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  Toddler fatally shot after his 7-year-old brother finds a gun in the family's truck

  A two-year-old boy was fatally shot when his seven-year-old brother found a gun in the glovebox of the family's truck in Southern California, authorities said.

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  DEVELOPING | As police search for suspect, disturbing video surfaces after U.S. health-care CEO gunned down in New York

  UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was killed Wednesday morning in what investigators suspect was a targeted shooting outside a Manhattan hotel where the health insurer was holding an investor conference.

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  Millions in Cuba remain in dark after nationwide blackout

  Cuba said it was generating only enough electricity to cover about 1/6th of peak demand late on Wednesday, hours after its national grid collapsed leaving millions without power.

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  'Utterly absurd': Freeland rebuffs Poilievre's offer of two hours to present fall economic statement

  Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland has rebuffed Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre's offer to give up two hours of scheduled opposition time next Monday to present the awaited fall economic statement as 'utterly absurd.'

• Canada Post stores continue to operate during strike — but why?

  As many postal workers continue to strike across the country, some Canadians have been puzzled by the fact some Canada Post offices and retail outlets remain open.

• Mattel sued over 'Wicked' dolls with porn website link

  Mattel was sued this week by a South Carolina mother for mistakenly putting a link to an adult film site on the packaging for its dolls tied to the movie 'Wicked.'

• Transport Minister to summon airline CEOs as Air Canada set to charge carry-on fees for some passengers

  Transport Minister Anita Anand says she will be calling Canadian airline CEOs to a meeting in mid-December after Air Canada says it will charge some passengers for carry-on bags in the new year.

• WATCH: Suspects armed with hammers hit Markham jewelry store

  Six suspects are in custody in connection with a smash-and-grab robbery at a jewelry store in a Markham mall that was captured on video.

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  opinion | Tom Mulcair: The one place in Canada where Poilievre can't break through is Quebec

  Former NDP leader Tom Mulcair says Pierre Poilievre has only himself to blame for his poor performance in the polls in Quebec.

• Two children wounded and gunman dead after shooting at Northern California school

  Two students were wounded in a shooting Wednesday at a small religious school in Northern California and the shooter died from a suspected self-inflicted gunshot, sheriff's officials said.

• French government toppled in historic no-confidence vote

  French opposition lawmakers brought the government down on Wednesday, throwing the European Union's second-biggest economic power deeper into a political crisis that threatens its capacity to legislate and rein in a massive budget deficit.

• Canada's new public-sector payment system is still years away from being implemented

  After half a decade of testing and an investment of nearly $300 million, the federal government is still years away from fully implementing its next-generation pay and human resource cloud platform to replace the problem-plagued Phoenix payroll system.

• Sweden and Finland want citizens to be prepared for war. Should Canada do the same?

  As Russia's invasion of Ukraine approaches its third year, nearby Nordic countries like Sweden and Finland are preparing their citizens to survive during a military conflict. Should Canada be doing the same?

• Woman who stowed away on plane to Paris is back on U.S. soil

  A Russian woman who stowed away on a Delta Air Line flight from New York to Paris last week has returned stateside Wednesday.