Category Archives: Canadian Press
Source: Boy was decapitated on waterslide at Kansas park
KANSAS CITY, Kan. - The 10-year-old boy killed during a ride on the world’s tallest waterslide was decapitated in the accident, a person familiar with the investigation said Wednesday. Authoriti...
Aug 10, 2016
Police grab man climbing Trump Tower in New York City
NEW YORK - A man who wanted an “audience” with Donald Trump spent three hours scaling the glass facade of Trump Tower on Wednesday using large suction cups, climbing as high as the 21st fl...
Aug 10, 2016

'Truly a piece of evil': 'Grim Sleeper' sent to death row
LOS ANGELES - The serial killer known as the “Grim Sleeper” was sentenced to death Wednesday for the murders of nine women and a teenage girl that went unsolved for years as the body count...
Aug 10, 2016

California officials: Faulty hot tub caused deadly 2015 fire
SAN FRANCISCO - A hot tub’s faulty wiring ignited one of California’s most destructive wildfires, a blaze that killed four people, sent four firefighters to the hospital and destroyed more...
Aug 10, 2016

Eskimos lineup to be bolstered by return of Sorensen versus Montreal Alouettes
EDMONTON - Help is on the way for quarterback Mike Reilly and the Edmonton Eskimos. Centre Justin Sorensen returns to the lineup Thursday night when Edmonton (2-4) hosts the Montreal Alouettes (2-4). ...
Aug 10, 2016

Blue Jays put slugger Jose Bautista on 15-day disabled list with knee sprain
TORONTO - Jose Bautista is headed back to the 15-day disabled list with a sprained left knee. The Blue Jays outfielder, who only just returned from a stint on the DL, injured the knee as he attempted ...
Aug 10, 2016
Sheriff: Arkansas deputy dies in shooting
An Arkansas man who wanted to cause a “ruckus” ahead of a court hearing shot and killed a sheriff’s deputy Wednesday, and wounded a small-town police chief, before surrendering to la...
Aug 10, 2016

Ferris wheel company had troubled history before fair spill
NASHVILLE - The organizers of the eastern Tennessee fair where three girls fell from a Ferris wheel kept their ride operator despite an incident across the state line that injured five and caused the ...
Aug 10, 2016

Thrice-widowed, she's on trial in death of husband No. 2
NEW ORLEANS - It took more than seven years after Ernest Smith was gunned down outside his New Orleans home in the spring of 2006 until his widow was arrested and charged in his death, but she had bee...
Aug 10, 2016

US deports former Guatemalan soldier wanted in 1982 massacre
GUATEMALA CITY - A former Guatemalan soldier deported from the United States in handcuffs and flanked by security on Wednesday maintained his innocence in the face of accusations that he helped massac...
Aug 10, 2016