Category Archives: Canadian Press

HONOLULU - Heavy rains on Kauai let up on Monday, which helped emergency workers better rescue people stranded by flooding on the Hawaiian island. By Monday afternoon, emergency crews evacuated 152 pe...

BRADENTON, Fla. - A Florida high school student who triggered an international discussion on whether women should have to wear bras is mobilizing girls to go braless to protest dress codes she says ar...

NEW YORK - Actor John Stamos is a father. The 54-year-old announced on Instagram the birth of his son, Billy Stamos. Stamos says the child is named after the actor’s father. Stamos says, “...

LOS ALAMITOS, Calif. - More local governments in California are saying they don’t want to be part of the state’s efforts to resist the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown, e...

NEW YORK - Raphael Golb’s conviction wasn’t quite like any other: using online aliases to discredit his father’s adversary in a scholarly debate over the Dead Sea Scrolls. The 9-year...

NORRISTOWN, Pa. - Bill Cosby’s chief accuser at his sexual-assault trial on Monday denied framing him and said she doesn’t know a key witness who plans to testify she spoke of levelling fa...

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria - Islamic extremists made Imana Alhaji Gana’s village in northeastern Nigeria too dangerous for health workers to vaccinate against polio. Now that she and her family have fle...

ISLAMABAD - An independent rights group in Pakistan said Monday that the country has failed to make progress on several issues over the past year, ranging from forced disappearances to women’s r...

BEIJING - Facing a possible U.S. tariff hike, one of China’s biggest ball bearing makers, Cixin Group, is weighing plans to rush shipments to American customers before the increase makes its sal...

LOS ANGELES - A black-and-white photo displayed on a courtroom wall Monday provided a stark reminder of how much had changed in Robert Durst’s life over nearly four decades. The photo dating to ...