Category Archives: Canadian Press
Record number of women have won major party primaries
ATLANTA - Women are not just running for office in record numbers this year - they are winning. More women than ever before have won major party primaries for governor, U.S. Senate and House this year...
Aug 20, 2018
Prominent Republicans struggling to fit into Trump's party
NEW YORK - The ranks of forgotten Republicans are growing. Some were forced out, such as Tim Pawlenty, a former two-term Minnesota governor who lost this week’s bid for a political comeback. Som...
Aug 20, 2018
Project documents hidden history of LGBTQ life in the South
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - A new project is documenting a once-hidden history of LGBTQ people in the Deep South, with donors providing troves of information and items on gay life, systemic oppression and acti...
Aug 20, 2018
US firms to Trump: Don't raise tariffs on more Chinese goods
WASHINGTON - Fishermen off the Alaskan coast. A Florida maker of boat trailers. A building materials distributor in Tennessee. Those and hundreds of other American businesses are delivering the same p...
Aug 20, 2018
PepsiCo buys Israel's SodaStream for $3.2 billion
JERUSALEM - Beverage giant PepsiCo on Monday purchased Israel’s fizzy drink maker SodaStream for $3.2 billion, a boon for a company that has enjoyed a resurgence after being targeted by anti-Isr...
Aug 20, 2018
Iran oil minister: French oil giant Total pulls out of Iran
TEHRAN, Iran - Iran’s oil minister said on Monday that France’s oil giant Total SA has officially pulled out of Iran after cancelling its $5 billion, 20-year agreement to develop the count...
Aug 20, 2018
Gretchen Carlson: Miss America's claims cost pageant $75K
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. - Miss America chairwoman Gretchen Carlson has struck back against the reigning Miss America, saying Cara Mund’s allegations that Carlson and others bullied her have led to a...
Aug 20, 2018

Australian filmmaker testifies in his Cambodian trial
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - An Australian filmmaker in Cambodia facing a possible five to 10 years in prison on a charge of endangering national security testified Monday that he wants to buy land to reset...
Aug 20, 2018

Quake swarm jolts Indonesian islands, killing at least 12
SEMBALUN, Indonesia - Multiple strong earthquakes killed at least a dozen people on the Indonesian islands of Lombok and Sumbawa as the region was trying to recover from a temblor earlier this month t...
Aug 20, 2018

Pope: No effort spared to fight abuse, but offers no details
VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis vowed Monday that “no effort must be spared” to root out priestly sex abuse and coverup from the Catholic Church, but gave no indication that he would take acti...
Aug 20, 2018