Category Archives: Canadian Press
Scalise back for congressional game a year after shooting
WASHINGTON - Republicans and Democrats put aside the sectarian hostilities that have increasingly defined this town and came together on the baseball diamond Thursday, a year after bullets from a woul...
Jun 15, 2018
Caesars workers in Las Vegas approve new contract deal
LAS VEGAS - Housekeepers, bartenders and other unionized workers at Las Vegas casino-resorts operated by Caesars Entertainment approved a new five-year contract, ending the possibility of a strike at ...
Jun 15, 2018
Boy dies, his brother, mom critical after Colorado shooting
WESTMINSTER, Colo. - One boy died and his brother and mom were in critical condition Thursday following a shooting in a suburban Denver parking lot, according to police. Westminster police released a ...
Jun 15, 2018
Indian police arrest 4 in rape of mother, teenage daughter
PATNA, India - Police arrested four people for allegedly gang-raping a woman and her 14-year-old daughter after tying the woman’s husband to a tree at gunpoint in eastern India, a police officer...
Jun 15, 2018
McDonald's to switch to paper straws in U.K., Ireland
NEW YORK - McDonald’s said Friday it will switch to paper straws at all its locations in the United Kingdom and Ireland, and test an alternative to plastic ones in some of its U.S. restaurants l...
Jun 15, 2018
Riders plunge 34 feet, 6 injured in roller coaster derail
ORLANDO, Fla. - A roller coaster that derailed in Florida had been put out of service by state inspectors twice in the past year and a half because of problems with the ride. Two riders fell 34 feet (...
Jun 15, 2018
Farmers in Trump country protest Pruitt's ethanol policies
MINNEAPOLIS - Deep in the heart of Trump country, Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt is being met with protests by farmers and ethanol producers concerned that he is undermining the in...
Jun 15, 2018
Trump's personal lawyer wants Stormy Daniels' lawyer gagged
Donald Trump’s personal attorney asked a federal judge Thursday night to sign a gag order to stop porn actress Stormy Daniels’ lawyer from speaking with reporters and releasing information...
Jun 15, 2018
Boris Becker claims diplomatic immunity in UK bankruptcy
LONDON - Retired German tennis star Boris Becker is claiming his unpaid role as a sports attache for Central African Republic gives him diplomatic immunity from bankruptcy proceedings in Britain. The ...
Jun 15, 2018
'There was a future': Past Hawaii eruptions provide lessons
HONOLULU - Lava pouring out of a Hawaii volcano burned down Mary Dressler’s home and her town 28 years ago. Now, watching creeping lobes of molten rock slowly wipe out entire neighbourhoods over...
Jun 15, 2018