Category Archives: Canadian Press

COLUMBUS, Ohio - A call by Republican Gov. John Kasich for scientific breakthroughs to help solve the opioid crisis is drawing interest from dozens of groups with ideas including remote controlled med...

LONDON - On a magical night two years ago in Beijing, Shawn Barber could do nothing wrong. A college kid carrying zero expectations, he soared freely over bar after bar until gold was in his grasp. Hi...

TORONTO - The Toronto Blue Jays placed right-hander Cesar Valdez on the 10-day disabled list on Tuesday with a right shoulder impingement. Right-handed reliever Leonel Campos was recalled from triple-...

WASHINGTON - The Latest on North Korea’s nuclear and missile programs (all times local): 1 a.m. Elected officials in Guam are reassuring constituents that the U.S. territory is safe following No...

DES MOINES, Iowa - For the first time, U.S. lottery players will have a choice of games offering jackpots topping $300 million. In the seven years since all U.S. lotteries began selling both Powerball...

ALBANY, N.Y. - Actress Cynthia Nixon has plenty of criticism for Gov. Andrew Cuomo, though she’s not saying whether she’ll run against him next year. Appearing on NBC’s “Today&...

PHOENIX - A 3-day-old baby deer is being sent to a wildlife reserve after somebody thought they were helping the fawn by removing it from a desert area in Arizona. Mike Demlong, Wildlife Education Pro...

RICHMOND, Va. - NASCAR driver and avid Washington Redskins fan Dale Earnhardt Jr. treated quarterback Kirk Cousins and four other players from the team to ride-arounds at Richmond Raceway on Tuesday b...

EDMONTON - Alberta hopes to reduce domestic violence in immigrant communities by teaching men and boys not to take their frustrations of living in a new country out on the women and girls in their fam...

EDMONTON - Dinosaur hip bones unearthed by a University of Alberta paleontology student are shaking up the family tree of a group of small meat-eaters that lived 75 million years ago, and the student ...