Category Archives: Canadian Press
Kevin Hart's 'The Upside' unseats 'Aquaman' in $19.6M debut
NEW YORK - Kevin Hart isn’t hosting the Oscars, but he’s got a number one movie. “The Upside,” starring Hart and Bryan Cranston, surpassed expectations to open with $19.6 milli...
Jan 14, 2019
Lochte, Anthony Scaramucci among 'Big Brother' celeb cast
LOS ANGELES - Olympic champion swimmer Ryan Lochte is among the cast announced for the second season of “Big Brother: Celebrity Edition.” Other house members announced Sunday by CBS includ...
Jan 14, 2019
Hugh Grant seeks return of script after theft from his car
LONDON - British actor Hugh Grant has a plea for the thief who broke into his car: Please return the script that was inside. Grant, who shot to fame in “Four Weddings and a Funeral” in 199...
Jan 14, 2019
Woman drinking wine from Pringles can banned from Walmart
WICHITA FALLS, Texas - Police in northern Texas say a woman has been banned from a local Walmart after she spent several hours driving an electric shopping cart around the store’s parking lot wh...
Jan 14, 2019
Kidnapping suspect targeted girl after seeing her get on bus
BARRON, Wis. - A Wisconsin man accused of abducting 13-year-old Jayme Closs and holding her captive for three months made up his mind to take her when he spotted the teenager getting on a school bus n...
Jan 14, 2019
Trump declares he'll 'never back down' in shutdown fight
WASHINGTON - With the government mired in shutdown week four, President Donald Trump rejected a short-term legislative fix and dug in for more combat Monday, declaring he would “never ever back ...
Jan 14, 2019
Storm punishes swath of US with snow, ice and freezing rain
A winter storm that contributed to at least five deaths in the Midwest pummeled the mid-Atlantic region for a second day Sunday, bringing with it an icy mix that knocked out power, cancelled flights a...
Jan 14, 2019
China sentences Canadian to death, raises diplomatic tension
BEIJING - A Chinese court sentenced a Canadian man to death Monday in a sudden retrial in a drug smuggling case that is likely to escalate tensions between the countries over the arrest of a top Chine...
Jan 14, 2019
China acting 'arbitrarily' in imposing drug case death sentence: Trudeau
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he’s very concerned to see China “acting arbitrarily” by applying the death penalty to a Canadian convicted of drug trafficking. Canada wi...
Jan 14, 2019
'So happy.' Chris Pratt engaged to Katherine Schwarzenegger
LOS ANGELES - A whirlwind romance is leading to an engagement for actor Chris Pratt and Katherine Schwarzenegger. Pratt posted a photo of his 29-year-old partner sporting an engagement ring on Instagr...
Jan 14, 2019