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Trump says he didn’t know his immigration rhetoric echoes Hitler. That’s part of a broader pattern

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 08:19:49 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump has centered his unlikely rise from reality television star to onetime — and potentially future — president on the idea that he’s wiser than Washington’s bumbling political class, once going so far as to label himself a “very stable genius.”But when it comes to one of history’s darkest moments, Trump is professing ignorance.Facing criticism for repeatedly harnessing rhetoric once used by Adolf Hitler to argue that immigrants entering the U.S. illegally are “poisoning the blood of our country,” Trump insisted he had no idea that one of the world’s most reviled and infamous figures once used similar words. The Nazi dictator spoke of impure Jewish blood “poisoning” Aryan German blood to dehumanize Jews and justify the systemic murder of millions during the Holocaust.“I never knew that Hitler said it,” Trump told conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt on Friday, volunteering once again that he never read Hitler’s biographical manifesto, “Mein Kampf.”“I know not...

Swimming sensation Summer McIntosh voted CP female athlete of the year

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 08:19:49 GMT

Summer McIntosh’s continued assault on the international swimming podium in 2023 made her The Canadian Press female athlete of the year.“I’m very honoured to have it and it’s just really cool,” McIntosh said of the award.A talent for swimming fast combined with poise beyond her years has the Toronto teenager tracking for a monstrous 2024.A couple weeks shy of her 17th birthday, McIntosh defended her world titles in the 200-metre butterfly and 400-metre individual medley in Fukuoka, Japan, to become a double world champion in back-to-back years.“What I’m most proud of is just how much I’ve learned about myself and kind of how much I’ve gained from each experience,” McIntosh said.“Going into big meets like a world championship, I don’t really have exact expectations of myself especially when it comes to placement or medals, but I definitely tried to just reach my full potential in each one of my races and I think ...

Man arrested in Morocco connected to bomb threats in Ontario: OPP

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 08:19:49 GMT

Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) confirmed the man arrested in Morocco in November for his alleged involvement in a series of bomb threats made in Belgium is also facing charges for similar threats across Ontario.El Hachm El Moussi, 45, of Casablanca, Morocco, has been charged with two counts of uttering threats, two counts of mischief and two counts of extortion.On Nov. 1, Kipling Collegiate Institute, Lakeshore Collegiate Institute and Western Technical Commercial School were evacuated for bomb threats, and students were sent home for the day before a sweep of the schools revealed no threat.OPP said the threats also included a demand for money in exchange for details about the alleged explosives, but no actual explosives were ever found.Multiple schools and other public facilities received threatening messages from an unknown individual, indicating that bombs had been placed at their locations.On Nov. 30, Belgian police arrested El Moussi in Morocco in connection with a s...

Occupancy rates surging at Quebec emergency rooms after dropping earlier this month

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 08:19:49 GMT

MONTREAL — Occupancy rates in Quebec’s emergency rooms are shooting up again after a small period of reprieve that began Dec. 19. Website Index Santé shows the average ER occupancy rate at six a.m. was 112 per cent, up from 95 per cent the previous day. Eight of Quebec’s regions showed a rate of over 100 per cent, including Montreal at 118 per cent, the Laurentians at 148 per cent, and 138 per cent in Lanaudière.The situation was slightly better in Quebec City and Chaudière-Appalaches, where rates ranged between 92 and 96 per cent as of this morning, as well as in Estrie and the North Shore, which showed 96 and 80 per cent occupancy.The average wait time on Tuesday was a little over four and a half hours, but that rose to 15 hours and 40 minutes for people waiting on stretchers. Last week the province’s health minister asked Quebecers to avoid ERs, noting that a large percentage of people who go for a consult there don’t have an urgent health problem. This re...

Was 2023 a tipping point for movies? ‘Barbie’ success and Marvel struggles may signal a shift

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 08:19:49 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — Eight years ago, Steven Spielberg predicted that the superhero movie would one day go “the way of the Western.”Spielberg’s comments caused a widespread stir at the time. “Avengers: The Age of Ultron” was then one of the year’s biggest movies. The following year would bring “Captain America: Civil War,” “Deadpool” and “Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice.” The superhero movie was in high gear, and showing no signs of slowing down.But Spielberg’s point was that nothing is forever in the movie business. These cycles, Spielberg said, “have a finite time in popular culture.” And the maker of “E.T.,” “Jurassic Park” and “Jaws” might know a thing or two about the ebbs and flows of pop-culture taste.As 2023 draws to a close, no one is sounding the death knell of the superhero movie. The Walt Disney Co.’s “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3” made $845.6 million worldwide and Sony’s “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse” ($691 million) was one of the most acclaimed film...

Cargojet renews shipping partnership with Canadian North airline

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 08:19:49 GMT

Cargojet Inc. says it has renewed a partnership with Arctic-focused airline Canadian North to deliver cargo to the region.Mississauga, Ont. based Cargojet says that under the deal, it will be the exclusive provider for air cargo from Winnipeg and Ottawa to Iqaluit, while Canadian North will continue to distribute shipments across Canada’s Arctic.It says the deal aims to increase shipping capacity to the region, and builds upon Canadian North’s recently-announced plans to double the size of its cargo facility in Ottawa by 2026.The five-year deal marks a continuation of a partnership between the two companies that has being going for more than 22 years.Canadian North is a fully Inuit-owned airline that in early December named Shelly De Caria as its first Inuk president and chief executive.Cargojet is also undergoing a leadership change starting Jan. 1, 2024, when current chief corporate officer Pauline Dhillon and chief strategy officer Jamie Porteous will be appointed co-...

The New York Times sues OpenAI, Microsoft over use of its stories used to train chatbots

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 08:19:49 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Times has filed a federal lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft, seeking to end the practice of using its stories to train chatbots. In the suit filed Wednesday in the Southern District of New York in Manhattan, the Times said OpenAI and Microsoft are advancing their technology through the “unlawful use of The Times’s work to create artificial intelligence products that compete with it” and “threatens The Times’s ability to provide that service.” OpenAI and Microsoft did not immediately respond to requests for comment.Media organizations have been pummeled by a migration of readers to online platforms and while many publications have carved out a digital space online as well, artificial intelligence technology has threatened to upend numerous industries, including media. Artificial intelligence companies scrape information available online, including articles published by media organizations, to train generative AI chatbots. Those companies ha...

Amazon Prime Video will soon start showing ads during movies, shows — unless you pay an extra fee

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 08:19:49 GMT

(WJW) - Amazon Prime Video is moving ahead with plans to introduce advertisements to its content unless users pay an additional fee. In a letter sent to members this week, the streaming service announced that Prime Video movies and TV shows will include "limited ads" starting on Jan. 29.Members will have to pay an extra $2.99 per month for the new ad-free option. Otherwise, your bill won't change. 3-year-old sneaks downstairs to open all family’s presents early Christmas morning The letter goes on to say the company aims to have "meaningfully fewer ads than linear TV and other streaming TV providers.""This will allow us to continue investing in compelling content and keep increasing that investment over a long period of time," the company said in the letter.Ads in Prime Video content will start in the U.S., U.K., Germany, and Canada in early 2024, followed by France, Italy, Spain, Mexico, and Australia later in the year. Amazon said that it’s not making changes to the price of Pri...

9@9: The Hamburglar will haunt you, don't bathe this week, a classic SNL holiday sketch and much more

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 08:19:49 GMT

Wednesday's WGN Morning News 9@9 with Dan Ponce, Lourdes Duarte and Mike Janssen haunts you with an old Hamburglar commercial, tells you not to bathe between Christmas and New Year's and features a classic "Saturday Night Live" holiday sketch about candles. Dean shares recipes for 3 New Years Eve appetizers Love the WGN Morning News? We love you, too. And you can have all the hijinks delivered to your inbox every weekday morning. Sign up and subscribe to our WGN Morning News newsletter.

Italian restaurant in Chatham permanently closes

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 08:19:49 GMT

CHATHAM, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- Napoli Pizza & Cucina, located at 10 Main Street in Chatham, has permanently closed its doors. Owner Abad Morales confirmed the closure to NEWS10. Get the latest news, weather, sports and more delivered right to your inbox! On December 15, the restaurant posted on Facebook that they were temporarily closed. However, a message posted on the Napoli website said they were permanently closed."We are permanently closed," read the website. "Thank you for supporting us." ‘The Gilded Age,’ shot in the Capital Region, renewed for season 3 Morales told NEWS10 that the restaurant closed due to a loss of business in the winter and rent being expensive. Napoli Pizza & Cucina initially opened in March.Morales did take over ownership of another restaurant called Picante's in Canaan, Connecticut. The restaurant serves both Mexican and Italian food.