Start your day off right with five things you need to know this morning.
All five members of the 2018 Canadian world junior hockey team who are accused of sexual assault are in court this morning, with an Ontario judge expected to deliver a verdict in the case. Michael McLeod, Carter Hart, Alex Formenton, Dillon Dube and Callan Footage have all pleaded not guilty in connection to the alleged sexual assault in London, Ont., in June 2018.
Ruling expected today in sexual assault trial of five hockey players https://t.co/PLsn8umQrD
— CTV News (@CTVNews) July 24, 2025
Bryan Kohberger will spend the rest of his life in prison. The man who snuck into a rental home near the University of Idaho campus and stabbed four students to death in late 2022 was handed a life sentence with no chance of parole on Wednesday. However, the victims’ families still have no answers as to why he did it or how he came to target the home.
BREAKING: Judge sentences Bryan Kohberger to life in prison for murdering four University of Idaho students in 2022. https://t.co/Iqb4COBduC
— The Associated Press (@AP) July 23, 2025
French President Emmanual Macron and his wife Brigitte have sued right-wing influencer and podcaster Candace Owens. The lawsuit comes after Owens claimed Brigitte Macron is a male, born under the name Jean-Michel Trogneux. The couple says that is the name of Brigitte’s brother. A spokesperson for Owens called the lawsuit an effort to bully the podcaster.
Candace Owens sued by French President Emanuel Macron, his wife for claiming Brigitte Macron was born a man who groomed her allegedly gay husband https://t.co/QoHkTSPc1S pic.twitter.com/CBAMTFn34U
— New York Post (@nypost) July 23, 2025
The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday that Attorney General Pam Bondi told President Donald Trump that his name was included in the files of the Jeffrey Epstein sex-trafficking investigation. Democrats are now calling on Bondi to testify in front of Congress.
Attorney General Pam Bondi is facing Democratic calls to testify before Congress following a newspaper's revelation that she told President Donald Trump that his name appeared in the files of the Jeffrey Epstein sex-trafficking investigation. https://t.co/4nnCuEque8 pic.twitter.com/XRm6Ts1dGt
— Yahoo News (@YahooNews) July 24, 2025
Richard Elliott said the massive grass carp he caught in Lake Huron was the first he’s seen in nearly five decades of fishing, but he was hoping he’d never see one. It’s an invasive species and he believes it may be the largest of its kind ever caught in the Great Lakes, measuring 48 inches long and weighing 58 pounds. Grass carps cause environmental damage by eating vegetation usually eaten by native fish.
Thumbnail photos of hockey players courtesy of hockeydb.com.
