Category Archives: Canadian Press

BRATISLAVA, Slovakia - European creditors urged the Greek government Friday to speed up the implementation of a series of economic reforms so it can get its hands on the next batch of bailout cash bef...

BEIJING - Friday marks the 40th anniversary of the death of Mao Zedong, who founded the People’s Republic of China in 1949 and ran it virtually uncontested until his death on Sept. 9, 1976. Whil...

SALT LAKE CITY - A teenager shot with a pellet-type gun after a homecoming pep rally at a suburban Salt Lake City high school has been released from the hospital after getting stitches. Granite School...

PHILADELPHIA - Bill Cosby has long preached the gospel of personal responsibility to fellow blacks, irritating those who fault racism for holding the community back. But now lawyers for the 79-year-ol...

NEW YORK - The childhood home in New York City of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is set to be auctioned and the opening bid is $849,000. Newsday reports (http://nwsdy.li/2c2J4ZF ) the Qu...

HONOLULU - In a story Sept. 8 about a former dentist charged with manslaughter, The Associated Press reported erroneously the cause of death a 3-year-old patient. According to the attorney representin...

DENVER - Cam Newton will get a few extra days to recover from his latest beating by Von Miller and crew. At least he won’t have to seethe for seven months. Denver’s dominant defence came u...

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. - The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame will soon welcome two of the sport’s game-changing stars - one big and one small. Shaquille O’Neal and Allen Iverson head...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - The owners of Frozen Budz have high hopes now that they’ve received Alaska’s first retail marijuana license. Destiny Neade, co-owner of the Fairbanks business, received...

SAN DIEGO - The San Diego Zoo burned items containing rhinoceros horn with an estimated black market value of $1 million in a symbolic gesture Thursday to show the U.S. is committed to ending illegal ...