Category Archives: Canadian Press
Belarus president calls national hockey team 'spineless'
MOSCOW - Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko called the country’s national hockey team “spineless” after it failed to qualify for the playoffs at the world championships. Lukas...
May 26, 2017
Newfoundland town hopes to rid itself of dead whale, fast: 'Yuck b'y'
LOGY BAY, N.L. - A rotting, putrid whale remains lodged on a Newfoundland beach, as a picturesque seaside town tries to come up with a plan to get rid of it. The dead humpback washed ashore in Outer C...
May 26, 2017
Bullet tests clear Detroit man in prison since 1992
DETROIT - A man who claims Detroit police framed him for a 1992 slaying walked out of prison for the first time in 25 years after new tests showed bullets taken from the victim’s body didn’...
May 26, 2017
US durable goods orders fell for first time in 5 months
WASHINGTON - U.S. orders for long-lasting manufactured goods dropped in April for the first time in five months, and a key category that tracks business investment went nowhere for the second straight...
May 26, 2017
US growth in Jan.-March upgraded to still-slow 1.2 pct. rate
WASHINGTON - The U.S. economy began 2017 with a whimper - though not quite as weak a whimper as the government had first estimated. The gross domestic product - the broadest gauge of the economy - exp...
May 26, 2017
UK Labour leader links terror to wars as campaign resumes
LONDON - Four days after a suicide bombing plunged Britain into mourning, political campaigning for a general election in two weeks resumed Friday with the main opposition leader linking acts of terro...
May 26, 2017
New North Carolina restaurant deluged by $300,000 water bill
CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Two brothers launching a new restaurant in North Carolina found themselves deluged by a $308,000 water bill. But now their water worries are over. The Charlotte Observer reported (ht...
May 26, 2017
Trump 'evolving' on climate action, pressured by Europeans
TAORMINA, Italy - Forceful face-to-face talks this week with fellow world leaders left President Donald Trump “more knowledgeable” and with “evolving” views about the global cl...
May 26, 2017
German police arrest suspected Islamic extremist
BERLIN - Police in western Germany have arrested a suspected Islamic extremist who they believe may have been planning an attack. The 32-year-old man, a German who was believed to have converted to Is...
May 26, 2017
Former Greek prime minister recovering from bombing
ATHENS, Greece - Greek former Prime Minister Lucas Papademos was recuperating well Friday from injuries suffered when a parcel bomb exploded inside his car in central Athens, health officials said. Tw...
May 26, 2017