Category Archives: Canadian Press
Trump signs executive order to keep Guantanamo Bay prison open: White House
WASHINGTON - The White House says U.S. President Trump has signed an executive order to keep Guantanamo Bay prison open. More to come. The Associated Press
Jan 30, 2018
Regulators vote to protect more corals in Atlantic Ocean
PORTLAND, Maine - Federal fishing regulators on Tuesday approved a compromise they said would expand the amount of coral habitat preserved in the Atlantic Ocean while also protecting fishing interests...
Jan 30, 2018
Oil producer BP makes 2 exploration discoveries in North Sea
LONDON - BP says it has made two new oil discoveries in the North Sea, adding to hopes for a revival in the declining basin that has fueled Britain’s oil and gas industry since the 1970s. The co...
Jan 30, 2018
Hawaii worker who sent false alert had problems but kept job
HONOLULU - Hawaii emergency management officials knew for years that an employee had problems performing his job. Then, he sent a false alert warning of an imminent missile attack earlier this month. ...
Jan 30, 2018
A taxpayer-backed bank for pot money? Maybe in California
LOS ANGELES - California officials announced Tuesday that they will take a detailed look at the possibility of creating a taxpayer-backed bank to handle what could be billions of dollars in revenue ge...
Jan 30, 2018
Louisiana man freed from life sentence, cleared in 1979 rape
GRETNA, La. - A Louisiana man imprisoned for nearly four decades walked free Tuesday after his conviction in a 1979 rape was thrown out and prosecutors agreed to dismiss the charge. Malcolm Alexander,...
Jan 30, 2018
Massachusetts high court to examine drug lab misconduct case
BOSTON - Massachusetts’ top court will examine a case sparked by the misconduct of a former chemist who authorities say was high almost every day she worked at a state drug lab for eight years. ...
Jan 30, 2018
Porn star weaves tangled tale on alleged affair with Trump
NEW YORK - The latest twists in the tangled tale of what happened between Donald Trump and an adult film star more than a decade ago have the woman both firmly denying an extramarital affair with Trum...
Jan 30, 2018
Trump's time, Democrats' grumbles, Melania's white pantsuit
WASHINGTON - Scenes from the Capitol on a night of pomp, pageantry and politics for the State of the Union address: ___ It wasn’t the longest State of the Union address. That designation still g...
Jan 30, 2018
Judge rejects Brazil's Lula da Silva request to avoid prison
RIO DE JANEIRO - A high court judge on Tuesday rejected a request by lawyers for former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva to block his arrest for a graft conviction that was upheld last we...
Jan 30, 2018