the App StoreReliance Lyf is fifth largest smartphone brand in India....
An American adult entertainment studio has snagged an Ontario man and others in a multimillion-dollar claim that a popular porn site pirated many of its videos ...AMA is a Las Vegas studio that produces adult videos which are distributed through its own websites, including Pornpros.com ... None of the allegations have been proven in court ... larger ... Messages left for Koomar were not returned ... tdavidson@postmedia.com ....