A masked suspect accused of gunning down two bank employees inside a Kentucky branch is now facing federal charges after a wild, high-speed chase that ended in a crash, according to court documents. Brailen Weaver, 18, is accused of carrying out the April 30 attack at a US Bank branch in Berea, where authorities say he shot and killed two employees shortly after entering the building. According to an FBI affidavit, the suspect entered the bank around 1:57 p.m. and “immediately shot and killed a male victim” before fatally shooting a second employee, identified as a teller. Kentucky State Police later identified the victims as…

United States

A pro-immigration group has submitted a complaint to Elections Alberta, claiming the province’s new referendum website wrongfully uses taxpayers’ money to campaign in favour of one side.Avnish Nanda, the Edmonton lawyer who helped create the group, called Our Alberta Advantage, says the Alberta government website is written in a way…

Competitiveness and innovation are at the core of Ursula von der Leyen’s second mandate as chief of the European Commission. Recent developments, such as proposals for new business-friendly legal frameworks like the 28th regime and repeated calls for deregulation, have raised concern among some observers,…

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US policy makers have two choices: strategic engagement or a spiral into irrelevancyJust three years after entering the auto market, the Chinese tech company Xiaomi has made no effort to temper expectations. Best known for challenging Apple and Samsung on smartphones, Xiaomi is now positioning its new-generation SU7 electric sedan…

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