Category Archives: Canadian Press

CHICAGO - The purported leader of Chicago’s powerful Hobos street gang surprised courtroom observers by choosing to testify Wednesday at his own racketeering conspiracy trial, telling jurors tha...

PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii - Thousands of people observed a moment of silence before fighter jets streaked across the sky during a ceremony Wednesday at Pearl Harbor marking the 75th anniversary of the atta...

PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii - U.S. Pacific Command Commander Adm. Harry Harris says those who served during the attack on Pearl Harbor never failed to stand for the national anthem. His remarks Wednesday at ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Two days after police say a man who shot and killed three children and critically wounded their mother, neighbours placed angel figurines and stuffed animals outside the Albuquerqu...

AUSTIN, Texas - In a story Dec. 7 about Texas’ immunization program, The Associated Press reported erroneously that the state requires parents to opt in to having their children immunized. It re...

NASHVILLE - Authorities on Wednesday charged two juveniles in an East Tennessee wildfire that killed 14 people and destroyed or damaged more than 2,400 buildings in an iconic tourism spot at the foot ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. - An Alabama man convicted of killing a store clerk is scheduled to be executed Thursday, but lawyers for the former Eagle Scout are urging it be blocked because a judge overrode a ju...

RALEIGH, N.C. - In a story Dec. 7 about Duke Energy weighing compensation for neighbours living near coal ash pits, The Associated Press reported erroneously that the compensation costs will be passed...

DETROIT - A Detroit-area man accused of trying to travel to the Middle East to fight in Syria’s civil war has been sentenced to five years in prison. Mohammad Hamdan has been in custody for near...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Ocean waters are taking a toll on a sunken mini submarine 5 miles off the entrance to Pearl Harbor. The Japanese Imperial Navy vessel with a two-man crew - the first casualties of ...