Category Archives: Canadian Press
Tennessee Senate candidate says Kavanaugh accuser 'credible'
NASHVILLE - Democratic Senate candidate Phil Bredesen said that the woman accusing Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault “has a very credible story.” But he said the Judi...
Sep 20, 2018
Under right terms, Kavanaugh accuser may testify after all
WASHINGTON - Christine Blasey Ford may testify against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh after all, her attorney said Thursday, breathing new life into the prospect of a dramatic Senate showdown n...
Sep 20, 2018
Ole Miss could distance itself from donor over racist post
JACKSON, Miss. - The namesake of the University of Mississippi’s journalism school apologized Thursday for his Facebook that had photos of two black women in short dresses and suggested that the...
Sep 20, 2018
1 death during Florence: A hunter keeping watch on his dogs
KINSTON, N.C. - Hurricane Florence was blowing across eastern North Carolina hours before making landfall, and Bennie Lee Sutton’s hunting beagles were howling in their backyard kennel. So he wa...
Sep 20, 2018
Bye bye bugs? Scientists fear non-pest insects are declining
OXFORD, Pa. - A staple of summer - swarms of bugs - seems to be a thing of the past. And that’s got scientists worried. Pesky mosquitoes, disease-carrying ticks, crop-munching aphids and cockroa...
Sep 20, 2018
Police: Woman stabbed while running was likely random target
WASHINGTON - Police say an avid runner who was killed in a residential neighbourhood in the nation’s capital after recently getting engaged was likely a random target. D.C. Police Chief Peter Ne...
Sep 20, 2018
Indian flight returns after passengers ill by pressure loss
NEW DELHI - A Jet Airways flight returned to Mumbai, India’s financial capital, on Thursday after dozens of passengers complained of ear pain and nose bleeding due to the loss in cabin pressure....
Sep 20, 2018
Girl critical after 2nd shark attack on same Australian isle
BRISBANE, Australia - A girl was attacked by a shark at the same Great Barrier Reef island in Australia on Thursday as a woman who was mauled a day earlier. The 12-year-old was rescued by helicopter f...
Sep 20, 2018
Maria's death toll climbed long after rain stopped
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Disabled and elderly people were discharged from overwhelmed hospitals with bedsores that led to fatal infections. Medical oxygen ran out. People caught lung infections in swel...
Sep 20, 2018
Correction: Lebanon-Arak Drink story
TAANAYEL, Lebanon - In a story Sept. 20 about Lebanon’s national drink, arak, The Associated Press incorrectly spelled the name of one of the country’s largest arak producers. The name is ...
Sep 20, 2018