Category Archives: Canadian Press

REGINA - The aunt of a woman who died after falling 10 storeys down a hotel laundry chute says she’s grateful that RCMP are reviewing the Regina police department’s investigation of the de...

LAUREL, Md. - A rookie police officer in Maryland is garnering praise for an act of kindness he extended to a woman accused of shoplifting. Officer Bennet Johns, who joined the Laurel Police Departmen...

NEW YORK - An appeals court in New York says a U.S. citizen detained for more than three years in a bungled immigration case cannot sue for damages. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reached the c...

ST. LOUIS - A former dean at Washington University in St. Louis has pleaded guilty in a federal child porn case and could face up to 20 years in prison. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that Justin...

SALT LAKE CITY - A pair of pawn shop workers who provided a key tip that helped authorities capture a fugitive polygamous sect leader will split a $50,000 reward from the FBI, the agency revealed Mond...

HONOLULU - Hawaii approved its first laboratory to begin testing samples of medical marijuana 17 years after use of the drug was legalized in the state. On Monday, the state Department of Health certi...

JACKSON, Miss. - The Confederate battle emblem on the Mississippi flag is prompting public protests and private discussions about race relations at a Southern legislative meeting. Lawmakers and staff ...

YANGON, Myanmar - Police in Myanmar have detained a prominent journalist, accusing him of attempting to flee the country shortly before his trial on defamation charges brought by a follower of a Buddh...

WASHINGTON - Simmering tensions between President Donald Trump and his attorney general appear to be cooling down. The White House said Monday that Trump has “100 per cent” confidence in h...

LOS ANGELES - No one really got to know Sam Shepard - and that was the way he seemed to like it. Despite dozens of blatantly personal plays to his name, movie stardom and the spotlight of celebrity an...