Category Archives: Canadian Press
Man sentenced to 30 years for drive-by killing of toddler
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - A 22-year-old man has been sentenced to 30 years in prison after pleading guilty to the drive-by shooting death of a 2-year-old girl in Little Rock. Deshaun Rushing was charged wit...
Apr 24, 2018
Feb. home prices soar 6.3 pct in a fierce competition to buy
WASHINGTON - U.S. home prices jumped in February as buyers compete fiercely over a dwindling number of properties for sale. The S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller national home price index released Tuesda...
Apr 24, 2018
Canadians head home after U-17 soccer tournament called off due to violence
Canada coach Bev Priestman was preparing her team for a game Sunday against Costa Rica when CONCACAF pulled the plug on its 2018 Women’s Under-17 Championship following violence in Managua, Nica...
Apr 24, 2018
Trudeau calls van attack 'horrific and senseless,' says no apparent terror link
OTTAWA - Members of Parliament bowed their heads in silence and the flag atop the Peace Tower flew at half-mast Tuesday as the House of Commons and its denizens paid tribute to the victims of a “...
Apr 24, 2018
Arresting officer's actions 'one shining moment' in Toronto van attack
TORONTO - The president of Toronto’s police union said an officer’s actions in arresting a suspect in Monday’s deadly van attack without firing a single shot was “one shining m...
Apr 24, 2018
After close vote, panel sends Pompeo nomination to Senate
WASHINGTON - Mike Pompeo, President Donald Trump’s choice for secretary of state, avoided a rare rebuke Monday as the Senate Foreign Relations Committee narrowly recommended him, but the vote se...
Apr 24, 2018
Texas man sentenced to 50 years for $1.2M theft of fajitas
BROWNSVILLE, Texas - A Texas man has been sentenced to 50 years in prison for stealing $1.2 million worth of fajitas over nine years. Fifty-three-year-old Gilberto Escamilla was sentenced Friday after...
Apr 24, 2018
A tough re-election climate tests the chumminess in Senate
WASHINGTON - In Trump’s Washington, traditions are frail and civility a novelty. But one custom that is hanging on - tattered and tenuously - is an unwritten rule: Don’t work too hard to i...
Apr 24, 2018
Rosenstein puts aside Russia probe to argue at Supreme Court
WASHINGTON - Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein laid aside the stress of one part of his job Monday to put himself in a different kind of pressure cooker: an argument at the Supreme Court. Dressed...
Apr 24, 2018
Armenia's political transition unclear after PM's ouster
YEREVAN, Armenia - The abrupt resignation of Armenian Prime Minister Serzh Sargsyan after two weeks of protests against his rule has caught the opposition off guard: The protesters had focused on driv...
Apr 24, 2018