Category Archives: Canadian Press

TUSKEGEE, Ala. - In 1906, when aging, white Confederate veterans of the Civil War and black ex-slaves still lived on the old plantations of the Deep South, two very different celebrations were afoot i...

HALIFAX - A lawyer for a Halifax man who strangled an off-duty police officer argues that his mental illness - brought on by the murder - should be a mitigating factor in deciding his parole eligibili...

MONROE, N.C. - North Carolina authorities arrested a juvenile Wednesday they say robbed a 9-year-old lemonade vendor of $17 at gunpoint, a stickup that prompted an outpouring of sympathy and donations...

JERUSALEM - Gaza’s Hamas rulers said late Thursday that a truce had been reached with Israel, ending an intense two-day burst of violence that had pushed the region closer to war. But the deal d...

TOKYO - Nagasaki marked the anniversary of the world’s second atomic bombing Thursday with the United Nations chief and the city’s mayor urging global leaders to take concrete steps toward...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - A police officer is recovering from injuries suffered during an exchange of gunfire outside a Waffle House in northeastern Florida. Officer William Eierman is in stable condition ...

MANCHESTER TOWNSHIP, N.J. - Authorities have relocated a venomous timber rattlesnake after a woman in New Jersey found it under her car. The woman contacted the state, which alerted its venomous snake...

An Israeli businessman appears to have bitten off more than he can chew with plans for a crocodile farm in a West Bank settlement. Hundreds of crocodiles have been stranded at the farm in a remote spo...

OTTAWA - A new Statistics Canada survey reveals an “alarming” number of Canadians have driven a vehicle while high on cannabis or have been passengers in such vehicles. According to the se...

The U.S. Army has stopped discharging immigrant recruits who enlisted seeking a path to citizenship - at least temporarily. A memo shared with The Associated Press spells out orders to high-ranking Ar...