Category Archives: Canadian Press
In a twist, Trump fights to keep some Palestinian aid alive
WASHINGTON - For two years, the Trump administration has unabashedly slashed U.S. aid to the Palestinians. Now, amid signs it may finally roll out its long-awaited Middle East peace plan, the administ...
Nov 30, 2018
Court hearing in New Jersey quadruple murder, arson case
FREEHOLD, N.J. - A New Jersey man charged with killing his brother and the brother’s wife and two children will make a court appearance Friday morning. Paul Caneiro (kah-NEH’-roh) faces fo...
Nov 30, 2018
Warnings grow over unsanitary conditions in Tijuana shelter
TIJUANA, Mexico - Aid workers and humanitarian organizations expressed concerns Thursday about unsanitary conditions at the sports complex in Tijuana where more than 6,000 Central American migrants ar...
Nov 30, 2018
Not president, not yet a senator: Romney is starting over
WASHINGTON - Mitt Romney is a man in-between. He made it to Washington after all - but not as president of the United States, the office he sought twice and other men won. He’s not yet a senator...
Nov 30, 2018
Ex-Sen. Al Franken takes first steps back into public arena
MINNEAPOLIS - Nearly a year after he resigned his U.S. Senate seat amid sexual misconduct allegations, Al Franken is testing whether he can make a comeback in the #MeToo era. The former “Saturda...
Nov 30, 2018
Fire-scarred California areas escape large-scale rain damage
SAN FRANCISCO - A major storm brought localized mudslides and street flooding to California and some people had to be rescued from stranded vehicles, but fire-scarred areas escaped large-scale damage....
Nov 30, 2018
For Israel, a rearmed Hezbollah in Lebanon is top concern
On a moonlit night, some two dozen Israeli soldiers in full battle gear march near a Lebanese border village with a bomb-sniffing dog, searching for explosives and infiltrators. Suddenly the force sto...
Nov 30, 2018
Koreas survey North's railways in hopes of joining networks
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - A South Korean train rolled into North Korea for the first time in a decade on Friday as the countries began joint surveys on northern railway sections they hope someday to...
Nov 30, 2018
Children suffering in Central African Republic 5 years on
DAKAR, Senegal - Children are bearing the brunt of five years of fighting in Central African Republic as thousands are trapped in armed groups, many suffer sexual violence, tens of thousands go hungry...
Nov 30, 2018
Romania shuts hospital after babies diagnosed with superbug
BUCHAREST, Romania - Romanian health authorities on Friday temporarily closed a maternity hospital in the capital after 13 babies born there recently were diagnosed with a drug-resistant superbug. The...
Nov 30, 2018