Category Archives: Canadian Press

IRBIL, Iraq - After days of shelling by Iraqi forces, some 200 residents decided to take their chances and flee from one of the last pockets of Mosul controlled by the Islamic State group. They made i...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - This year’s recipient of an award named for an Associated Press photographer killed in Afghanistan is a photojournalist who captures the quiet dignity of women and girls w...

ANNAPOLIS, Md. - Attorneys for a man convicted of killing his high school sweetheart, and whose story is at the centre of the popular podcast “Serial,” will argue Thursday that he deserves...

ATLANTA - More than 70 years ago, a U.S. Army bomber plane dubbed “Hot as Hell” was headed for India on a supply mission. It never arrived, and no one went looking for the doomed aircraft ...

LOS ANGELES - For years, immigrants facing deportation have been allowed to stay in the U.S. provided they show up for regular check-ins with federal deportation agents and stay out of trouble. After ...

KENEBUNKPORT, Maine - Former first lady Barbara Bush is celebrating her 92nd birthday on the Maine coast. She and former President George H.W. Bush are planning a low-key day Thursday in Kennebunkport...

HELENA, Mont. - Newly elected U.S. Rep. Greg Gianforte of Montana will be in court Monday to enter a plea and be sentenced on a charge of assaulting a reporter who asked him a question about health ca...

KHAN YUNIS, Palestinian Territory - Qatar, one of the few foreign backers of Hamas, faces massive pressure from its Gulf neighbours to cut ties with the Islamic militant group. If it does, the result ...

LONDON - Dramatic video footage released Thursday captures the moment when armed police swooped into a busy market area near London Bridge on Saturday night and shot dead three attackers who had just ...

GANZHOU, China - When the police called, Deng Guilian was at an indoor playground watching her 3-year-old. It was 2:19 p.m., Tuesday, May 30. The man on the phone said her husband had been picked up o...