BLM sees no other path than aggressive confrontation, and they’re trying to force other groups to follow the same path. Let others beware. Greg Terakita , Toronto. BLM pulled quite the stunt on Sunday. That there remains a great deal of work to be done between the police and the black community is no secret.

“Why did you say that?†a woman accompanying Shore said to him. “I’m sure I can trust Jim,†he replied. Murphy was a bit confused. Why is he telling me this? Is it true? If it is true, I’m not going to ask him to show me because that could be dangerous. He was right.

William L. Armstrong, a Colorado media executive who became a major conservative voice in the Senate, died July 5. He was 79. He had cancer, according to an announcement from Colorado Christian University in Lakewood, Colo., where Mr. Armstrong had served as president since 2006. Other details were not immediately available.

Mark Wallheiser/Getty Images (BATON ROUGE, La.) — Community leaders in Baton Rouge, Louisiana are demanding a broad and thorough investigation into all aspects of the Alton Sterling case. Sterling, a black man, was shot and killed during an altercation with two white police officers in Baton Rouge this week.

The first anniversary Mass in memory of Breda Geraghty (nee Flanagan) Kilsaran Castlebellingham, formerly The Four Gates Salterstown, will take place at St Mary’s Church Kilsaran this Friday 8 July at 7.30pm. There was great sadness at Breda’s passing last July.

A Nigerian migrant who reportedly escaped the terror of Boko Haram was beaten to death in an apparently racist attack in a small Italian town. Prime Minister Matteo Renzi vowed to tackle racism and said his government was reaching out to offer help following the murder of Emmanuel Chidi Namdi in Fermo, about 150 miles northeast of Rome.

MISSISSAUGA, Ont. — Robert Nadler had two occasions to be on the front pages of the newspapers and leading the television newscasts and neither of them is at all pleasant. On June 28, Nadler’s house in Mississauga, Ont., exploded, flattening it and damaging dozens of neighbouring homes in a spectacular blast that is still under investigation.

Minhaj explores growing up in Northern California with bullies, discovering a sister he knew nothing about and taking long walks home from school because he was shunned from carpools. The young Minhaj eagerly embraced everything about America — from Capri Sun to "Ghostbuster" toy proton packs and....

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Today is Thursday, July 7, the 189th day of 2016. There are 177 days left in the year. Today's Highlights in History. On July 7, 1976, President and Mrs. Gerald R. Ford hosted a White House dinner for Britain's Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip. The United States Military Academy at West Point....