Category Archives: Canadian Press
Scams & waste loom as charity millions donated after Orlando
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...
Aug 27, 2016
The Latest: Sheriff: Suspect confessed to nuns' killing
DURANT, Miss. - The Latest on the killing of two nuns in Mississippi (all times local): 5:30 p.m. A sheriff says the man arrested in the killing of two nuns confessed to authorities. Holmes County She...
Aug 27, 2016
Maine seafood company pleads guilty to trade violations
PORTLAND, Maine - A New England seafood company has pleaded guilty to illegally importing sea urchins from Canada in violation of federal wildlife trading laws. ISF Trading Company specializes in buyi...
Aug 27, 2016
Owner: Pig found after 6 weeks in 'pretty good' condition
ALIQUIPPA, Pa. - The owner of a potbellied pig that serves as a therapy animal says the pig is in “pretty good” condition after being missing for six weeks. Owner Katie Manni says she got ...
Aug 27, 2016
Headstone of Civil War soldier to be fixed after 154 years
COLUMBUS, Ohio - Some mistakes are never too late to fix. A Civil War soldier misidentified when he was buried at an Ohio cemetery more than 150 years ago is to get a new headstone. Confederate soldie...
Aug 27, 2016
Warning of 'war' on farmers, Trump seeks support in Iowa
DES MOINES, Iowa - Donald Trump warned Saturday of a “war on the American farmer,” telling a crowd in Iowa that rival Hillary Clinton “wants to shut down family farms” and impl...
Aug 27, 2016

8 troops killed in suspected rebel attack in north Paraguay
ASUNCION, Paraguay - Suspected members of a little-known rebel group killed eight soldiers in an attack in northern Paraguay on Saturday, just days after guerrillas and officials in Colombia reached a...
Aug 27, 2016

Traffic chaos as truck hits, collapses bridge on UK highway
LONDON - Witnesses and British emergency services say a truck has struck an overpass and collapsed a pedestrian bridge onto one of England’s busiest highways, injuring one person. Witnesses say ...
Aug 27, 2016
The Latest: Trump says society can't tolerate violence
WASHINGTON - The Latest on the 2016 presidential campaign (all times EDT): 4:35 p.m. Donald Trump is pushing hard his outreach to African-American voters in a speech to a predominantly white crowd in ...
Aug 27, 2016
How AP rates the presidential race and the Road to 270
Hillary Clinton heads into the fall out front in enough states to give her at least a tie in the Electoral College, meaning that a victory in any of the several states now considered a toss-up would b...
Aug 27, 2016