Category Archives: Canadian Press
Japan's prince and princess to visit Hawaii in early June
HONOLULU - The Japanese government has announced Prince Fumihito and Princess Kiko will visit Hawaii for the first time next month. Prince Fumihito, the second son of Japan’s Emperor Akihito, an...
May 15, 2018
Actor who played Suge Knight gets probation for bank threats
NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. - A judge has sentenced the actor who portrayed rap mogul Suge Knight in the movie “Straight Outta Compton” to one year of probation for threatening bank employees. Ric...
May 15, 2018
U2 to play at New York's historic Apollo Theater
NEW YORK - U2 will put on a special one-night show at New York’s historic Apollo Theater. Howard Stern on Tuesday announced the invitation-only event for SiriusXM subscribers during his show on ...
May 15, 2018
Police end dig for remains of missing girls
MACOMB TOWNSHIP, Mich. - Police looking for the remains of up to seven girls who have been missing for decades stopped digging Tuesday in suburban Detroit, suspending a multi-day effort while they dec...
May 15, 2018
RFK Jr: Connecticut court's Skakel decision an 'exoneration'
HARTFORD, Conn. - Robert Kennedy Jr. says the Connecticut Supreme Court’s ruling that struck down the murder conviction of his cousin, Michael Skakel, is effectively an “exoneration.”...
May 15, 2018
'Solo: A Star Wars Story' touches down in Cannes
CANNES, France - The Han Solo spinoff “Solo: A Star Wars Story” has touched down at the Cannes Film Festival, bringing its cast and a full-sized Chewbacca to the French Riviera extravaganz...
May 15, 2018
April home sales drop to 7-year monthly low as mortgage rules continue to drag
TORONTO - April home sales dropped to a seven-year low for the month, the kick-off to the busy spring real estate season, as both sales and prices saw double-digit annual declines, the Canadian Real E...
May 15, 2018
Domestic dispute in Germany: Man arguing with a parrot
BERLIN - Police were called to investigate a domestic disturbance in a southern German town - and found a man arguing with a parrot. A resident in Loerrach, near the Swiss border, called the emergency...
May 15, 2018
Indonesia police shoot dead suspected militant, arrest 13
SURABAYA, Indonesia - Indonesian police fatally shot a militant and arrested 13 others Tuesday suspected of links to suicide bombings carried out by two families in the country’s second-largest ...
May 15, 2018
Will he or won't he? Presence of Markle's father in doubt
LONDON - Thomas Markle spent a career in Hollywood, but nothing prepared him for this. The father of royal bride-to-be Meghan Markle has been quoted as saying he will not attend his daughter’s w...
May 15, 2018