Category Archives: Canadian Press
David Hockney painting expected to break auction records
NEW YORK - One of David Hockney’s famous “pool paintings” is coming to auction and is expected to sell in the $80 million range, easily breaking the record for a work by a living art...
Sep 13, 2018
San Francisco to remove statue depicting Native American
SAN FRANCISCO - A San Francisco board decided Wednesday to remove a 19th century statue that activists say is racist and demeaning to indigenous people. The decision by the San Francisco Board of Appe...
Sep 13, 2018
California school board member apologizes for Hitler remark
CHINO, Calif. - A Southern California school board member has apologized for saying that Hitler wasn’t bad during a hearing over state sex education requirements. The Inland Valley Daily Bulleti...
Sep 13, 2018
Eurovision says Tel Aviv will host 2019 song contest
JERUSALEM - The Eurovision Song Contest announced Thursday that next year’s competition will be held in Tel Aviv, clearing up some of the political controversy surrounding Israel’s hosting...
Sep 13, 2018
Senator gives federal investigators information on Kavanaugh
WASHINGTON - Sen. Dianne Feinstein, the top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee, said Thursday she has notified federal investigators about information she received - and won’t disclose p...
Sep 13, 2018
Gunman kills ex-wife, 4 others and himself in California
LOS ANGELES - A gunman in Southern California fatally shot his ex-wife and a man at a trucking company before chasing after another man, killing him, and then driving to a home where he killed a fathe...
Sep 13, 2018
Puerto Rican evacuees hunt for housing as vouchers expire
ORLANDO, Fla. - Like many Puerto Ricans who fled to the mainland after Hurricane Maria, Jose Santiago has been scrambling to find a place to live. The federal vouchers that pay for his hotel room near...
Sep 13, 2018
Honolulu warns residents after storm swells dam water levels
Honolulu officials said a dam holding 21 million gallons (80 million litres) of water was not in danger of collapsing Thursday, but still warned nearly 10,000 residents downstream that they might need...
Sep 13, 2018
'Threat becomes reality': Florence begins days of rain, wind
WILMINGTON, N.C. - The big slosh has begun, and the consequences could be disastrous. Hurricane Florence’s leading edge battered the Carolina coast Thursday, bending trees and shooting frothy se...
Sep 13, 2018
Uncle: Man killed by officer aspired to St. Lucia leadership
DALLAS - Friends and family on Thursday remembered a man gunned down by a Dallas police officer as a deeply religious 26-year-old accountant who loved to sing and had confided to his uncle that he mig...
Sep 13, 2018