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Prosecutor says the New Jersey man who stabbed author Salman Rushdie was trying to carry out a fatwa

Prosecutor says the New Jersey man who stabbed author Salman Rushdie was trying to carry out a fatwa

BUFFALO, N.Y.
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Banks lower prime rates in line with Bank of Canada rate cut

Banks lower prime rates in line with Bank of Canada rate cut

Canadian financial institutions say they are lowering their prime lending rates to match the decrease announced by the Bank of Canada. The central bank lowered its key interest rate by a quarter percentage point Wednesday to 4.5 per cent.
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CrowdStrike blames bug for letting bad data slip through, leading to global tech outage

CrowdStrike blames bug for letting bad data slip through, leading to global tech outage

NEW YORK (AP) — CrowdStrike is blaming a bug in an update that allowed its cybersecurity systems to push bad data out to millions of customer computers, setting off last week's global tech outage that grounded flights, took TV broadcasts off air and
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Stock market today: A wipeout on Wall Street sends the S&P 500 down by 2% as Big Tech skids

Stock market today: A wipeout on Wall Street sends the S&P 500 down by 2% as Big Tech skids

NEW YORK (AP) — A wipeout on Wall Street sent U.S. stock indexes to their worst day since 2022 as Big Tech dragged the market lower following profit reports from Tesla and Alphabet. The S&P 500 slumped 2.
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'Deadpool & Wolverine' is here to shake up the Marvel Cinematic Universe

'Deadpool & Wolverine' is here to shake up the Marvel Cinematic Universe

Shawn Levy is no novice when it comes to rumors around his projects. Years on “Stranger Things” taught him how to tune out the noise. Yet even he’s found himself astonished by the sheer volume of speculation around “Deadpool & Wolverine.
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'One year faster': Province providing up to $73M to accelerate Gardiner repairs

'One year faster': Province providing up to $73M to accelerate Gardiner repairs

TORONTO — Ontario will provide up to $73 million to help speed up repairs on a busy Toronto highway, so long as work on the Gardiner Expressway can be done around the clock.
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Proline sports book offering over-under on Canadian gold, overall Olympic medals

Proline sports book offering over-under on Canadian gold, overall Olympic medals

The attention of the sporting world shifts to Paris on Friday and the start of the 2024 Summer Games. The over-under via the Proline sports book on the total number of Canadian gold medals is 5.5 and 21.5 in terms of overall medals.
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Privacy commissioner probing customers' claims they can't delete PC Optimum accounts

Privacy commissioner probing customers' claims they can't delete PC Optimum accounts

The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada has opened an investigation into allegations that some Loblaw customers have been unable to delete their PC Optimum accounts.
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BoC's Macklem says he wants growth to pick back up as bank cuts key rate again

BoC's Macklem says he wants growth to pick back up as bank cuts key rate again

OTTAWA — The Bank of Canada appeared to be increasingly concerned about the risk of high interest rates slowing the economy and inflation by more than necessary as it delivered a second consecutive rate cut Wednesday.
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Fake protest set for TV shoot on NYC campus sparks real demonstration by pro-Palestinian activists

Fake protest set for TV shoot on NYC campus sparks real demonstration by pro-Palestinian activists

NEW YORK (AP) — A fake protest encampment set up for a TV shoot on a New York City college campus sparked a real reaction from pro-Palestinian activists, who organized their own demonstration against the filming, a newspaper reported Wednesday.
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