Category Archives: Canadian Press
Trump criticized for bait and switch on 'birther' statement
NEW YORK - Donald Trump’s renouncement of birtherism came with some media gamesmanship that compelled television news networks to air 20 minutes of endorsements by retired military men before th...
Sep 17, 2016
Silky Man City strolls to club-record win as De Bruyne stars
MANCHESTER, England - Pep Guardiola is already making history at Manchester City. By beating Bournemouth 4-0 in the English Premier League on Saturday, City opened a season with eight straight wins fo...
Sep 17, 2016
Court halts construction of another section of pipeline
FARGO, N.D. - A federal appeals court has ordered a halt to construction of another section of the Dakota Access oil pipeline in North Dakota. A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the ...
Sep 17, 2016
Stripes and sparkles at day 2 of London Fashion Week
LONDON - Summer may be well and truly over in London - but the fashion crowd is already looking forward to what’s hot next spring. Jasper Conran, Julien Macdonald and Emilia Wickstead were among...
Sep 17, 2016
Belgium sees first case of minor being granted euthanasia
PARIS - A terminally ill minor has been helped to die in Belgium for the first time since the country did away with age restrictions on euthanasia two years ago, according to the senator who wrote the...
Sep 17, 2016
Pilot of a crop-dusting plane dies in crash in south Georgia
NASHVILLE, Ga. - Authorities say a pilot of a crop-dusting plane was killed in a crash in a rural field in south Georgia. Berrien County Sheriff Ray Paulk tells multiple news outlets that 31-year-old ...
Sep 17, 2016
Robbery suspect, handcuffed behind back, steals police car
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. - Authorities say a robbery suspect somehow made off with a Terre Haute police car despite being handcuffed behind his back. The Tribune Star reports (http://bit.ly/2cFbeX2 ) that of...
Sep 17, 2016
Man gives phoney $50 bill to girl's charity lemonade stand
MONROE, Mich. - Police are calling it the “lowest of the low:” A man gave a fake $50 bill to a southeastern Michigan girl who was running a lemonade stand to raise money for Alzheimer̵...
Sep 17, 2016
Rock star Bono praises Canada as a global leader at Montreal AIDS conference
MONTREAL - Canada is a leader when it comes to collaborating on global issues, rock star Bono said Saturday during his keynote address at a Montreal conference to fundraise for AIDS, malaria and tuber...
Sep 17, 2016
Ronaldo, Bale to miss Real Madrid match at Espanyol
MADRID - Cristiano Ronaldo and Gareth Bale will miss Real Madrid’s Spanish league match at Espanyol on Sunday. Coach Zinedine Zidane says Ronaldo has a sore throat, while Bale is out because the...
Sep 17, 2016