Category Archives: Canadian Press
Supreme Court wrestles with case on detention of immigrants
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court wrestled Wednesday with a case about the government’s ability to detain certain immigrants after they’ve served sentences for committing crimes in the United...
Oct 10, 2018
China says unaware ex-Interpol president's wife threatened
BEIJING - China is “not aware of the situation” surrounding reports that the wife of the detained Chinese former president of Interpol has been threatened, a foreign ministry spokesman sai...
Oct 10, 2018
Hurricane Michael heads for Florida coast on northern course toward N.S.
Michael roared toward the Florida panhandle as a Category 4 hurricane Wednesday, with long-range forecasts predicting its remnants could dump heavy rains on Nova Scotia if it passes south of the provi...
Oct 10, 2018
Virginia Medieval re-enactor fatally impales self with lance
WILLIAMSTOWN, Ky. - A Medieval knight re-enactor has impaled himself with his lance during a performance and died. News outlets report 53-year-old Peter Barclay, of Virginia, was competing in an eques...
Oct 10, 2018
10 dead in torrential flooding on Spain's Mallorca island
MADRID - At least 10 people died on the Spanish island of Mallorca after a torrential rainstorm caused flash flooding that left a trail of piled vehicles and damaged infrastructure from surges of wate...
Oct 10, 2018
Wisconsin man gets 22 years for trying to induce miscarriage
APPLETON, Wis. - A Wisconsin man has been sentenced to 22 years in prison after being convicted of spiking his pregnant girlfriend’s drink with an abortion-inducing drug. Forty-five-year-old Man...
Oct 10, 2018
Indonesian city's recovery to take 2 years, search nears end
PALU, Indonesia - The rebuilding of an Indonesian city shattered by an earthquake and tsunami will take two years, a disaster official said Thursday, as the search for victims buried in obliterated ne...
Oct 10, 2018
South Korea considers lifting some sanctions on North Korea
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - South Korea is considering lifting some of its unilateral sanctions against North Korea to create more momentum for diplomacy aimed at improving relations and defusing the ...
Oct 10, 2018
#BringBackOurGirls activist runs for Nigeria's presidency
LAGOS, Nigeria - The woman who led the global campaign to free Nigerian schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram extremists is now running for president, saying she is fighting for “the soul” o...
Oct 10, 2018
More than 70 years later, an unknown soldier comes home
WASHINGTON - Gerard Murphy never met his uncle Richard. But the Potomac, Maryland, native grew up hearing stories of the former journalist who enlisted in the Marines during World War II and disappear...
Oct 10, 2018