Category Archives: Canadian Press
Judge orders man who knocked over toilet to shovel manure
PAINESVILLE, Ohio - A judge known for unique sentences has ordered a man who knocked over a port-a-potty to clean manure out of animal pens at a county fairgrounds in Ohio. Judge Michael Cicconetti re...
Jul 31, 2018
Dog meat campaign say tests find rabies at Indonesia markets
JAKARTA, Indonesia - Anti-dog meat campaigners say tests of just nine dog carcasses from markets on the Indonesian island Sulawesi revealed one infected with rabies, highlighting the public health ris...
Jul 31, 2018
After delays, former Iraqi translator became US citizen
ORLANDO, Fla. - As he waited for his citizenship ceremony to start Tuesday, Haeder Al Anbki held his breath, half-worried that someone would stop him and tell him to leave. “I’m happy but ...
Jul 31, 2018
4 people, including boy, fatally shot at apartment building
NEW YORK - Four people, including a young boy, were shot and killed late Monday at an apartment building, police said. Detectives were investigating whether the deaths might have been a murder-suicide...
Jul 31, 2018
Powerful bomb in van kills at least 11 in south Philippines
LAMITAN, Philippines - A bomb-laden van driven by a suspected militant went off in a powerful blast Tuesday that killed 11 people, including a soldier, five militiamen and the driver, in a brazen atta...
Jul 31, 2018
Deadly month: Japan's weather-related deaths top 300 in July
TOKYO - More than 300 people died in July from weather-related disasters in one of Japan’s deadliest months in recent years. First came record rainfall. Disaster authorities say at least 220 peo...
Jul 31, 2018
Official says agency warned family separation bad for kids
WASHINGTON - A Department of Health and Human Services official told senators Tuesday that his agency had warned the Trump administration that separating families would be dangerous for children. But ...
Jul 31, 2018
Clash of GOP titans as Trump v Kochs feud escalates
NEW YORK - The war of words intensified between two titans in Republican politics on Tuesday as President Donald Trump trashed the conservative billionaire Koch brothers as a “total joke in real...
Jul 31, 2018
Lawmakers struggling to develop a response to Trump-Putin
WASHINGTON - Congress is producing an unusual outpouring of bills, resolutions and new sanctions proposals to push back at President Donald Trump’s approach to Vladimir Putin, shore up relations...
Jul 31, 2018
Penn State frat member gets house arrest in hazing death
BELLEFONTE, Pa. - A Penn State University fraternity member who plied a pledge with vodka the night he was fatally injured in a series of falls avoided jail time on Tuesday when a judge sentenced him ...
Jul 31, 2018