Category Archives: Canadian Press
Snow, wind to increase avalanche danger in southern B.C. mountains
VANCOUVER - Adventurers are being warned to use caution in the mountains north of Vancouver as a winter storm sweeps through the region, increasing the avalanche risk. Joe Lammers, a forecaster with A...
Dec 27, 2017
Boy, 8, rescued from frozen Utah pond is awake, doing well
NEW HARMONY, Utah - Authorities say an 8-year-old Utah boy who was rescued after falling through the ice on a frozen pond on Christmas is awake and doing well. The Washington County Sheriff’s Of...
Dec 27, 2017
FBI won't take over investigation of detective's slaying
BALTIMORE - The FBI won’t take over an investigation into the homicide of a Baltimore city detective who was shot in the head the day before he was to testify before a federal grand jury about a...
Dec 27, 2017
Ukrainian authorities and separatist rebels swap prisoners
HORLIVKA, Ukraine - Ukrainian authorities and Russian-backed separatist rebels on Wednesday conducted the biggest exchange of prisoners since the start of an armed conflict in the country’s east...
Dec 27, 2017
Victims in basement apartment were mom, 2 kids, 2nd woman
TROY, N.Y. - Police worked Wednesday to try and unravel the mystery of who killed a woman, her partner and her two young children, whose bodies were found in a riverfront apartment house the day after...
Dec 27, 2017
Judge praises teen for progress since killings when he was 8
ST. JOHNS, Ariz. - An Arizona judge and the family of a teenager who fatally shot two men in 2008, including his father, heaped praise on him Wednesday for the progress he’s made as his time on ...
Dec 27, 2017
Survivor of World War II Bataan Death March dies at 100
SAN FRANCISCO - A San Francisco Bay Area man who survived the infamous 1942 Bataan Death March and symbolized the thousands of unheralded Filipinos who fought alongside American forces during World Wa...
Dec 27, 2017
Federal murder complaint filed against postal worker
COLUMBUS, Ohio - A federal criminal complaint Wednesday stated that a disgruntled Ohio postal worker murdered two U.S. government employees for performing their official duties. The complaint signed b...
Dec 27, 2017
Heightened security in Las Vegas on New Year's Eve
LAS VEGAS - An unprecedented number of law enforcement officers and National Guard members will be on duty when tens of thousands of people gather to ring in 2018 on the Las Vegas Boulevard, just thre...
Dec 27, 2017
Memo warns against Santa Claus, Hanukkah symbol decorations
MINNEAPOLIS - The University of Minnesota has come under criticism after its agricultural college handed out a memo warning some students and staff to avoid using decorations, music and food “sp...
Dec 27, 2017