Category Archives: Canadian Press
Businesses sound alarm as UK says prepare for no-deal Brexit
LONDON - Businesses in Britain and the European Union need to prepare for the possibility the U.K. will leave the bloc in March without an exit deal, senior British and EU officials warned Wednesday, ...
Jan 23, 2019
Crush of desperate migrant families seek asylum at border
MCALLEN, Texas - Maria Orbelina Cortez says she fled El Salvador for the U.S. after her husband attacked her and knocked a pan of scalding oil onto her youngest son’s head. After quietly plannin...
Jan 23, 2019
Amid wall debate, pope says fear of migration makes us crazy
PANAMA CITY - Pope Francis said Wednesday that fear of migration is “making us crazy” as he began a trip to Central America amid a standoff over President Donald Trump’s promised wal...
Jan 23, 2019
AP sources: Trump, others agitated by Giuliani's performance
NEW YORK - Rudy Giuliani’s latest media blitz, which was filled with a dizzying array of misstatements and hurried clarifications, agitated President Donald Trump and some of his allies, who hav...
Jan 23, 2019
Maduro foe claims Venezuela presidency amid protests
CARACAS, Venezuela - Venezuela’s crisis quickly escalated Wednesday as an opposition leader backed by the Trump administration declared himself interim president in a direct challenge to embattl...
Jan 23, 2019
Dems prepare own border security package shunning Trump wall
WASHINGTON - House Democrats, feeling pressure to display their vision for border security, are preparing a package that would ignore President Donald Trump’s demand for $5.7 billion for a wall ...
Jan 23, 2019
AP Exclusive: Adoptee deported by US sues S. Korea, agency
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - Adam Crapser lives in limbo, a stranger in South Korea, the country of his birth. Forcibly separated from his wife, children and friends in America, he is isolated by langu...
Jan 23, 2019
Police capture pair of runaway emus in coastal Texas
GALVESTON, Texas - Police in coastal Texas have captured a pair of runaway emus that had been on the lam for a day after escaping from their owner’s backyard. Emus aren’t permitted in Galv...
Jan 23, 2019
Iowa religious activist pleads not guilty to book burning
ORANGE CITY, Iowa - A trial has been scheduled for an Iowa religious activist who’s accused of burning four LGBTQ children’s books he’d checked out of a local library. Sioux County D...
Jan 23, 2019
Edmonton Oilers fire GM Peter Chiarelli, put onus on players to salvage season
EDMONTON - The CEO of the Edmonton Oilers says the firing of general manager Peter Chiarelli has him looking to root out larger problems in an organization that has missed the playoffs in 11 of the la...
Jan 23, 2019