It’s Thursday, May 14. Here are the top stories we’re following today. Read More

A Georgian national known as “Commander Butcher,” who admitted to plotting a mass-casualty attack targeting Jews and minorities in New York City, was sentenced on Wednesday to 15 years in federal prison, the U.S. Department of Justice said. Read More

Wes Streeting, whose ambitions for U.K.'s top job was one of No 10’s worst kept secrets, has always seemed to know where he stood: right in the centre. Read More

The U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency is pointing its finger at the Port of Vancouver, alleging it to be an entry point for the chemicals used to manufacture fentanyl, which can then find its way into the U.S. Read More

OTTAWA— Prime Minister Mark Carney called Honda’s decision not to move forward with its electric vehicle project in Alliston, Ont., a “disappointing decision.” Read More

U.S. President Donald Trump began his much-vaunted official state visit to China this week for talks with his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping. Read More

More than half a century has passed since militant Quebec separatists captured and murdered a provincial cabinet minister. But that’s not all they had in mind. Governor General Roland Michener, symbol of the hated Crown, would also be kidnapped, and if Pierre Trudeau’s government did not meet their demands, there were discussions about executing him on live television. Read More

Twenty-six more Canadians who were on a flight with a confirmed case of hantavirus are now being contacted by public health officials but are considered to be at "low or minimal risk" of infection because of where they were seated, federal health officials said Thursday. Read More

OTTAWA — The national chief of the Assembly of First Nations said Thursday that the 30-day consultation window the federal government gave to collect feedback on a sweeping set of reforms to speed up the building of new infrastructure projects is "not acceptable." Read More

The young cry for reasons easily discerned — youthful tears possess an embarrassing specificity, but when Stafford Hopkins, 58, wakes up crying every morning in his lavish Maui estate, he doesn’t have a clue as to why. The former network TV executive, his life upended by imposed retirement, now starts his day, not ridiculing the actors he detests, but mopping up existential dread while surveying the view, and sipping strong tea from a tin cup with a broken handle. Read More

You’ve probably heard the advice to limit ultra-processed foods. Research links them to a higher risk of chronic disease, so cutting back is a smart choice. But what exactly counts as ultra-processed — and how can you spot it? Read More

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney announced his government’s intention to adjust clean electricity regulations on Thursday, in an effort double the capacity of Canada’s grid by 2050. Read More