Category Archives: Canadian Press
Appeals court hears Florida lawsuit seeking FBI 9-11 records
MIAMI - A Florida online publication asked a federal appeals court Thursday to order a trial be held on its Freedom of Information Act lawsuit seeking FBI documents that may reveal a U.S.-based suppor...
Jul 19, 2018
Rivers dry and fields dust, Iranian farmers turn to protest
VARZANEH, Iran - The small group of Iranian farmers gathered around their tractors - long idle, parked at the town entrance next to a canal that once irrigated their fields but has been dry for years ...
Jul 19, 2018
Toddler dies after being left in car for 8 hours
PEMBROKE PINES, Fla. - Authorities in Florida say they’re investigating the death of a toddler who was left in a car for more than eight hours. The Sun Sentinel reports that 17-month-old Eli Bir...
Jul 19, 2018

LGBT advocates fear Kavanaugh's votes on gay-rights issues
WASHINGTON - Gay-rights supporters who thronged the Supreme Court plaza after justices declared same-sex marriage a constitutional right expect to have little to celebrate if Brett Kavanaugh replaces ...
Jul 19, 2018
US deporting crime victims while they wait for special visa
For victims of crime on U.S. soil who are living here illegally, a special visa program encourages them to help solve their cases and catch criminals, and often provides their only clear path to citiz...
Jul 19, 2018
Russian officials to meet suspected spy jailed in US
MOSCOW - Russian Embassy officials were to meet Thursday with a Siberian gun rights activist jailed in Washington on charges of spying on the United States, as Moscow blasted the arrest as “anti...
Jul 19, 2018
After rescue, soccer boys pray for protection at Thai temple
CHIANG RAI, Thailand - The youth soccer teammates rescued from a flooded cave began their first day back home with their families Thursday by going to a Buddhist temple to pray for protection from mis...
Jul 19, 2018
Israeli parliament passes contentious Jewish nation bill
JERUSALEM - Israel’s parliament approved a controversial piece of legislation on Thursday that defines the country as the nation-state of the Jewish people but which critics warn sidelines minor...
Jul 19, 2018
Video emerges of Macron bodyguard beating protester in Paris
PARIS - A video showing one of French President Emmanuel Macron’s security chiefs beating a student demonstrator, until now cloaked in secrecy, drew fierce public backlash Thursday over what is ...
Jul 19, 2018

'Brady Bunch' house for sale for nearly $1.9M
LOS ANGELES - The home featured in the opening and closing scenes of “The Brady Bunch” is for sale for $1.885 million. Records show George and Violet McCallister bought the two-bedroom, th...
Jul 19, 2018