Category Archives: Canadian Press
Kazakhstan's president to step down after 30 years in power
MOSCOW - President Nursultan Nazarbayev, the only leader that independent Kazakhstan has ever known, abruptly announced his resignation Tuesday after three decades in power, raising uncertainty over t...
Mar 19, 2019
Liberal-dominated justice committee ends SNC-Lavalin probe amid opposition howls
OTTAWA - The Liberal-dominated justice committee of the House of Commons pulled the plug Tuesday on its probe of the SNC-Lavalin affair, prompting fresh howls of opposition outrage and a walkout by Co...
Mar 19, 2019
NZ city scarred by shooting is home to white supremacists
CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand - The leafy New Zealand city where a self-proclaimed racist fatally shot 50 people at mosques during Friday prayers is known for its picturesque meandering river and English ...
Mar 19, 2019
Meghan McCain fires back at Trump tweets against her father
LOS ANGELES - Meghan McCain says President Donald Trump’s life is “pathetic” after his weekend Twitter attack against her father, the late Sen. John McCain. She fired back at Trump o...
Mar 19, 2019
Heat records falling twice as often as cold ones, AP finds
Over the past 20 years, Americans have been twice as likely to sweat through record-breaking heat rather than shiver through record-setting cold, a new Associated Press data analysis shows. The AP loo...
Mar 19, 2019
Father and son who fled Syria are buried in New Zealand
CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand - A father and son who fled the civil war in Syria for “the safest country in the world” were buried before hundreds of mourners Wednesday, the first two funerals...
Mar 19, 2019
Records show special counsel zeroed in on Cohen early on
NEW YORK - Hundreds of pages of court records made public Tuesday revealed that special counsel Robert Mueller quickly zeroed in on Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump’s former personal attorn...
Mar 19, 2019
Filmmaker David Lynch teaching a class on creativity
LOS ANGELES - According to filmmaker David Lynch, all it takes are 70 ideas to make a feature film. The visionary mind behind “Blue Velvet,” ”Mulholland Drive” and “Twin ...
Mar 19, 2019
Reality TV star 'Mama June' arrested in Alabama
TUSKEGEE, Ala. - Reality television star June “Mama June” Shannon has been arrested on drug charges in Alabama. News outlets report that Shannon and a friend, Eugene Doak, were arrested Ma...
Mar 19, 2019
Judges grill lawyers in suit over Trump's Washington hotel
RICHMOND, Va. - A federal appeals court on Tuesday grilled lawyers for the state of Maryland and the District of Columbia about their claims that President Donald Trump is violating the Constitution b...
Mar 19, 2019