Category Archives: Canadian Press
Saudi woman seeking asylum can stay temporarily in Thailand
BANGKOK - An 18-year-old Saudi woman who fled her family over alleged abuse and barricaded herself in a Bangkok airport hotel room in a desperate bid for asylum will be allowed to stay in Thailand whi...
Jan 07, 2019
Correction: Family Killed-Interstate story
LEXINGTON, Ky. - In a story Jan. 7 about a Kentucky traffic crash that killed a Michigan family, The Associated Press reported erroneously who a cousin of the deceased father called about the crash. H...
Jan 07, 2019
New York City firefighter plunges to his death from bridge
NEW YORK - A New York City firefighter fell to his death late Sunday when he slipped through a narrow gap between lanes of a newly built bridge while trying to reach the victims of a car crash. Steven...
Jan 07, 2019
Expert: Census citizenship question would hurt Latino count
SAN FRANCISCO - Asking people whether they are U.S. citizens on the 2020 census would worsen the undercount of Latinos and non-citizens compared with other groups, an expert in surveys said Monday at ...
Jan 07, 2019

Houston wins praise for handling of girl's drive-by shooting
HOUSTON - Activists praised Houston area law enforcement for pursuing a tip that led to the arrest of an African-American man in the fatal drive-by shooting of a 7-year-old black girl, a turn in the c...
Jan 07, 2019
Defence: Other partner killed McStays, buried them in desert
SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. - Greed, debt and a gambling problem drove a Southern California man to kill his business partner’s family with a sledgehammer and bury their bodies in the desert, prosecu...
Jan 07, 2019

Trump heads to TV, border as fed workers face paycheque sting
WASHINGTON - With no breakthrough in sight, President Donald Trump will argue his case to the nation Tuesday night that a “crisis” at the U.S.-Mexico border requires the long and invulnera...
Jan 07, 2019

US-China trade talks start amid cooling economic growth
BEIJING - Facing a March deadline, talks aimed at ending a trade war between China and the U.S. are underway, with the world’s two biggest economies expressing optimism over the potential for pr...
Jan 07, 2019
Pope decries rise of nationalism, flaws of globalization
VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis expressed concern Monday over the rise of populism and nationalism, including separatist tendencies in Europe, partly blaming those growing trends on reactions to waves of ...
Jan 07, 2019
AP FACT CHECK: Trump claims innocence in probe; wall myths
WASHINGTON - Feeling the pressure of investigations and a partial government shutdown, President Donald Trump is playing loose with the facts regarding hush payments made by his former attorney Michae...
Jan 07, 2019