Category Archives: Canadian Press

SAN FRANCISCO - Google is pulling another lever on its influential search engine in an effort to boost voter turnout in November’s U.S. presidential election. Beginning Tuesday, Google will prov...

SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - An accidental explosion at a South Korean naval base on Tuesday left three soldiers dead and another injured, South Korea’s Defence Ministry said. Military authoritie...

NEW YORK - A man suspected of gunning down an imam and his friend as they left a New York City mosque was arrested and charged with murder late Monday night, said police, who have not yet released a m...

NEW ORLEANS - A federal judge has granted a delay in the trial of a former New Orleans police officer charged in the coverup of deadly shootings by colleagues in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Th...

WASHINGTON - U.S. consumer prices were unchanged in July as a big drop in gasoline and other energy prices kept inflation under control. The Labor Department said Tuesday the flat reading for overall ...

RIO DE JANEIRO - As the pole vault bar fell 5.65 metres to the ground, Shawn Barber’s Olympic dreams came crashing down with it. It was a bitter but fitting end to Day 10 of the Rio Olympics for...

VIENNA - The giant panda that gave birth at Vienna’s Schoenbrunn Zoo last week was hiding a tiny little secret - an extra cub. The zoo originally announced the birth of a one cub Aug. 7. On Tues...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Thousands of Elvis Presley fans have made their annual pilgrimage to Graceland for a candlelight vigil marking the 39th anniversary of the singer’s death in Memphis. Despite pou...

ATHENS, Greece - A collision between a speedboat and a tourist vessel off the Saronic Gulf island of Aegina near the Greek capital Tuesday left at least three people dead and injured another four, the...

ELMWOOD, La. - The death of a toddler whose body was found buried in a plastic garbage bag near a bridge in Louisiana has been ruled to a homicide. News outlets report that the Jefferson Parish Sherif...