Category Archives: Canadian Press
Officer's hesitation during Vegas shooting prompts review
LAS VEGAS - A veteran police officer’s self-described freeze in a Las Vegas hotel hallway while a gunman fired on an outdoor concert crowd is prompting a review of whether lives could have been ...
Jul 02, 2018

Trump says he has interviewed 4 candidates for high court
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump interviewed four prospective Supreme Court justices on Monday and had plans to meet with a few more as his White House aggressively mobilizes to select a replacemen...
Jul 02, 2018

Judge to decide on order blocking Puerto Rican evictions
BOSTON - A hearing has taken place on a federal judge’s restraining order temporarily blocking the evictions of nearly 1,700 Puerto Rican hurricane evacuee families from hotels across the U.S. U...
Jul 02, 2018
Wind spreads California fire as other states battle blazes
GUINDA, Calif. - A massive wildfire in rural Northern California has exploded in size and forced evacuations in hot, dry weather that is sweeping through several western states where blazes are threat...
Jul 02, 2018

Los Angeles kicks off long-delayed licensing for pot growers
Los Angeles will kick off the process for licensing marijuana cultivators and manufacturers on Aug. 1, but it’s likely to be many months before any of those companies open their doors for busine...
Jul 02, 2018
Memo details groping claims against Indiana attorney general
INDIANAPOLIS - Indiana Attorney General Curtis Hill was investigated this year after four women claimed he touched them inappropriately at a bar. The Indianapolis Star obtained an eight-page memo writ...
Jul 02, 2018

GOP lawmakers floated for Trump's Supreme Court opening
WASHINGTON - As President Donald Trump considers his next Supreme Court pick, some Republicans in Congress want him to consider pulling from their ranks on Capitol Hill. GOP Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas sug...
Jul 02, 2018

Second lawsuit filed on behalf of another Brazilian mom
CHICAGO - Just days after a federal judge ordered the release of a Brazilian boy from a Chicago-area shelter, immigration lawyers from Boston filed a second lawsuit asking the same court to free yet a...
Jul 02, 2018

Australian bishop sentenced to year's detention for coverup
CANBERRA, Australia - The most senior Roman Catholic cleric to be convicted of covering up child sex abuse was sentenced to 12 months in detention by an Australian court Tuesday in a landmark case wel...
Jul 02, 2018
Lawyer with MMIW inquiry resigns, citing government interference
VANCOUVER - A lawyer for the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls has announced he’s resigned, and in a statement cites government interference among his reasons...
Jul 02, 2018