Category Archives: Canadian Press
Man at centre of Nobel body scandal tests rape conviction
STOCKHOLM - The man at the centre of the scandal at the academy that awards the Nobel Prize in literature arrived Monday at a Swedish appeals court in handcuffs, hoping his rape conviction and a two-y...
Nov 12, 2018
Military vet Ojeda announces 2020 presidential campaign
CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A retired Army paratrooper and current West Virginia lawmaker seeking to restore the Democratic Party’s blue-collar roots chose Veterans Day to formalize his campaign for the...
Nov 12, 2018
Bruno Mars to provide Thanksgiving meals for 24K in Hawaii
NEW YORK - Bruno Mars will mark the end of his massive “24K Magic World Tour” by providing meals to 24,000 Hawaii residents in need for the Thanksgiving holiday. The Hawaiian-born singer a...
Nov 12, 2018
Gerard Butler's house 'half-gone,' others await fire's toll
LOS ANGELES - Celebrities whose coastal homes have been damaged or destroyed in a Southern California wildfire or were forced to flee from the flames expressed sympathy and solidarity with less-famous...
Nov 12, 2018
Michelle Obama memoir is next pick for Winfrey book club
NEW YORK - Michelle Obama’s “Becoming,” already expected to sell millions of copies, now has the official backing of Oprah Winfrey. “This book is everything you wanted to know ...
Nov 12, 2018
Dead in cars and homes: Northern California fire toll at 42
PARADISE, Calif. - The dead were found in burned-out cars, in the smouldering ruins of their homes, or next to their vehicles, apparently overcome by smoke and flames before they could jump in behind ...
Nov 12, 2018
Democratic coalition won back House, fell short elsewhere
NEW YORK - For much of the country, the 2018 midterm season is over. But unresolved races for governor in Georgia and Florida are raising major strategic questions for Democrats as they turn their att...
Nov 12, 2018
Training kids to kill at Ukrainian nationalist camp
KIEV, Ukraine - The campers, some clad in combat fatigues, carefully aim their assault rifles. Their instructor offers advice: Don’t think of your target as a human being. So when these boys and...
Nov 12, 2018
Options limited, North Korea lit by flashlights, creaky grid
PYONGYANG, Korea, Democratic People’s Republic Of - More than 20 years after his father almost bargained them away for a pair of nuclear reactors, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has his nuclear...
Nov 12, 2018
Police: Children watch 2 women slash each other at bus stop
NORTH PORT, Fla. - Police say two women wielding shards of a broken coffee mug attacked each other at a Florida school bus stop in Florida. News outlets cite a North Port police release as saying doze...
Nov 12, 2018