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Taylor Swift fan had concert tickets and a place to stay. Then Booking.com pulled the rug out from under her; A young white woman wearing a black shirts sits at a kitchen table beside an open laptop\. The words on the screen say find your next stay\.

Taylor Swift fan had concert tickets and a place to stay. Then Booking.com pulled the rug out from under her

May 6 , 2024 at 04:00:00 a.m. EDT • :

A Taylor Swift fan from Montreal who secured accommodations for the pop star's Toronto concert found herself without a place to stay after Booking.com cancelled her reservations and refused to help find an affordable alternative. A legal expert says the rental booking site shirked its responsibilities by failing to help the Swiftie get what she was promised.

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Canada Post closes loophole for Nunavummiut to access free Amazon shipping; The post office in Rankin Inlet, pictured April 2024\.

Canada Post closes loophole for Nunavummiut to access free Amazon shipping

May 6 , 2024 at 04:00:00 a.m. EDT • :

Nunavummiut from several communities say they're reeling from suddenly losing access to free Amazon shipping after Canada Post put an end to a loophole customers utilized to access the service.

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India's Hindu nationalists are petitioning courts to tear down mosques and replace them with temples; An Aerial view shows Gyanvapi mosque, left, and Kashiviswanath temple on the banks of the river Ganges in Varanasi, India, Dec\. 12, 2021\. The 17th-century mosque in Varanasi, Hinduism's holiest city, has emerged as the latest flashpoint between Hindus and Muslims\. A court case will decide whether the site would be given to Hindus, who claim it was built on a temple destroyed on the orders of Aurangzeb\.

India's Hindu nationalists are petitioning courts to tear down mosques and replace them with temples

May 6 , 2024 at 04:00:00 a.m. EDT • :

Gvanvapi mosque in the holy city of Varanasi is one of hundreds of mosques and other Muslim sites being targeted by Hindu nationalist groups in India. The petitioners say they want to restore previously destroyed Hindu holy sites, but some historians accuse the groups of aggressively attempting to rewrite history. 

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Astronauts are ready to test out Boeing's new spacecraft — and a Canadian will be talking them through it; NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore are ready for their test launch of Boeing's new spacecraft the CST-100 Starliner\.

Astronauts are ready to test out Boeing's new spacecraft — and a Canadian will be talking them through it

May 4 , 2024 at 04:00:00 a.m. EDT • :

It's been a decade in the making, but Boeing's commercial spacecraft is finally launching with its first passengers. Canadian astronaut Joshua Kutryk will be in mission control helping lead the way.

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Israeli army urges Palestinians to evacuate parts of Rafah ahead of 'limited' action; Palestinians hold leaflets dropped by Israeli planes calling on them to evacuate ahead of an Israeli military operation in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, Monday, May 6, 2024\. The order affects tens of thousands of people and could signal a broader invasion of Rafah, which Israel has identified as Hamas' last major stronghold after seven months of war\.

Israeli army urges Palestinians to evacuate parts of Rafah ahead of 'limited' action

May 6 , 2024 at 06:11:59 a.m. EDT • :

Israel told Palestinians to evacuate parts of Rafah on Monday in what appeared to be preparation for a long-threatened assault on Hamas holdouts in the southern Gaza Strip city where more than a million war-displaced people have been sheltering.

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WATCH | Moose hide tanning camp in Inuvik teaches traditional techniques to all ages; An instructor tans a moose hide  

May 5 , 2024 at 03:01:35 p.m. EDT • :

WATCH | Moose hide tanning camp in Inuvik teaches traditional techniques to all ages

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This mom took her 14-year-old daughter off life support. She says her suicide was preventable; Darcel Lidd, 14, died on Saturday, April 27, at the Janeway Children's Health and Rehabilitation Centre\.  

May 6 , 2024 at 04:30:00 a.m. EDT • :

This mom took her 14-year-old daughter off life support. She says her suicide was preventable

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What to look for when buying a used EV; Unsold 2024 Cooper SE electric hardtop vehicle charges at a port outside the showroom of a Mini dealership Wednesday, May 1, 2024, in Highlands Ranch, Colo\. \(AP Photo/David Zalubowski\)  

May 6 , 2024 at 04:00:00 a.m. EDT • :

What to look for when buying a used EV

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Work stoppage averted as WestJet, aircraft engineers' union reach tentative deal; WestJet has started to cancel flights as talks with the pilots' union remained at a "critical impasse," the company said in Calgary, Alta\., Thursday, May 18, 2023\.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh  

May 6 , 2024 at 01:20:20 a.m. EDT • :

Work stoppage averted as WestJet, aircraft engineers' union reach tentative deal

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Survivor of Highway 401 wrong-way crash speaks out for first time;  

May 5 , 2024 at 01:57:40 p.m. EDT • :

Survivor of Highway 401 wrong-way crash speaks out for first time

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May 5 , 2024 at 04:41:33 p.m. EDT • :

Arrests in Nijjar killing, commission report refocus India as potential source of foreign meddling

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May 4 , 2024 at 06:13:13 p.m. EDT • :

London Drugs begins to gradually reopen stores after cyberattack

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May 5 , 2024 at 06:31:39 p.m. EDT • :

Canada's Taylor Pendrith wins Byron Nelson for 1st PGA Tour victory

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May 5 , 2024 at 03:10:34 p.m. EDT • :

Holocaust survivor marks Remembrance Day differently this year after escaping Oct. 7 attacks

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May 5 , 2024 at 01:33:25 p.m. EDT • :

UN accuses Israel of denying aid access amid 'full-blown famine' in north Gaza

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