Flight to LA diverted to Chicago due to bomb threat

Officials of Ishikawa Prefecture’s Suzu City say they have confirmed several houses and power poles have collapsed following a magnitude 7.4 quake Monday afternoon. A quake with an intensity of upper six on the Japanese intensity scale of 0 to seven was observed in the city.

The former cabinet minister resigned from the B.C. NDP caucus on Wednesday, and said she felt unsupported as a Jewish woman in the governing party.