Category Archives: Canadian Press
Polygamous town elects first mayor who's not part of sect
SALT LAKE CITY - A polygamous group’s dwindling control of a remote Utah-Arizona border town that it has called home for a century slipped further after four people not tied to the sect took ove...
Nov 15, 2017
Documents: US Steel sought to keep chemical spill secret
PORTAGE, Ind. - Environmentalists are questioning why the public wasn’t notified about an October chemical spill into a Lake Michigan tributary that U.S. Steel asked Indiana regulators to keep c...
Nov 15, 2017
Ivanka Trump says child tax credit 'not a pet project'
BAYVILLE, N.J. - Yes, it turns out, there is something that chafes at the unflappable Ivanka Trump. The presidential daughter and adviser, in a “full-blown sprint” as she sells the Republi...
Nov 15, 2017
Murder charges dropped after officers say they won't testify
CHICAGO - The refusal of five former Chicago police officers to testify in the retrial of a man incarcerated for murder since 1990 has resulted Wednesday in the dropping of charges against the defenda...
Nov 15, 2017
Transgender woman sues over placement in male prison
BOSTON - A transgender woman behind bars at an all-male prison in Massachusetts filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday seeking to force the state to transfer her to a women’s facility, saying she is ...
Nov 15, 2017
California may limit liability of self-driving carmakers
SAN FRANCISCO - California regulators are embracing a General Motors recommendation that would help makers of self-driving cars avoid paying for accidents and other trouble, raising concerns that the ...
Nov 15, 2017
Judge sides with Philadelphia in 'sanctuary cities' case
PHILADELPHIA - A federal judge on Wednesday blocked the U.S. government from withholding a major grant that pays for public safety equipment because Philadelphia is a “sanctuary city.” U.S...
Nov 15, 2017
Despite 7 women's statements, Bush unlikely to be prosecuted
HOUSTON - Allegations that former President George H.W. Bush inappropriately touched seven women involve potential crimes punishable by fines or jail time, if they had been prosecuted. All but one of ...
Nov 15, 2017
Indicted Maryland legislator charged with tipping off target
ANNAPOLIS, Md. - A Maryland state senator already indicted on charges that he accepted illegal payments while using the word “lollipop” as a code for every $1,000 he expected to collect wa...
Nov 15, 2017
Fifth-string goalie Dylan Ferguson living the dream with Vegas Golden Knights
VANCOUVER - Dylan Ferguson’s first time on an NHL ice surface didn’t come in Tuesday’s 8-2 loss where the injury-riddled Vegas Golden Knights called on their fifth-string goalie for ...
Nov 15, 2017