Category Archives: Canadian Press
Huge tax bill heads for passage as GOP senators fall in line
WASHINGTON - After weeks of quarrels, qualms and then eleventh-hour horse-trading, Republicans revealed their huge national tax rewrite late Friday - along with announcements of support that all but g...
Dec 15, 2017
EU sees new 'dramatically difficult' phase in Brexit talks
BRUSSELS - The European Union cleared the way Friday for Brexit talks with Britain to move onto the second stage but it warned that the discussions on trade and other matters relating to their future ...
Dec 15, 2017
Producer of live events drops ties to Tavis Smiley
NEW YORK - Tavis Smiley’s career has taken another hit as live producer Mills Entertainment pulled out of backing the TV host’s theatrical production focusing on the last year of Martin Lu...
Dec 15, 2017
Workplace romance under spotlight after sex scandals
NEW YORK - The minefield that co-workers and companies navigate when it comes to love at work has gotten even more complex following the recent flood of sexual misconduct allegations roiling Hollywood...
Dec 15, 2017
The kids are all right: 'Youthquake' is Oxford word of 2017
LONDON - Oxford Dictionaries recognized the power of the millennial generation Friday with its 2017 word of the year : youthquake. Oxford lexicographers say there was a fivefold increase in use of the...
Dec 15, 2017
Indonesia sentences gay club workers to 2-3 years in prison
JAKARTA, Indonesia - An Indonesian court has sentenced 10 men arrested in a raid at a gay club and sauna to between two and three years in prison, an activist and a relative of one of the men said. Th...
Dec 15, 2017
White House to push merit-based immigration in new campaign
WASHINGTON - The White House is embarking on a major campaign to turn public opinion against the nation’s largely family-based immigration system ahead of an all-out push next year to move towar...
Dec 15, 2017
Senate may put off most anticipated Russian probe findings
WASHINGTON - With no firm conclusions yet on whether President Donald Trump’s campaign may have co-ordinated with Russia, the Senate intelligence committee could delay answering that question an...
Dec 15, 2017
Mario Batali kicked off ABC amid misconduct allegations
NEW YORK - Celebrity chef Mario Batali has been kicked off ABC’s “The Chew” amid allegations from several women that he touched them inappropriately. ABC said that while it was not a...
Dec 15, 2017
Trump says Republican Roy Moore should concede Alabama race
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump is calling on Republican Roy Moore to concede after he lost the Alabama Senate race. Trump told reporters Friday as he departed the White House: “I think he s...
Dec 15, 2017