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Week 2 saw a whopping 10 receivers score at least 20 points in CFL Weekly Fantasy play, while all six starting pivots scored at least 20 points. Can Week 3 match the offensive explosion that fuelled big scoring performances last week? Here are four players to watch: one start and one sit for CFL Fantasy presented by theScore Bet, along with one start and one sit for CFL Weekly Fantasy. CFL FANTASY PRESENTED BY THESCORE BET» Play CFL Fantasy now on CFL Game Zone» Play CFL Weekly Fantasy now on CFL Game Zone» CFL Fantasy Guide: Everything you need to…

In a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filing on Tuesday, Robinhood said it would cut 10% of its full-time workforce of 2,900 and close a “small number” of open roles. The Menlo Park, California-based financial services platform is joining the ranks of companies that have flattened middle management roles to save costs and slim out bureaucracy.  Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev sent an internal email to staff regarding the layoffs, which the company posted on X.  “I want to be transparent about why this is happening now,” Tenev said in the memo. “Robinhood’s business has never been stronger. But to achieve…

FoodNeverComes has all the trappings of a food delivery app. You can scroll through a list of restaurants, select your items, and make modifications, then enter your address and method of payment and track the courier as they bring the food to your door. The only catch? As the app’s name implies, the food never actually comes. FoodNeverComes features no real transactions or deliveries. Instead, it’s part of a growing trend of fake online shopping sites spreading from South Korea. On so-called “dopamine sites,” users can simulate retail therapy without the actual retail, getting the buzz that comes from purchasing…

OTTAWA — Mark Carney’s Liberal government is using its majority to expedite the adoption of some controversial bills in the last week of sitting in the House of Commons, just before MPs head off to their constituencies for the barbecue circuit this summer. Among the legislation that is fast-tracked this week is C-9, the Liberals’ anti-hate bill which has gotten backlash for a potential chilling effect on the preaching of religious texts , and C-30, the spring economic update bill which critics say could deregulate pesticide laws. Opposition parties protested the use of time allocation motions, saying they are becoming…

WASHINGTON — A man accused of shooting two National Guard troops near the White House, killing one of them, pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to charges in a new indictment that make him eligible for a possible death sentence if he is convicted. Rahmanullah Lakanwal, an Afghan national, was arraigned on 17 counts, including first-degree murder, in the new indictment handed up by a federal grand jury in Washington. Lakanwal originally pleaded not guilty in January to nine charges in the November 2025 shooting that killed Spc. Sarah Beckstrom and critically wounded Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe. Before the Justice Department…

MADISON, Wis. — President Donald Trump’s attorney for the 2020 campaign in Wisconsin and two former aides all pleaded not guilty Tuesday to felony forgery charges for their roles in a fake elector scheme designed to overturn Trump’s loss in the swing state. Jim Troupis, a former judge who was Trump’s Wisconsin campaign attorney, Mike Roman, Trump’s director of Election Day operations in 2020, and Ken Chesebro, a former Trump legal adviser, all entered the pleas in Dane County Circuit Court. Troupis, who lives in the Madison area, appeared in person. Roman and Chesebro appeared via Zoom. The Wisconsin fake…

The bill tabled on Tuesday, which was presented after months of calls from First Nations leaders to do so, now reads: “It is declared to be the policy of the Government of Canada to further the progressive realization, for individuals on First Nation lands, of the human right to safe drinking water, as protected by the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.”

Sixteen years after The Social Network redefined how Hollywood tells the story of Silicon Valley, Sony Pictures has released the first official trailer for its long-awaited follow-up, officially titled The Social Reckoning. This time, Aaron Sorkin is not just writing the screenplay, he is stepping into the director’s chair as well, taking over from David Fincher. The film picks up the story nearly two decades after the events of the original, shifting focus away from Facebook’s founding and toward its consequences. Based on Jeff Horwitz’s Wall Street Journal investigation known as The Facebook Files, the story follows Frances Haugen, played…

Image Credit: Lester Cohen/WireImage) One of the most unexpectedly timeless films of the 2000s was Shrek. The animated family comedy was a major hit when it was released in 2001, with young fans enjoying the fairytale elements, and adults being charmed by the sense of humor and characters. The film led to three sequels, along with spinoffs for the Shrek 2 character Puss in Boots. It’s been quite some time since a Shrek film hit theaters, with the fourth installment Shrek Forever After dropping in 2010. Almost 15 years since the last movie, fans will get to experience their love for Shrek, Donkey, Fiona, and…

But it will work toward a voluntary code of conduct for devs and publishers. Christophe Licoppe/Shutterstock The European Commission has opted not to require video game companies to continue supporting their online titles after they’re no longer available for purchase. Instead, the regulator said that it will “explore ways to improve industry standards” for games that may become unavailable to their audiences. The regulator weighed in the topic as a result of a grassroots effort known as Stop Killing Games, which collected enough signatures last year for the question of online game preservation to be brought…