Category Archives: Canadian Press

Police find 'items of interest' at home linked to accused killer Bruce McArthur
Toronto police say “items of interest” yet to be identified have been found at a property where accused serial killer Bruce McArthur worked as a landscaper. Police had already found the re...
Jul 04, 2018
Magnitude 5.1 quake jolts Albania, no injuries reported
TIRANA, Albania - An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.1 struck off western Albania Wednesday, authorities said. No injuries or damage were reported. The Institute of Geosciences, Energy, W...
Jul 04, 2018
Four stabbed on bus in Brampton, Ont.; suspect arrested
BRAMPTON, Ont. - Police say four people were sent to hospital with non-life threatening injuries after being stabbed on a bus east of Toronto. Peel regional police say they have charged a woman with f...
Jul 04, 2018
Chairman of China's HNA Group dies in accident in France
BEIJING - The co-chairman of HNA Group, a conglomerate that operates China’s fourth-largest airline and racked up tens of billions of dollars in debt as it went on a global buying spree, died in...
Jul 04, 2018

Trump pressed aides on Venezuela invasion, US official says
BOGOTA - As a meeting last August in the Oval Office to discuss sanctions on Venezuela was concluding, President Donald Trump turned to his top aides and asked an unsettling question: With a fast unra...
Jul 04, 2018
Journalists struggle to keep online threats from escalating
TAMPA, Fla. - After a Florida radio station’s general manager told hosts they didn’t have to put an obnoxious repeat caller on the air a couple of months ago, the man stood on the sidewalk...
Jul 04, 2018
Government blesses omitting race from admissions, enrolment
WASHINGTON - The Trump administration said the government would no longer encourage schools to use race as a factor in the admissions process, rescinding Obama-era guidance meant to promote diversity ...
Jul 04, 2018
Americans celebrate July 4 with fireworks, parades, salutes
NEW YORK - With backyard barbecues and fireworks, Americans celebrated Independence Day by participating in time-honoured traditions that expressed pride in their country’s 242nd birthday. But t...
Jul 04, 2018

AP FACT CHECK: Trump's shaky claim on Iran nuclear accord
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump is making an unsubstantiated assertion that the Obama administration granted 2,500 Iranians citizenship as part of a 2015 nuclear deal that sought to limit Tehran...
Jul 04, 2018
After criminal case, lawsuits loom in deadly warehouse fire
OAKLAND, Calif. - Relatives of people killed in a 2016 California warehouse fire say others besides the two men who agreed to plea deals are responsible for their losses. They are suing the city of Oa...
Jul 04, 2018