Eight people reportedly shot as gunfire erupts at family-friendly Toledo Ohio festival

Eight people reportedly shot as gunfire erupts at family-friendly Toledo Ohio festival

Eight people were shot and wounded as gunfire erupted at a family-friendly festival in Ohio on Saturday, officials and reports said.

Cops responded to chaos unfolding at the Old West End Festival in Toledo around 5:40 p.m., according to a statement local police shared on X.

In video of the incident, at least 16 shots could be heard ringing out as people screamed and dove for cover.

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Hegseth says ‘European beaches are stormed’ by mass immigration in Normandy D-Day speech

Hegseth says ‘European beaches are stormed’ by mass immigration in Normandy D-Day speech

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth linked the Allied invasion of Normandy during World War II to modern immigration challenges facing Europe in a speech Saturday marking the 82nd anniversary of D-Day.

“Sadly, today, different European beaches are stormed by different, dangerous ideologies,” Hegseth said during remarks at the Normandy American Cemetery in Colleville-sur-Mer, France. “Beaches in Spain, Italy, Greece, and Bulgaria — boats and men arrive.”

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The Gordie Howe International Bridge is ‘essentially complete.’ The fight over it is not

The Gordie Howe International Bridge is ‘essentially complete.’ The fight over it is not

The Gordie Howe International Bridge connecting Windsor, Ont., and Detroit has been “essentially complete” since February, but a major lawsuit challenging Canada’s decision to build it may not reach trial until 2027 or 2028, according to a newly obtained federal briefing note.

The information was contained in the heavily redacted briefing note prepared for federal Housing and Infrastructure Minister Gregor Robertson by deputy minister Paul Halucha.

The note is dated Feb. 17, 2026, and was obtained by CBC News through an an access-to-information request.

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The Rise of the UnJews

The Rise of the UnJews

It’s no secret that these are bad times for most Jews in the diaspora. Anti-Semitism across the West has reached a virulence not seen since the 1930s.

A clear danger should lead to greater solidarity, but instead we are seeing greater division among Jews. Shockingly, the scourge of Jewish anti-Zionism has metastasized after October 7, often allying itself with Islamists committed to the eradication of Israel and, in some cases, assaults on Jewish communities around the world.

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This teen stabbed an 83-year-old grandmother to death. A psychologist says there were warning signs at Durham school

This teen stabbed an 83-year-old grandmother to death. A psychologist says there were warning signs at Durham school

Three days before a teenage boy murdered Eleanor Doney in her front yard, a student at his Pickering school overheard him talking to other kids about his interest in serial killers.

He said he wondered what it would feel like to kill an eight-year-old.

Confronted by the school’s principal, the 14-year-old boy didn’t deny it. In response, the principal had him do a reading on the impact words can have and write a reflection.

Amir Sajid.

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Iran’s $25 Billion Nuclear Deal with Russia: Iran’s IRGC Regime Must be Removed

Iran’s $25 Billion Nuclear Deal with Russia: Iran’s IRGC Regime Must be Removed

In the midst of ongoing diplomatic efforts and an ostensible truce, Iran launched missile and drone strikes on Kuwait and Bahrain — countries not even remotely involved in its conflict with Israel and the US — and then revealed that it signed a $25 billion nuclear deal with Russia.

Iran’s regime, controlled by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), which is headed by General Ahmad Vahidi, appears not to have the slightest intention of decreasing its hostilities.

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Canada’s Deficit Plan Has Less Than 1% Chance of Success: PBO

Canada’s Deficit Plan Has Less Than 1% Chance of Success: PBO

Ottawa is boasting of fiscal anchors, but the latest stress test is about to give taxpayers that sinking feeling. This morning, the Parliamentary Budget Officer (PBO) released its 2026 Economic and Fiscal Outlook, reviewing Ottawa’s fiscal projections and the probability of meeting them. The non-partisan agency found the federal plan stands up on paper, but it hasn’t quite developed its sea legs, pegging the odds of success at less than one percent.

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Americans are keeping their cars longer than ever—and remaking the auto industry

Americans are keeping their cars longer than ever—and remaking the auto industry

Timothy Mason drives a pair of Honda Accords: One is a 2010 model with fewer than 40,000 miles that he uses for his daily commute in Massachusetts to his accounting job, the other a 2001 V-6 with more than 280,000 miles he uses for tough winter driving.

“Where’s the financial sense in a new car?” Mason, 41, says. “Better fuel mileage, maybe, but is it going to save me $800 plus per month?”

Mason is on the extreme side of something happening across the country: America’s cars are older than ever.

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Sunny Hostin Is ‘Embarrassed’ By America, Calls it a ‘Failed Experiment’

Sunny Hostin Is ‘Embarrassed’ By America, Calls it a ‘Failed Experiment’

With America’s 250th birthday coming up next month, ABC News co-host Sunny Hostin went on an anti-American rant during Friday’s episode of The View. Hostin, who once said she felt more comfortable in Ghana than America, proclaimed she was “embarrassed” by many things about the country that gave her the privilege to be a multimillionaire TV co-host. She even asserted that America was a “failed experiment” in self-governance.

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Retailers warn they’ll gouge the poor if surveillance pricing outlawed

Retailers warn they’ll gouge the poor if surveillance pricing outlawed

OTTAWA — As the Carney government signals a crackdown on surveillance pricing, major retailers are lobbying for weaker guardrails they argue are necessary for data-based personalized discounts.

But critics argue that’s a talking point used to justify a “creepy” business practice that violates people’s privacy and discriminates against the consumers who ultimately pay a higher price.

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FBI Analysts Learn the Anti-Catholic Memo Crew Can’t Hide Behind ‘Just Following Orders’

FBI Analysts Learn the Anti-Catholic Memo Crew Can’t Hide Behind ‘Just Following Orders’

FBI Director Kash Patel fired five FBI employees tied to the 2023 Richmond memo that treated “radical traditionalist Catholics” as a possible pipeline to violent extremism.

The fired group included four intelligence analysts and one supervisory analyst. David Laufman, lawyer for the employees, confirmed the termination and called it unjust.


Pic – Saint Theresa Catholic Church

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I predict the very worst of woke ahead …

I predict the very worst of woke ahead …

Black advocates call out Carney government for excluding them from diversity council

Advocates for Black Canadians say the Carney government is reinforcing the barriers they face by launching an inclusivity council that does not include any Black people.

They said the decision raises questions about the prime minister’s approach to tackling discrimination.

“We’re tired of being an afterthought, tired of having to raise our voices to be heard and seen fully,” said former MP Jean Augustine, the first Black woman elected to the House of Commons.

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CIA officer who had millions in gold bars accused of creating fake spy program

CIA officer who had millions in gold bars accused of creating fake spy program

The former senior CIA official found with more than $40 million worth of gold bars in his house allegedly created a fake, highly classified intelligence program that he used as a conduit to funnel millions of dollars for his personal use, according to people familiar with the criminal investigation.

David J. Rush, who was arrested last month and charged with one count of theft of public money, constructed what is known as a “special access program,” a sort of black box for the most secret intelligence operations, the people familiar with the investigation said. Even intelligence personnel with the highest security clearance cannot access an individual SAP, as they are known, without specific authorization.

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