Category Archives: Canadian Press
Proposed Conservative parental tax credit would cost $600M or more: PBO
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer’s proposed tax credit for parents would cost the federal government over $600 million dollars in lost revenues in the first year - and this could go ev...
May 10, 2018
Supreme Court agrees to hear case on citizenship of Russian spy kids
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada will help settle the controversy of whether the Toronto-born sons of Russian spies are actually Canadian citizens. A high court decision Thursday grants the federa...
May 10, 2018
Cannes: Chastain, Nyong'o, Cruz promote female-led spy film
CANNES, France - At last year’s Cannes Film Festival, Jessica Chastain noticed the paucity of female-led action films at the movie marketplace. This year, she brought a corrective. Chastain and ...
May 10, 2018
Singer Teairra Mari to fight leak of intimate photos
LOS ANGELES - “Love & Hip Hop” star Teairra Mari says she’ll be in pursuit of justice after intimate photos of her surfaced online. The 30-year-old posted on social media that so...
May 10, 2018
Military finds multiple failures led to deadly Niger ambush
WASHINGTON - Multiple failures led up to the deadly Niger attack last October, but top military leaders said Thursday that none directly caused the overwhelming enemy ambush that killed four American ...
May 10, 2018
Mahathir Malaysia's leader again after ruling party booted
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Malaysia’s former authoritarian leader Mahathir Mohamad was sworn in as prime minister on Thursday, cementing a stunning political comeback and a historic change in gove...
May 10, 2018
Albany Law School displays Hamilton letter, other documents
ALBANY, N.Y. - Albany Law School will display a hand-signed letter from Alexander Hamilton giving legal advice to a client. The school says it will exhibit rare documents related to the Founding Fathe...
May 10, 2018
Hawaii volcano could spew boulders the size of refrigerators
PAHOA, Hawaii - If Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano blows its top in the coming days or weeks, as experts fear, it could hurl ash and boulders the size of refrigerators miles into the air, shutting down...
May 10, 2018
In Yemen's Aden, a generation chewed up and spit out by war
ADEN, Yemen - Best friends, they grew up together. When rebels attacked, they fought together. Eighteen years old and without a day of military training, they picked up Kalashnikovs and went to defend...
May 10, 2018
In Indiana, Trump urges GOP to mobilize for 2018 midterms
ELKHART, Ind. - Embracing his role as party leader, President Donald Trump issued a stern warning at a rally Thursday that Democrats would disrupt the economic progress of his administration, implorin...
May 10, 2018