Category Archives: Canadian Press

BOGOTA - Top commanders from the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia are preparing to gather one final time in mid-September to ratify a peace accord reached this week with government negotiators a...

NEW YORK - A woman who caused chaos aboard a subway train by releasing a container of crickets and worms says it was all a prank. Zaida Pugh tells the New York Post (http://nyp.st/2bn2eUc ) she had th...

MAYFIELD, Ky. - A McDonald’s franchisee says he’s been unable to substantiate claims by two customers who reported finding worms in food at the fast-food chain’s restaurants in two K...

NEW ORLEANS - Actor, writer and director John Schneider, known for his past role on the “Dukes of Hazzard” and current role on “The Haves and the Have Nots,” thought the first ...

HOUSTON - A Harvard Law School study reports that racial bias, over-aggressive prosecutions and inadequate representation for poor defendants plagues Harris County’s handling of death penalty ca...

BEIJING - A Canadian patient’s receipt of a kidney transplant after waiting just three days during a recent visit to China raised an immediate red flag among surgeons at the Montreal-based Trans...

SANTA CLARA, Calif. - San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick is refusing to stand for the national anthem before games because he believes the United States oppresses African Americans and o...

OTTAWA - A who’s who of Canadian politics turned out Saturday for the funeral of veteran Liberal MP Mauril Belanger, a solemn service that ended on a joyful note - with mourners singing a rousin...

HARTFORD, Conn. - In the days after the June 12 attack on the Pulse nightclub, other victims of mass shootings reached out to the survivors and their families to ensure that mistakes made with charity...

The more than 430 fundraisers posted on the GoFundMe website after the mass shooting at a gay nightclub in Orlando have exposed weaknesses inherent in these popular do-it-yourself charity campaigns: w...