Category Archives: Canadian Press

OTTAWA - Long-time Liberal MP Judy Foote has been named lieutenant-governor of Newfoundland and Labrador, months after leaving politics to focus on her family and her health. Prime Minister Justin Tru...

JACKSONVILLE, Ala. - With violent weather plowing through the Southeast, the kitchen windows exploded at Richard Brasher’s home in eastern Alabama. Using couch cushions for protection, Brasher h...

HELSINKI - Denuclearization is not on the agenda as North Korean envoys meet with their South Korean colleagues and former U.S. diplomats in Finland, the Nordic country’s foreign minister said T...

BAGHDAD - The dirt mound in the dry hills outside the village of Badush was known as a place where Islamic State fighters had buried some of their enemies after they overran much of northern Iraq near...

STAVANGER, Norway - A potential collapse of the minority Norwegian government was averted Tuesday after a senior minister resigned for writing a Facebook post claiming the opposition Labor Party was m...

BERLIN - An Austrian man faces a 160-euro ($197) fine for describing police officers as “smurfs” in a warning about speed checks posted on Facebook. The Austria Press Agency reported Tuesd...

AUSTIN, Texas - Investigators pursuing a suspected serial bomber in the Texas capital faced new threats along with the promise of valuable new leads as their attention shifted Tuesday to a FedEx shipp...

Five tweens and teens have been charged with threatening schools on social media, Ontario’s provincial police said Tuesday as they reported a “spike” in online threats following a de...

BANGKOK - A Thai court on Tuesday handed a life sentence to a Laotian drug kingpin who was notorious for a high-flying lifestyle and alleged social connections to celebrities and other VIPs. Bangkok C...

TEMPE, Ariz. - A fatal pedestrian crash involving a self-driving Uber SUV in a Phoenix suburb could have far-reaching consequences for the new technology as automakers and other companies race to be t...