Category Archives: Canadian Press

PITTSBURGH - Former professional wrestling champion “Luscious” Johnny Valiant has died after being struck crossing a street in a Pittsburgh suburb. The Allegheny County medical examiner sa...

NEW YORK - Police seeking to quell simmering anger over their shooting of a mentally disturbed black man on a New York City street released a montage of security videos Thursday that showed him minute...

SALEM, Mass. - Most marathoners take 35,000 steps to reach the finish line. John Young needs 80,000. The high school math teacher from Canada is part of a rare and spirited breed of athlete: those who...

ANKARA, Turkey - Media reports: Gunman shoots dead 4 staff members at university in central Turkey; attacker in custody. More coming. The Associated Press

ANKARA, Turkey - A research assistant shot and killed four staff members at a university in central Turkey, the university’s president said Thursday. Prof. Hasan Gonen of Osmangazi University, i...

SAN FRANCISCO - Authorities on Thursday promised a deeper investigation into the YouTube shooter’s past and her anger with the online video website, identified as her motive for attacking the co...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Fifty years after a shot rang out in Memphis, killing the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., freedom rang from the balcony of the Lorraine Motel as a bell tolled 39 times to mark a life cut...

WASHINGTON - Facebook isn’t just a company. It’s a behemoth, with 2.1 billion monthly users, $40 billion in revenue and more than 25,000 employees worldwide. And that leaves Washington wit...

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump is abandoning plans to keep U.S. troops in Syria long term, pushing for a quick military withdrawal over a prolonged effort to stabilize the country and prevent the...

SYDNEY, Australia - Australian authorities say they are investigating whether Facebook breached the country’s privacy law when personal information of more than 300,000 Australian users was obta...