Category Archives: Canadian Press

BAZWAYA, Iraq - Iraq’s special forces fought their way into the outskirts of Mosul on Tuesday, taking its state television building despite resistance by Islamic State group fighters that is onl...

TOKYO - Kurdish authorities have detained a Japanese freelance journalist covering the fighting in Iraq, according to Japan’s government and media reports. Japanese government spokesman Yoshihid...

RICHMOND, Va. - Two former sailors whose rape and murder convictions were tossed by a federal judge plan to ask Virginia’s governor to formally declare that they are innocent. U.S. District Judg...

CHARLESTON, S.C. - The attorney for a white former South Carolina police officer charged with murder in the shooting death of an unarmed black motorist asked a judge Tuesday to keep the dramatic cellp...

CAMPBELLTON, N.B. - Testimony continues today in the jury trial of a man charged in the deaths of two young New Brunswick boys who were suffocated by a python. On Tuesday, the jurors heard the emotion...

TOKYO - The producer for a Japanese all-girl “idol” group has joined Sony Music in apologizing after the popular act performed in outfits resembling Nazi-era German military uniforms. Keya...

PHOENIX - Sara Morales became an American citizen in 2010 and has voted in every election since. This year, the Phoenix resident will be casting a ballot for Hillary Clinton, joining the tens of thous...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - There are two words that keep coming up in Florida’s U.S. Senate race between Republican incumbent Marco Rubio and Democratic U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy: Donald Trump. One of t...

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama is kicking off a week of campaigning for Democrat Hillary Clinton with a stop in battleground Ohio. Obama will speak at a rally for Clinton in Columbus on Tuesday. ...

WASHINGTON - One group of Americans will likely see huge changes to their tax bills after this year’s presidential election: the wealthiest 1 per cent. They will see a big tax increase if Hillar...