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It was supposed to be Pepper’s big entrance.  Amy Fiala had been tending to the 2-year-old black Lab as they waited for the wedding to start. Now it was time for the handoff. The bridesmaid, in her forest green gown, would escort Pepper to the altar to stand with the…

THE ARTS Council at no point exerted pressure on Writers’ Week to change its structure, with the controversial decision to disband the voluntary committee solely a move of the festival’s board of directors. hat’s according to Fianna Fáil Senator Ned O’Sullivan who is now appealing to the board members to…

OTTAWA — If Tuesday's home opener was any indication of what’s to come, then this Ottawa Senators' season is going to be wildly entertaining. The Senators beat the Boston Bruins at Canadian Tire Centre with seven different players scoring. Mark Kastelic’s first of the season in the second period held…

In a series of little noted Zoom meetings this fall, the city of Oakland, California, grappled with a question whose consequences could shape the future of American policing: Should cops be able to kill people with shotgun-armed robots? The back-and-forth between the Oakland Police Department and a civilian oversight body…

The Netherlands has deployed four armed ground robots or unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs), making it the first NATO country to do so. The robots are Tracked Hybrid Modular Infantry Systems (THeMIS) UGVs built by the Estonian defense company Milrem Robotics. It has treads like a tank and can use a…

With only three weeks until the November 8 midterm elections, Georgia Governor Brian Kemp, a Republican, leads his Democratic challenger Stacey Abrams by 10 percentage points, according to a recent poll. Abrams and Kemp will debate on Monday night. They are facing off for the second time, as Kemp beat…

This story contains allegations of sexual assault and may be distressing to some readers. Former minister Linda Reynolds has denied trying to interfere in the criminal trial of a man accused of raping her former staffer Brittany Higgins. Ms Higgins alleges she was raped by former Liberal Party staffer Bruce…

Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.) took a shot at Republican challenger Herschel Walker for skipping a debate held by the Atlanta Press Club on Sunday. Warnock was introduced along with Libertarian candidate Chase Oliver, while Walker was represented by an empty lectern. “I think it’s important to point out that my…

NEWS AND OPINION: Certain skies will be very busy, very shortly. “Air forces from across NATO will exercise nuclear deterrence capabilities involving dozens of aircraft over northwestern Europe starting on Monday. The exercise, which runs until October 30, is a routine, recurring training activity and it is not linked to…

We’re up to our elbows in weird Biden moments. I wrote earlier about Biden’s comments about gas prices in Los Angeles weirdly having something to do with housing. Then he claimed gas had always been around $7.00 there when indeed it’s up since last week and it’s more than three…