Danish actor Mads Mikkelsen has been chosen to replace Johnny Depp in the upcoming third film in the Fantastic Beasts franchise, Warner Bros. said on Wednesday.  Mikkelsen, 55, who is known for his role as serial killer Hannibal Lecter in the television series Hannibal, will play the evil wizard Gellert Grindelwald in the spinoff movie from Harry Potter author J.K.…

REGINA — A man in Regina has been charged with assault with a weapon after he was told to wear a mask at a store. In a news release Wednesday, police said the man was asked to leave the store for not wearing a mask. He had returned showing a…

By Reuters Staff MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russias Federal Security Service said on Wednesday it had thwarted terror attacks planned by Islamic State in the Moscow region, uncovering and breaking up a militant cell, the RIA news agency said. Security officers detained one person and seized a home-made bomb, the FSB…

By Reuters Staff MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russias Federal Security Service said on Wednesday it had thwarted terror attacks planned by Islamic State in the Moscow region, uncovering and breaking up a militant cell, the RIA news agency said. Security officers detained one person and seized a home-made bomb, the FSB…

SpaceX has launched yet another Starlink mission, adding 60 more Starlink satellites to its low-Earth orbit constellation. That’s good news for its efforts to blanket the globe in high-speed broadband, and today’s flight is even better news for its equally important ambition of developing more reusable rocket systems, since the…

DES MOINES, Iowa —Thanksgiving typically marks one of the busiest travel times of the year, but 2020 will likely be an exception to the rule. Warnings from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention not to travel due to COVID-19 cases have contributed to less travel at Des Moines International…

TORONTO — An Etobicoke restaurant that flouted provincial orders by offering indoor dining to customers amid a lockdown in Toronto has been ordered to close indefinitely by the citys medical officer of health. Uniformed police officers showed up at the Queen Elizabeth Blvd. location of Adamson Barbecue late on Tuesday…

The Ontario government has started to deploy rapid COVID-19 tests to hospitals, long-term care homes and regions of high-transmission as the province continues to combat a second wave of the novel coronavirus. Premier Doug Ford along with his health minister and minister of long-term care made the announcement in Toronto…

Salt that crystallizes with sharp edges is the killer ingredient in the development of a reusable mask because any COVID-19 droplets that land on it would be quickly destroyed, says a researcher who is being recognized for her innovation. Ilaria Rubino, a recent PhD graduate from the department of chemical…

WINNIPEG — A minister at a church near Steinbach, Man. who spoke at an anti-mask rally in the COVID-19-stricken city, has been handed two tickets after holding a church service on Sunday morning. According to the Church of God, a North American church with a location in Steinbach, Minister Tobias…