Rachel Goodman

Toronto

National Online Journalist at Global News

Writer/Reporter for Now Toronto

Articles

Actor Gerard Depardieu found guilty of sexually assaulting 2 women

1 day ago | globalnews.ca | Rachel Goodman

NOTE: The following article contains graphic details. Please read at your own discretion. French film star Gerard Depardieu has been found guilty of sexually assaulting two women during the filming of a movie in 2021 and will serve an 18-month suspended prison sentence. He was also fined €29,040, and the court requested that he be registered in France’s national sex offender database.
First group of white South Africans lands in U.S. under Trump refugee plan | Globalnews.ca

2 days ago | globalnews.ca | Rachel Goodman

A cohort of 49 South Africans left the country on Saturday for the U.S. on a privately chartered plane after being granted refugee status by the Trump administration as part of an anti-discrimination program announced in February. The group, which included families and small children, was due to arrive at Dulles International Airport outside Washington D.C. on Monday morning local time, according to Collen Msibi, a spokesperson for South Africa’s transport ministry.
Inmate suffers bungled execution after firing squad misses target in South Carolina

5 days ago | globalnews.ca | Rachel Goodman

A South Carolina death row inmate who died by firing squad in April — the second in five weeks in the state to be killed via that method — suffered a prolonged death after shooters missed their target, his lawyers said.
Trump taps Fox News host Jeanine Pirro as top federal prosecutor for D.C.

5 days ago | globalnews.ca | Rachel Goodman

U.S. President Donald Trump announced on Thursday that Fox News host Jeanine Pirro, a former county prosecutor and New York judge, would be the most senior federal lawyer for Washington, D.C., after dropping his pick Ed Martin Jr. over House concerns about his lack of legal experience. Pirro, who joined the network in 2006, co-hosts The Five on weekdays and was elected as a judge in New York’s Westchester County Court in 1990 before serving three terms as its elected district attorney.
Bill Gates pledges almost all his multi-billion-dollar fortune to charity

6 days ago | globalnews.ca | Rachel Goodman

Billionaire Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates — the 13th-richest man in the world — says he will donate 99 per cent of his remaining tech fortune to the Gates Foundation, which is set to shutter in 2045, earlier than initially planned. Gates’ current assets are valued at $113.5 billion USD, according to Forbes. His pledge is among the largest ever made, surpassing those of John D. Rockefeller and Andrew Carnegie, when adjusted for inflation.
AI video of dead road rage victim ‘forgives’ killer in Arizona courtroom

6 days ago | globalnews.ca | Rachel Goodman

A man who was shot dead three years ago in a road rage incident appeared — sort of — at his killer’s sentencing with a message from beyond the grave, all thanks to AI. Chris Pelkey, a lifelong resident of Upstate New York, was gunned down in 2021 at age 37 in Chandler, Ariz. At a state courthouse on Thursday, a digitally regenerated version of Pelkey spoke to the man who took his life.
Woman awarded $55K by tribunal after being compared to Darth Vader

1 week ago | globalnews.ca | Rachel Goodman

An NHS worker in the U.K. has been awarded close to £30,000 (CAD $55,000) after being compared to Star Wars bad guy Darth Vader at work by a former colleague. Lorna Rooke said in 2021 a co-worker took a Star Wars-themed Myers-Briggs personality test on her behalf that likens participants to one of the franchise’s characters.
‘What president ever talks like that?’ Biden on Trump’s leadership so far

1 week ago | globalnews.ca | Rachel Goodman

In his first post-presidential interview since U.S. President Donald Trump took office, Joe Biden equated the pressure the president is putting on Ukraine to “modern-day appeasement,” a reference to the British government’s pre-Second World War effort to curtail the Nazi’s invasion of Europe.
Man killed in Florida bear attack — may be 1st-ever in state to die by mauling - National | Globalnews.ca

1 week ago | globalnews.ca | Rachel Goodman

Wildlife officers in southwest Florida have killed three black bears after a violent mauling that led to the death of a man and a dog, the first fatal attack of its kind in the state. Authorities suspect that 89-year-old Robert Markel died as a result of a bear attack near his home early on Monday. According to The Associated Press, DNA samples from the bears and the attack scene have been sent to a Gainesville lab for testing to determine if any of the animals killed Markel.
World War III imminent, many Americans and Europeans fear: poll

1 week ago | globalnews.ca | Rachel Goodman

Eighty years after VE-Day, which marked the formal Nazi surrender and the end of six years of war in Europe, many fear a third world war is imminent. New YouGov polling conducted in Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the U.S. shows that between 41 per cent and 55 per cent of respondents in each country think another world war is likely to occur within the next five to 10 years. Forty-five per cent of Americans hold the same view.