Category Archives: Canadian Press
Man arrested trying to steal Magna Carta from UK cathedral
LONDON - A man suspected of trying to steal a Magna Carta from its display case at Salisbury Cathedral has been arrested after he was wrestled to the ground by cathedral employees, British authorities...
Oct 26, 2018
Trump administration squares off with drugmakers over plan
WASHINGTON - With midterm elections less than two weeks away, President Donald Trump is pushing a plan to lower prices for some prescription drugs, and Friday it put his administration on a collision ...
Oct 26, 2018
AP Investigation: Congo hospitals openly jail poor patients
LUBUMBASHI, Congo - The most surprising thing about the fact that Congolese hospitals detain patients who fail to pay their bills is that it’s no secret: Administrators, doctors and nurses openl...
Oct 26, 2018
Bomb scare rattles those touched by past political violence
NEW YORK - No one has been hurt or killed. But the wave of mail bombs targeting prominent Democrats this week has angered and dismayed some of the people affected personally by past acts of political ...
Oct 26, 2018
In migrant caravan, safety in numbers and no smuggling fees
ARRIAGA, Mexico - Kenia Yoselin Gutierrez had long thought about migrating from her native Honduras to the United States, but stories of others who made the trip scared her off: migrants being raped o...
Oct 26, 2018
Thumbprint on toilet leads to life term in Virginia slaying
NORFOLK, Va. - A thumbprint left on a toilet seat at a murder scene has finally led to a life sentence in a decades-old murder case. The Virginian-Pilot reports Daniel Johnston was convicted by a jury...
Oct 26, 2018
Obama rips Trump, GOP in fiery speeches for Midwest Dems
DETROIT - Former President Barack Obama criticized President Donald Trump’s tenure in office Friday in fiery speeches in Milwaukee and Detroit that took aim at him and other Republicans for R...
Oct 26, 2018
Folks in rural part of Panhandle ask: Where's the help?
PANAMA CITY, Fla. - More than two weeks after the powerful eyewall of Hurricane Michael passed over Bay County, Mark Ward wonders when the power will work again. And the sewer. And the water. “W...
Oct 26, 2018
Hate crime considered in Kentucky grocery shooting
JEFFERSONTOWN, Ky. - The fatal shooting death of two black grocery patrons by a white gunman is being investigated as a possible hate crime, a U.S. official said Friday. Federal investigators are exam...
Oct 26, 2018
Abe's Beijing visit underscores warming China-Japan ties
BEIJING - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe held a second meeting with his Chinese counterpart Li Keqiang on Friday during the first formal visit to Beijing by a Japanese leader in nearly seven years that her...
Oct 26, 2018