Category Archives: Canadian Press
Haley became a popular UN diplomat despite Trump policies
CAMEROON, Cameroon - Nikki Haley came to her job as the top U.S. diplomat at the United Nations with no foreign policy experience, but in less than two years she made many friends - even among ambassa...
Oct 10, 2018
Long after they died, military sees surge in identifications
BELLEVUE, Neb. - Nearly 77 years after repeated torpedo strikes tore into the USS Oklahoma, killing hundreds of sailors and Marines, Carrie Brown leaned over the remains of a serviceman laid out on a ...
Oct 10, 2018
Trump trashes Democrats' Medicare for All plan in op-ed
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump is stepping up his attack on Democrats over a health care proposal called Medicare for All, claiming it “would end Medicare as we know it and take away benefi...
Oct 10, 2018
Pope compares abortion to hiring a hit man to solve problems
VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis compared abortion to a mafia-style killing Wednesday, saying it’s the equivalent of hiring a hit man to “take out a human life to solve a problem.” Franci...
Oct 10, 2018
Dennis Rodman benched for Yao Ming at Pyongyang friendly?
PYONGYANG, Korea, Democratic People’s Republic Of - Has Dennis Rodman, the former NBA star-turned pal of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, been benched for Chinese hoop legend Yao Ming? The forme...
Oct 10, 2018
2 men killed, woman wounded in Florida outdoor mall shooting
FORT MYERS, Fla. - Authorities say two men were killed and a woman was wounded in a shooting at a Florida outdoor mall. Lee County Sheriff Carmine Marceno said during a news conference Wednesday that ...
Oct 10, 2018
Virginia Medieval re-enactor fatally impales self with lance
WILLIAMSTOWN, Ky. - A Medieval knight re-enactor has impaled himself with his lance during a performance and died. News outlets report 53-year-old Peter Barclay, of Virginia, was competing in an eques...
Oct 10, 2018
10 dead in torrential flooding on Spain's Mallorca island
MADRID - At least 10 people died on the Spanish island of Mallorca after a torrential rainstorm caused flash flooding that left a trail of piled vehicles and damaged infrastructure from surges of wate...
Oct 10, 2018
Wisconsin man gets 22 years for trying to induce miscarriage
APPLETON, Wis. - A Wisconsin man has been sentenced to 22 years in prison after being convicted of spiking his pregnant girlfriend’s drink with an abortion-inducing drug. Forty-five-year-old Man...
Oct 10, 2018
Supreme Court wrestles with case on detention of immigrants
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court wrestled Wednesday with a case about the government’s ability to detain certain immigrants after they’ve served sentences for committing crimes in the United...
Oct 10, 2018