Category Archives: Canadian Press

DES MOINES, Iowa - For all the anticipation about whether someone will finally snag the gigantic Mega Millions and Powerball jackpots, the games come down to two things: simple math - and very long od...

Tuesday night’s $1.537 billion Mega Millions jackpot won by a ticket sold in South Carolina was the second largest in U.S. history. Lottery players have a shot at another top 10 jackpot as Wedne...

BARRON, Wis. - Investigators are assessing several items that volunteers found Tuesday during an expanded search for clues that might lead to a missing 13-year-old Wisconsin girl whose parents were ki...

SALT LAKE CITY - A University of Utah student and track athlete who was shot and killed on campus by a former boyfriend had filed a police complaint against him after she learned he was a sex offender...

SAN FRANCISCO - A Northern California judge on Monday upheld a jury’s verdict that found Monsanto’s weed killer caused a groundskeeper’s cancer, but she slashed the amount of money t...

TUCSON, Ariz. - Federal prosecutors will once again try a U.S. Border Patrol agent who killed a 16-year-old boy in a cross-border shooting. The agent was acquitted earlier this year of murder, but a j...

WASHINGTON - It’s a hobby among District of Columbia locals: Picking apart glaring geographic and architectural inaccuracies in movies and television shows set in Washington. One of the most fam...

LEWISTON, Idaho - State and federal entomologists are tracking the spread of a tiny invasive insect that feeds on fir forests. The Lewiston Tribune reports the Idaho Department of Lands says the balsa...

LONDON - The Dutch king and queen on Tuesday began a state visit to Britain that will include full ceremonial honours and a gala banquet. King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima of the Netherlands were...

OTTAWA - The Canadian Coast Guard says three “interim” icebreakers that were recently purchased without a competition will be used for the next 15 to 20 years. Coast guard officials reveal...