Category Archives: Canadian Press

US newspapers to Trump: We're not enemies of the people
NEW YORK - Newspapers from Maine to Hawaii pushed back against President Donald Trump’s attacks on “fake news” with a co-ordinated series of editorials in defence of a free press on ...
Aug 16, 2018
Prosecutor: Officer who shot black teen was 'trigger happy'
DALLAS - A former Texas police officer accused of killing a black teenager was angry, out of control and “trigger happy” when he fired at a car full of teenagers while responding to a hous...
Aug 16, 2018

Inside a super PAC that spends on everything but winning
WASHINGTON - The two billionaire mega donors poured $1.25 million into a super PAC that was supposed to supercharge Chris McDaniel’s insurgent bid to be Mississippi’s next Republican senat...
Aug 16, 2018

Conditions of release not yet met for compound suspects
TAOS, N.M. - Three people accused of child abuse at a ramshackle desert compound remained jailed Wednesday as New Mexico authorities sought to satisfy the conditions of their release set by a judge. A...
Aug 16, 2018
Bodies of missing wife, daughters found in Colorado
FREDERICK, Colo. - After his pregnant wife and two daughters disappeared, Christopher Watts stood on his porch in Colorado and lamented to reporters how much he missed them. He longed for the simple t...
Aug 16, 2018
Through hoops: Combined Koreas set tone for Asian Games
JAKARTA, Indonesia - One win into the Asian Games and the bigger picture is already clear for the combined Koreas basketball team. Three North Korean players, including top-scorer Ro Suk Yong, and nin...
Aug 16, 2018

California considers limiting broad 'felony murder' law
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Brandon Hein was 18 when he and three other teenagers were charged in the 1995 stabbing death of the 16-year-old son of a Los Angeles police detective. One of Hein’s friends...
Aug 16, 2018

Turkish finance chief tries to reassure investors on crisis
ANKARA, Turkey - Turkey’s finance chief tried to reassure thousands of international investors on a conference call Thursday, in which he pledged to fix the economic troubles that have seen the ...
Aug 16, 2018
Indonesian president urges tolerance in annual speech
JAKARTA, Indonesia - Indonesia’s president urged his country to embrace its founding spirit of tolerance in an annual national address just days after choosing a divisive cleric as his running m...
Aug 16, 2018
Videos show workers on Florida bridge before collapse
MIAMI - New videos show construction workers labouring on a pedestrian bridge in Florida shortly before it collapses, killing six people. The time-lapse video released Wednesday by Florida Internation...
Aug 16, 2018