Category Archives: Canadian Press
Reports: Outside groups spending big to help Trump, Clinton
WASHINGTON - Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton say they raised record amounts of money in August for their presidential bids - a total of $233 million just in one month. And wealthy donors are pouring ...
Sep 21, 2016
US flies bombers over South Korea again in show of force
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - The United States on Wednesday flew a pair of supersonic bombers over ally South Korea for the second time in as many weeks in a show of force following North Korea’s...
Sep 21, 2016

Vegas lawyer's 'Black Lives' protest resembles Ohio case
LAS VEGAS - A deputy public defender in Las Vegas who defied a judge’s request that she not wear a “Black Lives Matter” pin in court has become the latest voice of protest in a natio...
Sep 21, 2016

Air Force identifies pilot who died in California U-2 crash
BEALE AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. - The pilot who died after ejecting from a U2 spy plane that crashed in northern California was identified Wednesday as Lt. Col. Ira S. Eadie. Eadie was assigned to the 1s...
Sep 21, 2016
Vietnam sentences 9 to death for heroin trafficking
HANOI, Vietnam - A court in northern Vietnam on Wednesday sentenced nine people to death for heroin trafficking, state media said. Ringleader Trang A Tang and eight other Vietnamese nationals were con...
Sep 21, 2016
South African police clash with university students
JOHANNESBURG - South African police on Wednesday set off stun grenades and threw tear gas at stone-throwing students from a leading university who were demonstrating for free education. The chaos in t...
Sep 21, 2016
Report: Staff shortages hamper US wildlife refuges
PORTLAND, Ore. - Hundreds of national wildlife refuges that provide critical habitat for migratory birds and other species are crippled by a staffing shortage that has curtailed educational programs, ...
Sep 21, 2016
Ugandan wildlife dying in national park from drought
KAMPALA, Uganda - A Ugandan wildlife official says scores of animals have died in a national park because of drought. Jossy Muhangi, a spokesman for the Uganda Wildlife Authority, said Wednesday that ...
Sep 21, 2016
Pakistani Christian jailed for blasphemy over Facebook like
LAHORE, Pakistan - Pakistani police say they have arrested a 16-year-old Christian boy on blasphemy charges after he “liked” an “inappropriate” photograph on Facebook of the Ka...
Sep 21, 2016
Samsung says 3 reports of China phone battery fire
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - Samsung Electronics said Wednesday it has received three reports of Galaxy Note 7 battery fires in China and investigated two of them. Samsung and its battery supplier, Amp...
Sep 21, 2016