Category Archives: Canadian Press

GREENFIELD, Mass. - Four inmates sit silently in the library of the Franklin County House of Correction one summer morning. But these men aren’t here to read books. Under the supervision of a nu...

MIAMI - A year after Will and Daniel Payne lost their mom, and nearly two decades since their father’s death, it was time to follow their wishes for the afterlife. As they board a boat with thre...

BOGOTA - Colombia’s youngest elected president was sworn in to office Tuesday, promising to “make corrections” to a peace deal with leftist rebels that has divided the country and to...

HARARE, Zimbabwe - Zimbabwean security forces and unidentified gunmen have beaten and harassed dozens of people in a crackdown on the political opposition following a disputed election, Human Rights W...

MILAN - Italy’s prime minister visited people who were injured when a truck carrying highly flammable gas crashed and exploded on a highway near Bologna, saying Tuesday it was important to under...

LISBON, Portugal - Firefighters and anxious residents braced Tuesday for a fifth straight night of battling a major wildfire that is racing across tinder-dry forested hills in southern Portugal. The b...

DETROIT - Cars and trucks with electronic driver assist systems may not see stopped vehicles and could even steer you into a crash if you’re not paying attention, an insurance industry group war...

BERLIN - Police evacuated part of a terminal at Germany’s busiest airport Tuesday after a security official mistakenly allowed a French family that hadn’t completed required security check...

TWILLINGATE, N.L. - More than three decades after the Manolis L sunk off Newfoundland’s picturesque Notre Dame Bay, the tricky task of extracting leaking bulk oil from the shipwreck has begun. T...

CORNER BROOK, N.L. - A “well-respected” 79-year-old businessman has been sentenced to house arrest after hunting down and fatally shooting a dog in revenge for attacking his own pet. Georg...