Category Archives: Canadian Press
Police: Trio taunted Muslim woman aboard subway train
New York City police are looking for three men who taunted a Muslim woman aboard a subway train, yelling “Donald Trump” and calling her a terrorist. Police say the incident occurred at 10 ...
Dec 03, 2016
Despite uproar, N.Carolina governor rivals use private email
RALEIGH, N.C. - Republican incumbent Pat McCrory and his Democratic opponent in the undecided North Carolina governor’s race have together sent or received hundreds of messages from private emai...
Dec 03, 2016
Friendly moose befriends 2 cows on Vermont farm
SHELDON, Vt. - A Vermont couple has chased off a moose that appeared to be bonding with their two cows on a Sheldon farm because they didn’t want it to get injured, stuck in their barn or damage...
Dec 03, 2016
Bolivia minister: country could face US aviation downgrade
LA PAZ, Bolivia - The U.S. could downgrade the country’s aviation safety rating because of irregularities that may have contributed to this week’s crash of a chartered plane carrying a Bra...
Dec 03, 2016
Emergency officials: We won't let pipeline protesters freeze
FARGO, N.D. - The head of North Dakota’s emergency management services says the state is prepared to respond to Dakota Access pipeline protesters who may need help during a winter storm or some ...
Dec 03, 2016
Bergdahl seeks pardon from Obama to avert desertion trial
WASHINGTON - U.S. Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, the former prisoner of war who’s accused of endangering comrades by walking off his post in Afghanistan, is asking President Barack Obama to pardon him...
Dec 03, 2016
Under dusty fog cover, IS strikes Iraqi forces near Mosul
QABR AL-ABD, Iraq - Under the cover of dust and fog, Islamic State group fighters launched a series of counterattacks on Iraqi positions to the south and west of the militant-held city of Mosul late F...
Dec 03, 2016
Sandy Hook group begins violence warning-signs campaign
NEWTOWN, Conn. - A group formed by families who lost children in the Sandy Hook school shooting has started a new public service campaign designed to teach people to recognize the warning signs of som...
Dec 03, 2016
Keys, lightbulbs tied to Thomas Edison go up for auction
TRENTON, N.J. - Keys to the New Jersey lab where Thomas Edison invented the phonograph are up for auction in Dallas, along with some of the lightbulbs that he perfected. A Pittsburgh man acquired the ...
Dec 03, 2016
A Donald Trump museum? Atlantic City historians consider it
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. - A group of historians in Atlantic City wants to open a museum dedicated to President-elect Donald Trump. Stockton University professor Bob Blaskiewicz told the Press of Atlantic ...
Dec 03, 2016