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The children of Hong Kong's jailed pro-democracy media mogul Jimmy Lai are voicing new alarm for his health, saying his condition has continued to deteriorate. Read More … [Read more...] about Family sounds new alarm for jailed Hong Kong pro-democracy publisher Jimmy Lai

Federal prosecutors charged a man suspected of shooting two National Guard members — one of whom later died — with first-degree murder and assault with intent to kill. Read More … [Read more...] about Suspect in National Guard shootings pleads not guilty to murder and assault

After being apprehended in a furious five-day manhunt for the killer of an insurance executive in midtown Manhattan, Luigi Mangione casually told a prison guard he had a 3-D gun in his backpack and chatted with another about George Orwell’s literature, according to court testimony. Read More … [Read more...] about Luigi Mangione’s lawyers seek to have gun, manifesto evidence tossed from murder trial

The United States has "only just begun" targeting alleged drug-trafficking boats, Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth insisted Tuesday, despite a growing outcry over strikes that critics say amount to extrajudicial killings. Read More … [Read more...] about U.S. has ‘only just begun’ striking alleged drug boats: Pete Hegseth

First Reading is a Canadian politics newsletter curated by the National Post’s own Tristin Hopper. To get an early version sent directly to your inbox, sign up here. Read More … [Read more...] about FIRST READING: Why a leading NDP candidate claimed that pipelines are a conduit to rape and murder