Category Archives: Canadian Press
Police: NYC Muslim woman's bias report is false
NEW YORK - A Muslim woman who reported that three men taunted her aboard a New York City subway train, yelling “Donald Trump” and calling her a terrorist, has apparently made it all up. Po...
Dec 14, 2016
Live Nativity ends after camel handler charged with cruelty
PIKEVILLE, Ky. - An eastern Kentucky hospital has cancelled its live Nativity display after a camel handler was accused of animal cruelty. The Lexington Herald-Leader (http://bit.ly/2gC89ap ) reports ...
Dec 14, 2016
W.Virginia agencies review contracts after racist Obama post
CLAY, W.Va. - West Virginia officials may reconsider contracts with a non-profit group whose suspended director is scheduled to return to her job after making a racist comment about first lady Michell...
Dec 14, 2016
Transit agency sidelines 11 operators over new fatigue rules
NEWARK, N.J. - Eleven New Jersey Transit train engineers or conductors have been temporarily removed from duty under a new program to assess fatigue-related conditions begun after a deadly crash this ...
Dec 14, 2016
B.C. man nets fine for trying to smuggle baby lizards across border
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. - Border officials say a man from Abbotsford, B.C., has been fined after he tried to smuggle six baby lizards into Canada in his shirt. Canada Border Services Agency says in a release...
Dec 14, 2016
Judge: Mistakenly sold Apollo 11 moon mission bag is buyer's
WICHITA, Kan. - A bag used to collect lunar samples during the first manned mission to the moon legally belongs to an Illinois woman who bought it for $995 when it was mistakenly sold during a governm...
Dec 14, 2016
Inmate protests execution drugs as worse than a firing squad
RICHMOND, Va. - A Virginia inmate asked a federal court Wednesday to block the state’s plans to execute him next month with lethal injection drugs from a secret compounding pharmacy, suggesting ...
Dec 14, 2016
DNA discovery reignites long-dormant serial killer case
MINEOLA, N.Y. - A new DNA analysis has given more clues to detectives investigating a suspected string of serial killings on Long Island. The analysis, posted on a federal database this week, shows th...
Dec 14, 2016
Colorado school district to allow teachers to arm themselves
DENVER - A rural Colorado school district decided Wednesday night to allow its teachers and other school staff to carry guns on campus to protect students. The Hanover School District 28 board voted 3...
Dec 14, 2016
Stephens, Raddysh score two each as Canada juniors top Czechs 8-0 in exhibition
BOISBRIAND, Que. - With final cuts looming, Canada stormed out of the gate and overwhelmed the Czech Republic 8-0 on Wednesday night in a preparation game for the world junior hockey championship. Mit...
Dec 14, 2016