Category Archives: Canadian Press
AP Interview: Adviser says Iran failed detained US resident
TEHRAN, Iran - A top adviser to Iran’s president on human rights said that the government “failed” to help a U.S. permanent resident imprisoned over spying allegations that she perso...
Sep 14, 2018
Trump claims Hurricane Maria death toll rose 'like magic'
WASHINGTON - As Tropical Storm Florence inundated the Carolinas on Friday, President Donald Trump circled back to his claim that the official death toll from a devastating storm a year earlier in Puer...
Sep 14, 2018
Could Trump meet Kim in New York this month? AP takes a look
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - Get ready for Trump-Kim Part Two. In recent weeks it’s become clear that Donald Trump wants to meet with Kim Jong Un again, and the North Korean leader has told the W...
Sep 14, 2018
Art teacher wears same dress to promote sustainability
MOORESTOWN, N.J. - A New Jersey art teacher has pledged to wear the same outfit for 100 days to teach students about sustainability. William W. Allen Middle School teacher Julia Mooney tells WPVI-TV t...
Sep 14, 2018
US Open umpire tells AP he is focusing on 'working again'
ZADAR, Croatia - The chair umpire who penalized Serena Williams in the U.S. Open final is back at work. Carlos Ramos has been assigned to the best-of-five Davis Cup semifinal series between Croatia an...
Sep 14, 2018

Key household debt ratio creeps higher in second quarter to 169.1 per cent
OTTAWA - The amount households owe, relative to their income, crept higher in the second quarter, even as mortgage borrowing continued to slow, Statistics Canada said. The agency said Friday credit ma...
Sep 14, 2018
Stolen cash: Scottish isle reports first crime in 20 years
LONDON - The peace and tranquility on the island of Gigha off the western coast of Scotland has been shattered by a burglary said by locals to be the first serious crime in about 20 years. Ken Deacon,...
Sep 14, 2018
Boss revenge, self-colonoscopy studies win 2018 Ig Nobels
BOSTON - Anyone who’s ever been so furious with their boss that they feel like exacting revenge really needs to listen to Lindie Liang. Liang and her colleagues found that abusing a virtual vood...
Sep 14, 2018

Kavanaugh denies allegation of sexual misconduct in school
WASHINGTON - Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh on Friday denied an allegation of sexual misconduct from when he was in high school, seeking to defuse a potential threat to his confirmation as a ha...
Sep 14, 2018
Obama tells voters sitting on sidelines in 2018 'dangerous'
CLEVELAND - Former President Barack Obama delivered a simple message Thursday headed into the fall midterm elections: Vote. Speaking to an enthusiastic crowd of several thousand in Cleveland, Obama sa...
Sep 14, 2018