Category Archives: Canadian Press

Protesters angered by Dallas shooting bring halt to meeting
DALLAS - Protesters condemning the shooting death of a black man in his Dallas apartment by a white off-duty police officer disrupted a City Council meeting Wednesday, prompting a recess to quell the ...
Sep 12, 2018
Dallas police respond to shooting with proactive approach
Dallas police swiftly admitted that a white officer who shot a black man in his own apartment last week had made a mistake. They expressed contrition, turned the case over to independent investigators...
Sep 12, 2018

Got $1,100? Apple shows off its most expensive iPhone yet
CUPERTINO, Calif. - Apple unveiled three new iPhones on Wednesday, including its biggest and most expensive model yet, as the company seeks to widen the product’s appeal amid slowing sales. CEO ...
Sep 12, 2018

Pope says he hopes to visit Japan next year, fulfilling wish
VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis said Wednesday he hopes to visit Japan next year, a trip that would enable him to draw attention to both the legacy of Christian martyrs centuries ago and survivors of the ...
Sep 12, 2018

NY candidate: Netanyahu spokesman sexually assaulted me
NEW YORK - A candidate for New York’s state senate said Tuesday she was sexually assaulted five years ago by a spokesman for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, an accusation the man deni...
Sep 12, 2018
Kentucky town mourns its first female mayor, Lucy Lou, a dog
RABBIT HASH, Ky. - The town of Rabbit Hash, Kentucky, is known for a string of highly esteemed mayors, one of whom died this week. She was 12, and a dog. The Enquirer reports Rabbit Hash’s first...
Sep 12, 2018
Royal Botanic Garden seeks respect for world's fungus
LONDON - The scientists at the renowned Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew are trying to correct an injustice: They don’t believe fungus gets the respect it deserves. That’s one reason behind th...
Sep 12, 2018

Jimmy Carter cautions Democrats not to scare off moderates
ATLANTA - Former President Jimmy Carter sees little hope for the U.S. to change its human rights and environmental policies as long as Donald Trump is in the White House, but he has a warning for his ...
Sep 12, 2018
AP FACT CHECK: Obama doesn't always tell the straight story
WASHINGTON - Former President Barack Obama’s recent denunciation of President Donald Trump’s treatment of the press overlooks the aggressive steps the Justice Department took to keep infor...
Sep 12, 2018
In battle for the House, many Dems start from scratch
NAPERVILLE, Ill. - When the Democratic Party told Lauren Underwood she needed to raise $100,000 in six weeks to get her campaign for Congress off the ground, she wasn’t sure what to do. The nurs...
Sep 12, 2018