Category Archives: Canadian Press

WASHINGTON - After eight years as a wartime president, Barack Obama is handing his successor an expansive interpretation of the commander in chief’s authority to wage war around the globe. And t...

SANTIAGO, Chile - Chile’s Supreme Court ruled Monday that the government can file an extradition request to the United States for two former secret police agents wanted for a 1976 car bombing in...

SALT LAKE CITY - A Utah man died following a police chase and shooting after he shot and killed an ex-girlfriend who had a restraining order against him, authorities said. It was unclear if he was kil...

LUBBOCK, Texas - Luis Carlos Montalvan, a decorated Iraq war veteran who became a strong critic of the war and wrote a bestselling book about it, has died in El Paso. He was 43. Montalvan was found in...

NEW YORK - Two state politicians sued on Monday to try to stop New York City from destroying personal records related to its immigrant-friendly municipal ID cards, a move the city is considering to pr...

PITTSBURGH - A former University of Pittsburgh student who pleaded guilty to being the go-between for Chinese students who paid to have impostors take college entrance exams received a probationary te...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. - A lawyer for a white Alabama police officer charged with murder in the fatal shooting of a black man has asked a judge to move the upcoming trial, saying the community is filled wit...

NEW YORK - A man who authorities said shouted “go back to your country” at a Muslim woman wearing a religious head covering may have picked the wrong target: a decorated New York City poli...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - California lawmakers on Monday urged President-elect Donald Trump to refrain from pursuing mass deportations and introduced urgent legislation to fund immigration lawyers and help...

SAN ANTONIO - Officials say an off-duty sheriff’s deputy has died and two other people hurt when two vehicles plunged into a water-filled sinkhole in San Antonio. The Bexar (bayr) County Sheriff...