Category Archives: Canadian Press
Police investigate report that female inmates were assaulted
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Nearly two dozen female inmates have been removed from a Missouri jail after two women said they were sexually assaulted by male inmates who somehow got into their cells. One of the...
Aug 29, 2016

Panel tells embattled Nebraska senator to resign by Friday
LINCOLN, Neb. - A Nebraska lawmaker who had cybersex on a state laptop has until Friday to resign or face consequences such as expulsion or impeachment, a legislative panel said Monday. The Legislatur...
Aug 29, 2016
Icahn rejects union bid to keep Trump Taj Mahal casino open
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. - Billionaire investor Carl Icahn rejected an offer Monday by Atlantic City’s main casino workers’ union that it says would have saved the struggling Trump Taj Mahal ca...
Aug 29, 2016
VA: Ex-Marine who killed 3 in Baton Rouge did not have PTSD
WICHITA, Kan. - A former Marine who ambushed and killed three Baton Rouge law enforcement officers last month never saw combat in Iraq, but told doctors he suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder...
Aug 29, 2016
Judge: Citizens United must disclose donor information to NY
NEW YORK - A non-profit conservative organization advocating for less government must reveal information about major donors to the state’s attorney general if it wants to solicit money in the st...
Aug 29, 2016

100-year-old runner from India inspires at Americas Masters Games in Vancouver
VANCOUVER - It took 100-year-old Indian runner Man Kaur almost a minute and a half to complete the 100-metre race, but she never broke her stride. And when she crossed the finish line Monday at the Am...
Aug 29, 2016
Canada's Raonic on to 2nd round, Pospisil wins first Grand Slam match of season
NEW YORK - Canadian tennis star Milos Raonic advanced to the second round of the U.S. Open with a straight sets win over Germany’s Dustin Brown on Monday. Raonic, of Thornhill, Ont., fired 15 ac...
Aug 29, 2016

Mexico's top police chief out after execution allegations
MEXICO CITY - Mexico’s president dismissed the chief of the federal police force Monday, less than two weeks after the country’s human rights commission released a scathing report alleging...
Aug 29, 2016

The Monday news briefing: An at-a-glance survey of some top stories
Highlights from the news file for Monday, Aug. 29 ___ TRUDEAU EMBARKS ON OFFICIAL TRIP TO CHINA: More than four decades after his father first began paving the way in the 1970s, Prime Minister Justin ...
Aug 29, 2016
Folic acid fortified foods linked to drop in heart defects in newborns: study
TORONTO - It’s been known for years that taking folic acid before and during pregnancy can prevent neural tube defects like spina bifida in newborns. But research suggests the B vitamin also app...
Aug 29, 2016