Category Archives: Canadian Press
Zippy's back! Town's elf on a shelf has been returned
DEERFIELD, N.H. - A New Hampshire town is happy to report that its beloved elf on a shelf has been returned, more than a day after he vanished. The Deerfield Rescue Squad posted on Facebook on Wednesd...
Dec 6, 2017
Sharks in Italy get into Christmas spirit with creche
ROME - Christmastime Nativity scenes usually feature donkeys, cows and sheep. That could help explain the interest generated when divers mounted a creche in the shark tank of the aquarium in the Itali...
Dec 6, 2017
US flies B-1B over South in show of force against N. Korea
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - The United States flew a B-1B supersonic bomber over South Korea on Wednesday as part of a massive combined aerial exercise involving hundreds of warplanes, a clear warning...
Dec 6, 2017
Warnings intensify as Trump readies Jerusalem declaration
JERUSALEM - America’s friends and foes unleashed fierce criticism on Wednesday ahead of President Donald Trump’s announcement recognizing Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. While Israel ...
Dec 6, 2017
Californians sped through flames to escape for a third time
VENTURA, Calif. - They ran for their lives by the thousands when devastating wildfires raced across a huge swath of brush-covered Southern California hillsides, and they survived - even if in many cas...
Dec 6, 2017
Donald Rumsfeld working on book about Ford administration
NEW YORK - Former Secretary of Defence Donald Rumsfeld is working on a book about his years in former President Gerald Ford’s administration. Threshold Editions tells The Associated Press on Wed...
Dec 6, 2017
Q&A: State lawmaker disclosures point to potential conflicts
The Center for Public Integrity and The Associated Press analyzed financial disclosure reports from 6,933 state legislators around the country and found that three out of four lawmakers had income fro...
Dec 6, 2017
Accusers take on toxic culture in TV newsrooms
Women who say they were sexually harassed or mistreated by powerful men in television news have banded together to form a support network aimed at changing a newsroom culture they say has given men a ...
Dec 6, 2017
Trump declares Jerusalem Israeli capital, smashing US policy
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump shattered decades of unwavering U.S. neutrality on Jerusalem Wednesday, declaring the sorely divided holy city as Israel’s capital and sparking frustrated Pal...
Dec 6, 2017
Bel-Air wildfire joins the siege across Southern California
LOS ANGELES - A wildfire erupted in Los Angeles’ exclusive Bel-Air section Wednesday as yet another part of Southern California found itself under siege from an outbreak of wind-whipped blazes t...
Dec 6, 2017