Category Archives: Canadian Press
US women hope bond forged by pay fight leads to Olympic gold
WESLEY CHAPEL, Fla. - Hilary Knight was listening to the radio when she heard the U.S. women’s hockey team come up. It wasn’t about a big win on the ice. It was about a fight off the ice t...
Nov 30, 2017
Project Veritas head mocks Washington Post handling of hoax
DALLAS - The founder of a conservative non-profit caught attempting to entice The Washington Post to report a false sex assault allegation against Alabama Republican Senate candidate Roy Moore mocked ...
Nov 30, 2017
Protests grow as vote count in Honduras drags on
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras - Protesters and police clashed violently Thursday as incumbent President Juan Orlando Hernandez emerged with a growing lead for re-election following a reported computer glitch ...
Nov 30, 2017
Nancy Pelosi calls on Conyers to resign amid sex allegations
WASHINGTON - The top Democrat in the House on Thursday called on Michigan Rep. John Conyers to resign in the face of multiple accusations of sexual misconduct. Conyers’ lawyer swiftly rejected t...
Nov 30, 2017
Post-Weinstein, Lauer: A reckoning for fans of fallen heroes
NEW YORK - When it comes to fandom, it’s reckoning time for Matt Lauer, Garrison Keillor and scores of other men accused of sexual wrongdoing. Hero celebrities have fallen before - Bill Cosby...
Nov 30, 2017
Holiday display company: Next best thing to Santa's workshop
MOUNT VERNON, N.Y. - Inside the large, nondescript warehouse of a company behind some of New York City’s most beloved holiday displays, it always looks a lot like Christmas. American Christmas i...
Nov 30, 2017
Thousands flee Bali volcano but some stay put or run to it
KARANGASEM, Indonesia - When an enormous volcano belches ash and the people who live around it flee, you get out too, right? Probably. But apparently not always. The compelling impulse to see an aggre...
Nov 30, 2017
TV's Jerry Springer decides against Ohio governor run
CINCINNATI - Jerry Springer has decided against throwing his chair into the ring. The TV talk show host and former Cincinnati mayor announced in his weekly podcast recorded Wednesday that he won’...
Nov 30, 2017
What North Korean photos say about new ballistic missile
TOKYO - North Korea released dozens of photos Thursday of the Hwasong-15, a new intercontinental ballistic missile it claims can reach any target in the continental United States. The photo dump, publ...
Nov 30, 2017
Trump lashes out at wrong Theresa May on Twitter
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump is lashing out at British Prime Minister Theresa May in a dispute over his tweets. Problem is, he initially picked on the wrong Theresa May. Trump was responding to...
Nov 30, 2017