Category Archives: Canadian Press
DA: Suspect in doctors' slaying did not shoot at police
BOSTON - The investigation into the killings of two doctors in their luxury penthouse condominium took a surprise turn Monday when prosecutors corrected earlier accounts by authorities who said police...
May 08, 2017
Venezuela's ex-spy chief promotes possible presidential bid
CARACAS, Venezuela - A former spy chief under the late leader Hugo Chavez is emerging as a political player in turbulent Venezuela, mistrusted by the opposition and despised by the government as he tr...
May 08, 2017
Dems want Omaha win, but anti-abortion candidate riles some
OMAHA, Neb. - Democrats desperate for fresh faces cast 37-year-old Heath Mello as a pragmatic, next-generation leader who could win in the Nebraska heartland. Yet his anti-abortion stance has become a...
May 08, 2017
AP News Guide: What to know about South Korea's election
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - Two months after booting their sitting president over corruption allegations, South Koreans will select a new leader Tuesday after weeks of heated debate. The winner will b...
May 08, 2017
Former US prisoner now leading Iraq's Interior ministry
BAGHDAD - Just over 10 years ago, Qasim al-Araji was being arrested a second time by American forces in Iraq. The charges were serious: smuggling arms used to attack U.S. troops and involvement in an ...
May 08, 2017
Veteran Toronto FC defender Drew Moor back training after heart scare
Toronto FC defender Drew Moor was back on the field Monday, albeit working out on his own. Life is returning to normal for the 33-year-old Texan whose soccer career was briefly put on hold due to a ca...
May 08, 2017
Westray tragedy to be marked, 25 years later: 'Pure greed that took lives'
NEW GLASGOW, N.S. - When the Westray coal mine opened in northern Nova Scotia in 1991, Glenn Martin was lucky enough to land a well-paying job underground that was supposed to last 15 years. However, ...
May 08, 2017
Medical student's murder trial: Witness describes loud bang, bloody man
HALIFAX - An eyewitness said he heard a loud bang, and saw a bloody man sitting on a chair in the Halifax apartment of a medical student on trial for murder. Pookiel McCabe told a Nova Scotia Supreme ...
May 08, 2017
Woman faces trial in death of girl who was locked in a box
PHOENIX - Members of a Phoenix family awoke nearly six years ago to a disturbing discovery in their home: A 10-year-old girl who lived there was dead inside a padlocked plastic storage box. Authoritie...
May 08, 2017
North Korea claims plot reveals US state-sponsored terrorism
TOKYO - After arresting two American university instructors and laying out what it says was an elaborate, CIA-backed plot to assassinate Kim Jong Un, North Korea is claiming to be the victim of state-...
May 08, 2017