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Police are looking for a man accused of sexually assaulting two women at a city-run seniors’ home in Etobicoke last week. One victim was in her 60s while the other was 99, police said. The […] […]

A 61-year-old man was charged Tuesday with six felonies for sexually assaulting a 19-year-old woman who had come to his Redwood City apartment to do a sales pitch for vitamin supplements, authorities said. Redwood City […] […]

REDWOOD CITY — The man accused of raping a fellow patient in the San Mateo Medical Center psychiatric ward now faces additional charges for allegedly attacking a jail guard, attorneys said Tuesday. Ronald O’Brien, 27, […] […]

OTTAWA —The extraordinary confession of a corporal set in motion the bombshell revelation that ended the tenure and possibly the military career of Canada’s top soldier in Afghanistan, the Star has learned. The unidentified solider […] […]

CALGARY—Two officers who work for Alberta’s police investigative unit were injured at its downtown Calgary headquarters Tuesday when a witness pulled out a knife. RCMP Supt. Randy McGinnis said there was a struggle in an […] […]

DETECTIVES had to crack a “veil of silence” to uncover years of sex abuse carried out by a married couple against two girls in a remote Kimberley community. “They were guarding a secret, and they […] […]

A MAN in a wheelchair has been randomly attacked and beaten while waiting outside a hospital in Manchester, northern England. The 40-year-old victim, who is paralysed from the waist down, was with his girlfriend by […] […]

MANILA, Philippines—Philippine elementary and high schools will start teaching basic sex education as a pilot program in the conservative Roman Catholic nation, officials said Tuesday, brushing aside concerns by church leaders that it may encourage […] […]

AN Achilles tendon injury has forced double world record holder Usain Bolt to withdraw from next weekend’s Adidas Grand Prix at New York’s Icahn Stadium. A release from the meet organisers yesterday said they had […] […]

REVEREND Al Miller, who met with Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke two days before members of the security forces went into Tivoli Gardens, has disclosed that plans were being finalised for the alleged drug lord to turn […] […]