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People pay their respects at a memorial on the steps of the Town Hall following a vigil the previous day in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., Saturday, February 14, 2026. (Christinne Muschi/The Canadian Press via AP, file)
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Families of Canada school shooting victims sue OpenAI over shooter’s use of ChatGPT

The families of victims of a school shooting in a Canadian Rockies town are suing artificial intelligence company OpenAI in US federal court, seeking to hold the ChatGPT maker responsible for failing to alert police to the shooter’s alarming interactions with the chatbot. A lawsuit filed Wednesday on behalf of 12-year-old Maya Gebala, who was critically injured in the February shooting, is among the first of dozens of cases that families in Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia are planning with claims alleging wrongful death, negligence and product liability.

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Venezuelan acting President Delcy Rodriquez (left) meeting with Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley on Monday.
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Minister objects to brooch worn by Venezuela’s acting president

GEORGETOWN (CMC): A senior Guyanese government minister has criticised Venezuela’s acting president, Delcy Rodríguez, for wearing a brooch depicting her country’s map to include Guyana’s Essequibo…
Former FBI Director James Comey.
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Ex-FBI Director Comey indicted

WASHINGTON (AP): Former FBI Director James Comey was indicted yesterday in an investigation over a social media photo of seashells arranged on a beach that officials said constituted a threat against…
Murad Awawdeh
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Immigration advocate condemns new Trump migration policy

NEW YORK, CMC – An immigration advocate has condemned a new policy by the Trump administration denying green cards to Caribbean and other applicants for exercising freedom of speech against the…
Young people use their phones to view social media in Sydney, November 8, 2024.
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Opposition party in Grenada condemns imposition of VAT on services provided through social media

ST GEORGE’S, Grenada, Apr 29, CMC – Grenada's main opposition New National Party (NNP) on Wednesday said it has “serious concerns” following the government’s decision to table the Value Added…
President Donald Trump speaks before he signs a presidential memorandum imposing tariffs and investment restrictions on China in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House, March 22, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
April 28, 2026

Trump pursues new import taxes to replace tariffs Supreme Court rejected

WASHINGTON (AP) — When the Supreme Court killed his favourite tariffs in February, President Donald Trump promptly rolled out temporary import taxes to replace them. But those stopgap levies expire in…
Former Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation James Comey at Harvard University's Institute of Politics' JFK Jr. Forum in Cambridge, Mass., February 24, 2020. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)
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Ex-FBI Director James Comey indicted again, in probe over an online post officials call a Trump threat

WASHINGTON (AP) — Former FBI Director James Comey was indicted again Tuesday, this time in an investigation over a social media photo of seashells arranged on a beach that officials said constituted a…
Senator Mazie Hirono, D-Hawaii, left, questions a witness as Senator Tim Kaine, D-Va., right, looks on during the Senate Committee on Armed Services hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, April 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)
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US Senate rejects attempt to end Trump’s blockade of Cuba

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republicans rejected legislation from Democrats on Tuesday that would have required President Donald Trump to end the US energy blockade on Cuba unless he receives approval…
A US Border Patrol badge is displayed as Gregory Bovino, chief patrol agent of the US Border Patrol's El Centro Sector, stands in a conference room before an interview with The Associated Press in Los Angeles, August 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)
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Mexican man pleads guilty to impersonating Border Patrol agent to ‘disrupt deportation missions’

SAN DIEGO (AP) — A Mexican man in the United States has pleaded guilty to impersonating a Border Patrol agent and following federal immigration officers to divert them while they were out on…
This is a locator map for United Arab Emirates with its capital, Abu Dhabi. (AP Photo)
April 28, 2026

United Arab Emirates says it will leave OPEC effective May 1

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The United Arab Emirates announced Tuesday that it will leave the oil cartel OPEC and its wider OPEC+ group effective May 1, a move rumoured for some time as the…