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Aug 14, 2026 - World

Win is significant for region’s premier, Doug Ford, who blames protected zones for city’s traffic illsThe Ontario government is now free to rip out Toronto’s bike lanes on its busiest streets after the region’s top court ruled in favour of the province on Friday, overturning a lower court’s decision that decreed removal would violate constitutional rights.The win is significant for Ontario’s premier, Doug Ford, and his government, who have long railed against Toronto’s bike lanes, blaming the protected zones for the city’s traffic ills. Continue reading...

Aug 14, 2026 - World

President Donald Trump said he would declare the Strait of Hormuz as a United States territory during a speech on Friday.Trump was speaking at the David S. Mack Center for Training and Intelligence in Garden City, New York, where he was touting his crackdown on crime and campaigning at a rally with Republican gubernatorial candidate and Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman.He claimed Iran was "being badly defeated." "Pretty soon I'll be declaring the Hormuz Strait a territory of the United States," Trump said. Trump says that after Iran is defeated he’s going to declare the Strait of Hormuz a territory of the United States pic.twitter.com/zmZsqtY3VS— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) August 14, 2026

Aug 14, 2026 - World

Thirty lions and tigers from a closed Argentine zoo are starting a new life at wildlife sanctuaries in South Africa and the United States

Aug 14, 2026 - World

As concerns mounted Friday over poor conditions onboard the USS Abraham Lincoln, families of military service members on another Navy ship were pleading for help.A new report from independent journalist Aaron Parnas detailed the troubling conditions and declining morale shared by sailors' families, including how service members on the USS George H.W. Bush were facing "virtually no food, water, or soap," The Daily Beast reported.A loved one of two U.S. sailors told Parnas via text how the situation was worsening for sailors on the warship in the Arabian Sea as the Iran war now drags on for more than five months."They've been out at sea for 146 days with no end in sight," the unnamed family member said. They learned about the conditions when her sister-in-law left the ship for a family emergency. "Morale is low, and everyone is miserable. It's heartbreaking."The USS Bush left Norfolk, Virginia, in March, The Beast reported.The reports onboard follow growing frustration about the USS Abraham Lincoln's roughly 5,000 sailors and Marines, who are nine months into a deployment that was supposed to end in May, with no return date announced.Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has pushed back on the accounts, telling reporters Thursday that the conditions had been "completely misrepresented," though he did not specify his concerns with the reporting. Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), who pressed Hegseth for answers, rejected that characterization as disrespectful to the sailors enduring the hardships.The Navy has acknowledged the war disrupted supply routes but said the Lincoln now has access to clean water and healthy meals. The carrier USS George Washington is being sent to relieve the ship, which has been at sea more than 240 days with only two port calls.

Aug 14, 2026 - World

People were outraged on Friday after President Donald Trump downplayed the reportedly poor conditions on the USS Abraham Lincoln, where service members have described a dire situation.Trump was boarding Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland heading to John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York when the press corps started asking him questions about the naval vessel and sailors on board."Family members of service members are concerned about conditions on the USS Lincoln," one reporter said."That ship is moving. No, they’re not," Trump responded, saying that the ship would be replaced with another ship."Has the deployment gone on too long?" The reporter asked."No, no, no. Not nearly long enough," Trump said, not acknowledging military family members' worries.Political commentators and media experts reacted to the president's remarks.Internet personality and Chronicles associate editor Pedro L. Gonzalez reacted to Trump's response."Trump doesn't care about American troops at all," Gonzalez wrote on X. "He thinks people who serve in the military are suckers. He thinks people who fight and die for this country are fools. I don't know how you can hear Trump explicitly state that he's unconcerned about these service members and their families, that he thinks they haven't been deployed *long enough* in his idiotic war, and still conclude that he's deeply concerned about American lives."Sen. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), an Iraq war veteran, had a sharp reaction to Trump's comments."Cadet Bone Spurs thinks he understands what happens on deployments," Gallego wrote on X. Progressive activist Alex Cole mocked Trump. "Trump: We love our military. Military: We have concerns. Trump: No you don’t," Cole wrote on X.U.S. Army veteran and activist Skyleigh Uhrich had a direct message for families of military service members."Attention Military & Military Families: Trump said 200 days of deployment at sea with no port of call is not along [sic] enough! All of you need to vote accordingly in November, all of your family members are being used as pawns in his sick game! He wouldn’t last 24 hrs pathetic mf!" Uhrich wrote on X.Liberal commentator Lucas Sanders responded to the president."Translation: I don’t care about their conditions," Sanders wrote on X.Trump doesn't care about American troops at all. He thinks people who serve in the military are suckers. He thinks people who fight and die for this country are fools. I don't know how you can hear Trump explicitly state that he's unconcerned about these service members and their… https://t.co/oEvuDGiZ9j— Pedro L. Gonzalez (@emeriticus) August 14, 2026