Category Archives: Canadian Press
8 police officers killed by separate bomb blasts in Kenya
NAIROBI, Kenya - Eight Kenyan police officers were killed when their vehicles ran over improvised bombs in two separate incidents near the border with Somalia, officials said Wednesday. The dead inclu...
May 24, 2017
Off-duty corrections officer accidentally shoots self in bar
NEW YORK - An off-duty New York City corrections officer has accidentally shot himself and a woman after he dropped his gun while talking to her in a bar. The officer was speaking to an unidentified w...
May 24, 2017
The Latest: Army trucks roll deeper into Philippine city
MANILA, Philippines - The Latest on the siege of a Philippine city that led President Rodrigo Duterte to declare martial law in the south (all times local): 10 a.m. Army dump trucks carrying several s...
May 24, 2017
Key benchmarks in President Donald Trump's budget
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump sent Congress his recommended budget for the coming fiscal year. It includes steep cuts to many programs relied on by the poor, such as Medicaid and food stamps, an...
May 24, 2017
Agency-by-agency look at Trump's budget
How President Donald Trump’s proposed $4.1 trillion federal spending plan would affect individual government agencies. ___ AGRICULTURE Up or down? Down 5 per cent Highlight: The proposed budget ...
May 24, 2017
Islamic State-linked militants besiege Philippine city
MARAWI, Philippines - Army tanks packed with soldiers rolled into a southern Philippine city Thursday as gunfire and explosions rang out after militants linked to the Islamic State group torched build...
May 24, 2017
Scores and Schedule
Tuesday’s Games NHL Playoffs Conference Finals Ottawa 2 Pittsburgh 1 (Series tied 3-3) — Memorial Cup Preliminary Round at Windsor, Ont. Saint John 7 Seattle 0 — NBA Playoffs Confere...
May 24, 2017
Tuesday's Games
Tuesday’s Games NHL Playoffs Conference Finals Ottawa 2 Pittsburgh 1 (Series tied 3-3) — Memorial Cup Preliminary Round at Windsor, Ont. Saint John 7 Seattle 0 — NBA Playoffs Confere...
May 24, 2017
Jury of 12 on Bill Cosby sex assault case includes 2 blacks
PITTSBURGH - The jury that will hear the sex assault case against Bill Cosby will include two blacks among its 12 members in a case Cosby believes could be racially motivated. Prosecutors and the defe...
May 24, 2017
Penguins fail to close out Senators in Game 6 of Eastern Conference final
OTTAWA - The Pittsburgh Penguins liked everything about their game except the result. The Penguins failed to clinch the Eastern Conference final as the Ottawa Senators beat Pittsburgh 2-1 on Tuesday t...
May 23, 2017