Category Archives: Canadian Press
M. Night Shyamalan's 'Glass' is No. 1 with $40.6M debut
NEW YORK - M. Night Shyamalan scored his fifth No. 1 movie as the director’s “Glass,” while not quite the blockbuster some expected, nevertheless dominated Martin Luther King Jr. hol...
Jan 21, 2019
Detroit artists planning Aretha Franklin tribute show
DETROIT - Some of Detroit’s prominent artists are gathering to celebrate the music and memory of Aretha Franklin. The event, “A Celebration of The Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin in Song and...
Jan 21, 2019
Unclothed Emperor? Costumes for opera stolen in Germany
BERLIN - The emperor has no clothes in this production of Puccini’s “Turandot” by the Lithuanian National Opera, but then again neither does any other character. Guetersloh police sa...
Jan 21, 2019
China plans major cut in number of Everest climbers
BEIJING - China will cut the number of climbers attempting to scale Mount Everest from the north by one-third this year as part of plans for a major cleanup on the world’s highest peak, state me...
Jan 21, 2019
UK leader unveils Brexit Plan B, looks a lot like Plan A
LONDON - British Prime Minister Theresa May unveiled her Brexit Plan B on Monday - and it looks a lot like Plan A. May launched a mission to resuscitate her rejected European Union divorce deal, setti...
Jan 21, 2019
Reinvented legacy: Nazi's paintings fund foundation for Jews
BERLIN - When Hilde Schramm inherited several paintings collected by her father, Hitler’s chief architect and Armaments Minister Albert Speer, she was only sure of one thing: she didn’t wa...
Jan 21, 2019
Giuliani: 'So what' if Trump and Cohen discussed testimony
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump’s lawyer Rudy Giuliani left open Sunday the possibility that Trump and former personal attorney Michael Cohen might have discussed Cohen’s congressional...
Jan 21, 2019
Correction: Native American March-Videos story
DETROIT - In stories Jan. 19 and 20 about an encounter between a Native American and a Kentucky student, The Associated Press reported that Indian Country Today said the Native American, Nathan Philli...
Jan 21, 2019
Winter storm brings snow, rain, wind and cold to Eastern, Central Canada
A powerful storm brought heavy snow and rain and bitter temperatures to much of Eastern and Central Canada, reminding Canadians of the many ways an unforgiving climate can disrupt their lives. The wid...
Jan 21, 2019
Kamala Harris opens presidential bid
WASHINGTON - Kamala Harris, a first-term senator and former California attorney general known for her rigorous questioning of President Donald Trump’s nominees, entered the Democratic presidenti...
Jan 21, 2019