Category Archives: Canadian Press
Puerto Rico upholds statehood demand in contentious vote
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Puerto Rico’s governor is vowing to make the U.S. territory the 51st state after statehood won in a non-binding referendum hit by a boycott and low turnout that raised qu...
Jun 12, 2017
Despite conflicts, Mideast research centre to launch in fall
ALLAN, Jordan - A top-notch research centre that brought together Iran, Israel and other Mideast antagonists is launching operations this fall in hopes of boosting scientific discovery with the help o...
Jun 12, 2017
Video shows Penn State fraternity pledge in agony after fall
BELLEFONTE, Pa. - Prosecutors on Monday played videotape from inside a Penn State fraternity that showed a pledge suffering through an agonizing night from untreated injuries sustained in a fall durin...
Jun 12, 2017
Attorney: Officer 'did what he had to do' in driver shooting
ST. PAUL, Minn. - A Minnesota police officer who fatally shot a black motorist seconds after the man informed him he was carrying a gun “did what he had to do” in a thoroughly justified us...
Jun 12, 2017
Far from roads, cowboys thrive in Brazil wetlands
CORUMBA, Brazil - Greener pastures grow under water in the Pantanal de Mato Grosso do Sul, an immense area of wetlands in western Brazil. On his feet hours before sunrise, 66-year-old Joao Aquino Pere...
Jun 12, 2017
Rivers in US West turn dangerous as days warm, snow thaws
YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. - Massive waterfalls in Yosemite National Park and rivers raging in mountains throughout the western United States are thundering with greater force than they have for y...
Jun 12, 2017
Under Trump, US militias not ready to lay down arms
JACKSON, Ga. - In the woods south of Atlanta, John and Yvette DeMaria are with about a dozen camouflage-wearing, heavily armed Americans huffing and puffing as they scramble to navigate the sprawling ...
Jun 12, 2017
Ramadan toll shows Islamic State in pitched recruiting race
Its strongholds in Iraq and Syria slipping from its grasp, the Islamic State group threatened to make this year’s Ramadan a bloody one at home and abroad. With attacks in Egypt, Britain and Iran...
Jun 12, 2017
Immelt shook up GE's business model, but not its stock price
NEW YORK - General Electric’s Jeff Immelt is stepping down after 16 years as CEO of the iconic conglomerate, having succeeded in repositioning the company as a producer of large industrial produ...
Jun 12, 2017
Jury in Bill Cosby sex assault case adjourns without verdict
NORRISTOWN, Pa. - Jurors in the Bill Cosby sexual assault case, weighing charges that could send him to prison for the rest of his life, drilled down Tuesday on what the TV star said happened inside h...
Jun 12, 2017