FBI says Trump was indeed struck by bullet during assassination attempt

Comedian Jon Stewart and troops sickened by uranium ended a meeting Friday at the Department of Veterans Affairs angry that once again they have been told they will have to wait to see whether the VA will connect their illnesses to the toxic base where they were deployed shortly after 9/11. The denied claims were supposed to have been fixed by the PACT Act, a major veterans aid package bill that President Joe Biden signed in 2022 and said is one of his proudest accomplishments in office. For many veterans it has made access to care much easier. But the bill left o

Celine Dion made a comeback to the live stage on Friday singing Edith Piaf's classic "L'Hymne A l'Amour" to close the Paris Olympics opening ceremony."In the ceremony we have a love anthem and that's L'Hymne A l'Amour. We all wanted to finish the show with this song and our first idea was very simple and clear. We wanted to ask the best singer to sing love and this is Celine Dion," artistic director Thomas Jolly told Reuters. "It was obvious for us to ask her to do that to close the ceremony."The 56-year-old singer said in late 2022 that she had been diagnosed with a rare neurological disorder

Brazil is gathering support from other countries for the creation of a fund that will send resources to nations with tropical forests in order to preserve them, Finance Ministry officials said at the sidelines of the G20 meeting of finance leaders in Rio de Janeiro.The so-called Tropical Forest Finance Facility will be financed by the governments that join the initiative and will also rely on private funds. Income from investments by the fund will be passed on to countries committed to forest preservation.Finance Ministry official João Paulo de Resende said an initial contribution of $25

Severe wildfire seasons are increasingly hurting western Canada's lucrative tourism industry, with some visitors beginning to avoid the busy late-summer months due to concerns about uncontrolled blazes, smoke-filled skies and road closures.After a scorching start to July, nearly 600 wildfires are now ablaze across British Columbia and Alberta, including a huge fire that this week devastated the picturesque tourist town of Jasper in the Canadian Rockies. Dozens of communities, including popular holiday spots in British Columbia's Kootenay region, are under evacuation orders and several hig