Prosecutors seek death penalty against Zizians member charged with murdering Vermont border agent
Teresa Youngblut, 21, of Seattle, is among a group of radical computer scientists focused on veganism, gender identity and artificial intelligence who have been linked to six killings in three states. She's accused of fatally shooting agent David Maland on Jan. 20, the same day President Donald Trump was inaugurated and signed a sweeping executive order lifting the moratorium on federal executions.
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Winnipeg Free Press
15 minutes ago
- Winnipeg Free Press
After uproar, documentary on Hamas 2023 attack will screen at Toronto Film Festival
NEW YORK (AP) — The Toronto International Film Festival will screen a documentary on the 2023 Hamas attack, after all, following an uproar over the film's disinvitation from the upcoming festival. Earlier this week, TIFF withdrew its invitation to the film 'The Road Between Us: The Ultimate Rescue.' The festival said the decision was based in part on legal clearance for footage used in the documentary. Deadline, which first reported the news, said a sticking point was the identification and legal clearance of Hamas militants' own livestreaming of the attack. On Thursday evening, TIFF chief executive Cameron Bailey and 'The Road Between Us' filmmaker Barry Avrich issued a joint statement announcing the film's selection. 'Both TIFF and the filmmakers have heard the pain and frustration expressed by the public and we want to address this together,' said Bailey and Avrich. 'We have worked together to find a resolution to satisfy important safety, legal, and programming concerns.' 'In this case, TIFF's communication around its requirements did not clearly articulate the concerns and roadblocks that arose and for that, we are sorry,' they continued. The film chronicles the story of retired Israeli Gen. Noam Tibon, whose efforts to save his family and others during the Oct. 7, 2023 attack was profiled in a '60 Minutes' segment. After being informed that the film wouldn't screen at the festival, the 'Road Between Us' filmmakers issued a statement claiming TIFF 'censored its own programming by refusing the film.' Bailey disputed that allegation, and pleaded that the situation demanded sensitivity. Weekly A weekly look at what's happening in Winnipeg's arts and entertainment scene. 'The events of October 7, 2023, and the ongoing suffering in Gaza weigh heavily on us, underscoring the urgent need for compassion amid rising antisemitism and Islamophobia,' Bailey said on Wednesday. The Toronto International Film Festival, North America's largest film festival, runs Sept. 4–14.
Winnipeg Free Press
2 hours ago
- Winnipeg Free Press
In Washington police takeover, federal agents and National Guard take on new tasks
They typically investigate drug lords, weapons traffickers or cyber criminals. This week, though, federal agents are fanning out across the nation's capital as part of President Donald Trump's efforts to clamp down on crime in the city. The sometimes-masked agents joined members of the National Guard as well as the United States Park Police, whose responsibilities include protecting the country's monuments and managing crowds during demonstrations. Soldiers in fatigues kept watch near Union Station, while officers with the Drug Enforcement Administration patrolled along the National Mall. Agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives helped question a couple in northwest Washington who were parked illegally and eating McDonald's takeout. Trump said Monday that he's taking over Washington's police department in hopes of reducing crime, even as city officials stressed that crime is already falling. The District of Columbia's status as a congressionally established federal district allows the president to take control, although he's limited to 30 days under statute unless he gets approval from Congress. Amid the takeover of the Metropolitan Police Department, or MPD, here's a list of some of the federal agencies involved and what they typically do: The National Guard THIS WEEK: The Pentagon said that 800 Guard members have been activated for missions in Washington that include monument security, community safety patrols and beautification efforts. Pentagon press secretary Kingsley Wilson said the troops won't be armed and declined to give more details on what the safety patrols or beautification efforts would entail. The White House said Thursday that Guard members aren't making arrests but are 'protecting federal assets, providing a safe environment for law enforcement officers to make arrests, and deterring violent crime with a visible law enforcement presence.' THE BACKSTORY: The National Guard serves as the primary combat reserve of the Army and Air Force, according to its website. But it also responds when 'disaster strikes in the homeland' to protect life and property in communities. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) THIS WEEK: DEA agents have also fanned out across Washington, working with police on traffic stops and other enforcement efforts. The agency has touted this week that its agents have helped to recover guns and drugs. THE BACKSTORY: The agency typically enforces the nation's controlled substances laws and regulations, while going after drug cartels, gangs and traffickers in the U.S. and abroad. For example, a DEA-led investigation scored a record seizure of fentanyl in May, 'dismantling one of the largest and most dangerous drug trafficking organizations in U.S. history,' the agency said in a news release. The DEA also operates a little-known research lab in northern Virginia that's working to analyze seized narcotics to find ways to stop the supply. Its chemists identify the ever-evolving tactics employed by cartels to manufacture drugs flowing into the U.S. Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) THIS WEEK: Agents with Homeland Security Investigations, the investigative arm of the Department of Homeland Security, could be seen on Wednesday alongside MPD officers as they conducted traffic checks at a checkpoint along 14th Street in northwest Washington. THE BACKSTORY: HSI investigates a wide variety of crimes on a global scale – at home, abroad and online – with hundreds of offices across the country and abroad. Those crimes include 'illegal movement of people, goods, money, contraband, weapons and sensitive technology into, out of and through the United States,' the agency says on its website. In the last few months, as the Trump administration has ramped up its immigration enforcement efforts across the U.S., HSI agents have been out on raids and involved in immigration arrests at courthouses and other sites around the country. HSI agents also investigate a vast array of crime, including cyber and financial crimes and intellectual property offenses. United States Park Police THIS WEEK: United States Park Police have been seen helping with traffic stops this week in the district and are a regular presence in Washington. D.C. The federal agency is actually one of the nation's oldest, being founded in 1791 by George Washington. THE BACKSTORY: The police are part of the National Park Service and has jurisdiction in all federal parks, with offices in Washington, New York and San Francisco, according to the agency's website. Before this week's takeover, it already had the authority to make an arrest in the District of Columbia. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) THIS WEEK: ATF agents have been helping out with traffic stops. THE BACKSTORY: The agency primarily focuses on the illegal use of guns and explosives, bombings and acts of terrorism, and the trafficking of illicit liquor or contraband tobacco.
Global News
3 hours ago
- Global News
Canada's counter-tariffs ‘pulled the rug out from' CUSMA, U.S. envoy says
U.S. Ambassador to Canada Pete Hoekstra says Canada is jeopardizing the future of the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA) — also known as USMCA — on free trade due to Canadian counter-tariffs on certain American products. 'Canada is the country that has pulled the rug out from USMCA,' Hoekstra said in an exclusive interview with Global News on Thursday. 'They also started putting tariffs on CUSMA products … We haven't done that, but Canada has decided 'That's fair game. We will call into question CUSMA.'' Back in March, Ottawa placed a 25 per cent tariff on $29.8 billion in U.S. products, including some imports that fall under the free trade agreement such as orange juice, motorcycles and appliances. That was in response to tariffs imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump that have continued to escalate. Story continues below advertisement So far, Trump has imposed a 35 per cent tariff on all non-free trade Canadian goods, a 50 per cent levy on Canadian steel, aluminum and copper, and is threatening to bring in more tariffs on Canadian pharmaceuticals. 1:07 Retaliatory tariffs should have 'minimum impact' on Canadians, Carney says Last week, Prime Minister Mark Carney hinted at unilaterally removing some tariffs on U.S. goods if it could improve ongoing negotiations and help Canadian businesses. Get daily National news Get the day's top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day. Sign up for daily National newsletter Sign Up By providing your email address, you have read and agree to Global News' Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy 'We look at what we can do for our industry that's most effective. In some cases that will be to remove tariffs,' he said. Hoekstra also said personal attacks from Canadian politicians against the U.S. president are another irritant. 'Some Canadian politicians have decided that they will attack the president personally, they will attack people on his economic team, his negotiating team,' Hoekstra told Global News. Story continues below advertisement 'They will attack them personally, not on the policy, but them personally. Again, that is a Canadian decision. All we do is respond to it.' Trump has routinely attacked Canadians, spending much of the winter calling on Canada to be annexed as the 51st state and routinely referring to then-prime minister Justin Trudeau as 'governor.' 3:53 'Tariffs up, elbows down': Poilievre blasts Carney over lack of trade deals Another key irritant for Hoekstra is the Canadian government reviewing the $74-billion contract to buy 88 F-35 fighter jets from U.S. company Lockheed Martin. 'There's two countries that have been relatively harsh against the United States, and that's China and Canada,' Hoekstra said. Earlier this week, the U.S. and China extended their tariff deal deadline for another 90 days until Nov. 10. But Canada has had no pause and Hoekstra doesn't see a deal within reach soon. Story continues below advertisement 'I think on both sides, the negotiators feel that they haven't made enough progress and that there's enough significant issues out there that are going to take a lot of work,' he said. 0:42 Ford calls Trump 'probably the most disliked politician in the world in Canada' Ontario Premier Doug Ford warned last week that even if Canada signs a deal with the U.S., he is worried Trump will not honour any free trade commitments. 'At any given time, President Trump — not that he even follows the rules — he could pull the carpet out from underneath us on CUSMA tomorrow with one signature,' Ford said. Ford also warned he thinks Trump wants to renegotiate the free trade deal as soon as November, ahead of the scheduled start date of next year. Hoekstra did not rule out the U.S. pushing for earlier renegotiations. Story continues below advertisement 'Lots of things could happen in the future,' he said. 'I don't know what the decision will be. That will be the president's decision, his team's decision.' When asked by Global News last week if Canada was not responding with further retaliation to increasing U.S. tariffs because it could hurt future free trade deal renegotiations, Carney emphasized the importance of Canada preserving its North American free trade deal. 'We're very conscious that there are a couple of negotiations in sequence and the extent to which those negotiations can be brought together or inform each other that's in the interest of all parties,' he said.
