Category Archives: Canadian Press
California, China sign climate deal after Trump's Paris exit
BEIJING - With President Donald Trump pulling the U.S. out of the Paris climate accord, China and California signed an agreement Tuesday to work together on reducing emissions, as the state’s go...
Jun 06, 2017
Minnesota officer on tape: 'I don't know where the gun was'
ST. PAUL, Minn. - A Minnesota police officer who fatally shot a black motorist told a supervisor on the scene that he didn’t know where the motorist’s gun was, but added that he told the m...
Jun 06, 2017
Christie deputy, ex-Goldman Sachs executive win primaries
TRENTON, N.J. - A wealthy former Goldman Sachs executive and Republican Gov. Chris Christie’s top deputy immediately took aim at each other after winning primaries Tuesday in the race to replace...
Jun 06, 2017
NewsAlert: Paris police say officer shot attacker near Notre Dame cathedral
Paris police say officer shot and injured an attacker near Notre Dame cathedral. More coming. The Associated Press
Jun 06, 2017
Trump infrastructure push faces cold shoulder from Congress
WASHINGTON - Repairing the nation’s crumbling roads and bridges was supposed to be an area ripe for bipartisan compromise between congressional Democrats and President Donald Trump. Instead, Dem...
Jun 06, 2017
Tillerson: Trump says look past turmoil and re-engage Russia
WELLINGTON, New Zealand - Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Tuesday that President Donald Trump has asked him to rebuild the U.S. relationship with Russia and not allow the political turmoil over ...
Jun 06, 2017
New National WWII Museum exhibit looks at fight on homefront
NEW ORLEANS - A rusted fragment of the battleship USS Arizona sunk at Pearl Harbor, a woman’s munitions plant uniform and ration books all tell the complex story of life on the homefront in a ne...
Jun 06, 2017
After Hamas decade, Gaza short on freedom, jobs, electricity
BEIT LAHIA, Palestinian Territory - Grim records mark the 10th anniversary of Hamas rule in Gaza - the longest-ever daily electricity and water cuts, 60 per cent youth unemployment, and a rising backl...
Jun 06, 2017
A look at inland bridges raised because of climate change
The nation’s inland cities are raising many bridges in the expectation that climate change will bring more intense storms and more frequent flooding. A look at some of the projects: ___ BRIDGE: ...
Jun 06, 2017
Climate change raises new risk: Are inland bridges too low?
DES MOINES, Iowa - A century-old train trestle stands as one of the trophies of Des Moines’ push to spruce up its downtown. Bicyclists and pedestrians pose for pictures beside the brightly paint...
Jun 06, 2017