Category Archives: Canadian Press
Indictment returned against man in NYC bike path attack
NEW YORK - A 22-count indictment was returned Tuesday against a New Jersey man in the slayings of eight people during a truck attack on a bike path in New York City. Sayfullo Saipov, 29, of Paterson, ...
Nov 21, 2017
Customs and Border Protection caught off-guard by travel ban
WASHINGTON - Customs and Border Protection was caught off-guard by President Donald Trump’s travel ban despite being the entity responsible for implementing it, the Department of Homeland Securi...
Nov 21, 2017
Braves stripped of 13 prospects, Coppolella banned for life
ATLANTA - The Braves lost 13 prospects and former general manager John Coppolella was banned for life by Major League Baseball on Tuesday for circumventing international signing rules from 2015-17. Fo...
Nov 21, 2017
Meg Whitman stepping down as HP Enterprise CEO
NEW YORK - Meg Whitman, who oversaw the breakup of one of Silicon Valley’s pioneering companies, is stepping down as CEO of Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. HPE said Tuesday that Whitman will hand...
Nov 21, 2017
2nd US judge halts proposed transgender military ban
BALTIMORE - Another federal judge has halted a proposed transgender military ban, expanding on an initial ruling issued last month against the plan by President Donald Trump’s administration. In...
Nov 21, 2017
Lebanon's Hariri returns to Beirut amid resignation saga
BEIRUT - Saad Hariri returned to Lebanon late Tuesday for the first time since he stunned his country by announcing from Saudi Arabia that he was quitting as prime minister more than two weeks ago. Hi...
Nov 21, 2017
VA study shows parasite from Vietnam may be killing veterans
HERALD, W.Va. - A half a century after serving in Vietnam, hundreds of veterans have a new reason to believe they may be dying from a silent bullet - test results show some men may have been infected ...
Nov 21, 2017
Widening search finds no sign of missing Argentine submarine
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - Ships and planes combed a wider area of the frigid South Atlantic on Tuesday in a fruitless hunt for signs of a missing Argentine submarine, adding to growing concerns about ...
Nov 21, 2017
New Montreal administration to move quickly to repeal pit bull-type ban
Montreal Mayor Valerie Plante’s new administration isn’t wasting any time moving ahead with its election promise to repeal the city’s controversial ban on pit bull-type dogs. City co...
Nov 21, 2017
2 Minnesota pols accused of sexual misconduct will quit
ST. PAUL, Minn. - Two Minnesota state lawmakers hit by sexual misconduct allegations announced Tuesday they would resign, less than two weeks after they were accused of misdeeds that ranged from gropi...
Nov 21, 2017