Category Archives: Canadian Press
Washington state builds bridge to keep wildlife off highway
SNOQUALMIE PASS, Wash. - Before descending the Cascade Mountains on its final stretch to Seattle, Interstate 90 cuts through a mountain pass of old growth forests and wetlands. For countless wildlife ...
Dec 12, 2018
Insurance claims at $9 billion from California fires
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Insurance claims from last month’s California wildfires already are at $9 billion and expected to increase, the state’s insurance commissioner announced Wednesday. Abo...
Dec 12, 2018
Korean border troops verify removal of each other's posts
Dozens of North and South Korean soldiers crossed over the world’s most heavily armed border Wednesday as they inspected the sites of their rival’s front-line guard posts to verify they...
Dec 12, 2018
Draining the swamp, clearing the burrows: DC's war on rats
WASHINGTON - Andre Pittman and Gregory Cornes are on a mission to rid Washington of opportunistic vermin. But their target isn’t corrupt officials or shady political fixers; it’s Rattus No...
Dec 12, 2018
Florida school massacre panel recommends arming teachers
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - The panel investigating the Florida high school massacre recommended Wednesday that teachers who volunteer and undergo extensive background checks and training be allowed to ca...
Dec 12, 2018
Flynn's lawyers say his lie to FBI 'uncharacteristic'
WASHINGTON - Lawyers for President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser Michael Flynn are asking a judge to spare him prison time, saying he had devoted his career to his country and ...
Dec 12, 2018
UN chief calls for compromise, sacrifice at climate talks
KATOWICE, Poland - The United Nations secretary-general called on countries to make compromises in tackling global warming, amid concern that the U.N. conference on the issue could end without a subst...
Dec 12, 2018
Eyes in the sky capture carbon, other climate culprits
KATOWICE, Poland - A growing fleet of satellites is monitoring man-made greenhouse gas emissions from space, spurred by the need to track down major sources of climate changing gases such as methane a...
Dec 12, 2018
Gunman from Christmas market attack in France still at large
STRASBOURG, France - Hundreds of security forces combed eastern France for a 29-year-old man with a long criminal record who shouted “God is great!” in Arabic and sprayed gunfire during a ...
Dec 12, 2018
Lawyers protest detention of Kelly, Ghosn's co-accused
TOKYO - Lawyers for Greg Kelly, the American executive arrested last month with Nissan’s former chairman Carlos Ghosn on suspicion of underreporting Ghosn’s pay, unsuccessfully protested W...
Dec 12, 2018