Category Archives: Canadian Press
Palestinians offer new details of Israel's botched Gaza raid
GAZA, Palestinian Territory - The small town of Abassan in the Gaza Strip is a tough place to infiltrate - everyone knows everyone else and outsiders passing through quickly attract attention. So when...
Dec 12, 2018
Study: Burglars could hack smart sprinkler to disable alarm
WILLIAMSBURG, Va. - Computer scientists at William & Mary in Virginia say burglars could potentially break into houses through smart home devices. Those are the products that are connected to the ...
Dec 12, 2018
Hundreds in New Zealand hold vigil for slain British tourist
WELLINGTON, New Zealand - More than 1,000 people across New Zealand joined candlelight vigils on Wednesday to commemorate British tourist Grace Millane, who police say was murdered earlier this month....
Dec 12, 2018
Correction: Kushners-Opportunity Zones story
WASHINGTON - In a story Dec. 11 about an Opportunity Zone tax break promoted by Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner, The Associated Press erroneously reported that the couple jointly own a stake in the rea...
Dec 12, 2018
Trump, Democrats dig in for fight over border-wall funding
WASHINGTON - Congressional leaders were digging in Wednesday for a fight over government funding, a day after a combative White House meeting with President Donald Trump that seemed to raise the likel...
Dec 12, 2018
'Dirty deeds': Ex-Trump lawyer Cohen gets 3 years in prison
NEW YORK - Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump’s one-time fixer, was sentenced Wednesday to three years in prison for crimes that included arranging the payment of hush money to conceal his bo...
Dec 12, 2018
Bar chain to change the name of its 'Crack Fries'
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. - A Michigan-based bar and restaurant chain plans to change the name of its “Crack Fries” in January to distance itself from a word associated with the drug epidemic. A...
Dec 12, 2018
Cold-stunned turtles flown from New England to Florida Keys
MARATHON, Fla. - Officials say 32 cold-stunned Kemp’s ridley sea turtles rescued off New England’s coast have arrived in the Florida Keys to warm up at the Turtle Hospital. A volunteer gro...
Dec 12, 2018
Nobel laureate returns to Iraq, pledges to work for peace
BAGHDAD - Iraqi activist Nadia Murad met her country’s president in Baghdad on Wednesday after receiving the Nobel Peace Prize for her advocacy on behalf of victims of wartime sexual violence. M...
Dec 12, 2018
Water from sewage rivers used to grow vegetables in Bolivia
LA PAZ, Bolivia - What gets flushed down in Bolivia’s capital city is used to irrigate the green, leafy fields that supply its produce markets. For farmer Richard Mamani it’s part of a fam...
Dec 12, 2018