Category Archives: Canadian Press
Ethiopia blames Egypt for forcing new state of emergency
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia - Ethiopia’s government on Monday blamed Egypt for supporting outlawed rebels and forcing the declaration of the country’s first state of emergency in a quarter-centu...
Oct 10, 2016
Rail service resumes at New Jersey station after fatal crash
HOBOKEN, N.J. - Rail service resumed Monday at a transit station damaged when a train travelling more than twice the speed limit crashed, killing a woman on the platform and injuring more than 100 oth...
Oct 10, 2016
Twitter: 17M-plus tweets sent about the debate, most ever
ST. LOUIS - Twitter says Sunday’s presidential debate was the most tweeted ever, with more than 17 million tweets related to the forum sent. The social media platform says the question of Republ...
Oct 10, 2016
The Latest: No evidence German bomb suspect had firm target
BERLIN - The Latest on the arrest of a suspect in an alleged bomb attack thwarted in Germany: 2:40 p.m. (all times local): Federal prosecutors in Germany say there is no evidence a young Syrian man ar...
Oct 10, 2016
Jays use power game to sweep Rangers, get break before start of ALCS against Indians
TORONTO - September was a month the Toronto Blue Jays would like to forget. If they keep up their current level of play, October could very well be a month they remember. The Blue Jays defeated Texas ...
Oct 10, 2016
Ottawa warned about law that stripped some Canadians of citizenship: advocate
VANCOUVER - The Canadian government was aware and warned repeatedly years before an arcane law began stripping longtime Canadians of their citizenship, says a man who spent decades lobbying for change...
Oct 10, 2016
Second presidential debate featured tough moderators
NEW YORK - Moderators Anderson Cooper and Martha Raddatz teamed to ask sharp questions of Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton and to keep them corralled during many contentious exchanges during the secon...
Oct 10, 2016
For showing how contracts work best, 2 economists win Nobel
Let insiders easily cash in stock options, as Enron did, and you risk seeing executives abandon a failing company. Encourage contractors to sacrifice quality to cut costs and you might cause problems ...
Oct 10, 2016
How vicious was the Trump-Clinton debate? Comparisons with past ones
WASHINGTON - The latest debate between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton was vicious by historical standards. Here’s a comparison. Moments deemed awkward in previous presidential debates, and thi...
Oct 10, 2016
Call that ended officers lives was among most unpredictable
PALM SPRINGS, Calif. - A domestic violence call that ended the lives of two California police officers last weekend was the kind of report that many authorities say they hate and fear the most. For no...
Oct 10, 2016