Category Archives: Canadian Press

WASHINGTON - The White House plans to privately negotiate a massive overhaul of the tax system with Republican leaders in Congress, possibly giving rank-and-file members little if any say over the fin...

KIDAPAWAN, Philippines - Muslim rebels fled after freeing dozens of hostages from a school in a southern Philippine village on Wednesday and were being pursued by army troops, as a daylong crisis ease...

OTTAWA - A Thunder Bay MP says she’s not surprised by “appalling” new numbers that suggest the Ontario city has the highest rate of metropolitan hate crime in Canada. Patty Hajdu, wh...

Five stories in the news for Wednesday, June 21 --- SENATORS VOTE TO REMOVE SECTION OF BUDGET BILL The Senate voted late Tuesday to ditch a so-called escalator tax on booze from the federal budget, de...

DETROIT - Under Travis Kalanick’s leadership, Uber’s “Animal House”-style business plan was to grow as quickly as possible, steamrolling regulators while flouting the rules of ...

MINNEAPOLIS - The release of dashboard video in the shooting death of Philando Castile renewed anger over his death and reopened an emotional question: How could the police officer who shot him have b...

JERUSALEM - President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and chief Middle East adviser, Jared Kushner, is headed to the region with ambitious hopes of laying the groundwork for a peace deal between Israe...

Tuesday’s Games MLB American League Texas 6 Toronto 1 Baltimore 6 Cleveland 5 L.A. Angels 8 N.Y. Yankees 3 Minnesota 9 Chicago White Sox 7 Boston 8 Kansas City 3 Houston 8 Oakland 4 Seattle 5 De...

MIAMI - Pro Football Hall of Famer Warren Sapp is donating his brain for medical research. Sapp announced Tuesday that his brain will go to the Concussion Legacy Foundation after his death. The 44-yea...

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - Saudi Arabia’s King Salman appointed his 31-year-old son Mohammed bin Salman as crown prince on Wednesday, placing him first-in-line to the throne and laying the groundwor...