Category Archives: Canadian Press
Police confirm six students arrested, charged in St. Michael's probe
TORONTO - Six teens were arrested and charged Monday in connection with an alleged sexual assault at an all-boys private school in Toronto as police said they were looking into more incidents and addi...
Nov 19, 2018
Pamela Anderson calls Australian PM's comments 'smutty'
LOS ANGELES - Pamela Anderson is criticizing Australia’s prime minister for making “smutty, unnecessary comments about a woman voicing her political opinion.” Appearing on Australia&...
Nov 19, 2018
Outsiders, academy members to pick Nobel Literature winners
COPENHAGEN - Only half of those who choose the winners of next year’s Nobel Prize in literature will be members of the scandal-rocked Swedish Academy that has always previously awarded the prize...
Nov 19, 2018
Nissan chairman arrested in probe of financial misconduct
YOKOHAMA, Japan - Nissan Chairman Carlos Ghosn, who became one of the auto industry’s most powerful executives by engineering a turnaround at the Japanese manufacturer, was arrested Monday and w...
Nov 19, 2018
Police: 2-year-old Texas girl dies, was beaten and burned
ARLINGTON, Texas - Police in the Fort Worth area say a 2-year-old girl died after a caregiver hit her with a belt and burned her buttocks for discipline. Police were called to an apartment in Arlingto...
Nov 19, 2018
Gascoigne charged with sexually assaulting a woman on train
LONDON - Former England midfielder Paul Gascoigne has been charged with sexually assaulting a woman on board a train. The 51-year-old Gascoigne, who has struggled with alcohol and mental-health proble...
Nov 19, 2018
In year of Democratic hopes, GOP comes out on top in Florida
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - This was the year Florida’s Democrats spoke ambitiously of ending their 20-year journey in political exile in this battleground state. Instead, election results after a tense...
Nov 19, 2018
Yemeni rebels say they will halt rocket fire at Saudi Arabia
SANAA, Yemen - Yemen’s Shiite rebels said Monday that they will halt rocket fire into Saudi Arabia for the sake of peace efforts, answering a key Saudi demand in the latest push to stop the civi...
Nov 19, 2018
AP FACT CHECK: Trump's misdirection on Calif fires, climate
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump is going too far in assigning most of the blame for California’s devastating wildfires on the state’s forest management. In comments over the weekend, h...
Nov 19, 2018
Hong Kong protest leaders warn of threat to civil rights
Hong Kong protest leaders who went on trial Monday for spearheading pro-democracy demonstrations in 2014 said their prosecution threatens the future of civil rights in the territory, where fears have ...
Nov 19, 2018