Category Archives: Canadian Press
Former president Obama called for jury duty in Chicago
CHICAGO - Former President Barack Obama has been called for jury duty in Chicago. Cook County Chief Judge Tim Evans on Friday told county commissioners during a budget hearing that Obama, who owns hom...
Oct 28, 2017
Anti-drug activist who drove with weapons cache gets prison
JERSEY CITY, N.J. - A man arrested last year outside New York with a vehicle full of weapons while heading to the city to rescue a young woman from a drug den was sentenced on Friday to at least a yea...
Oct 28, 2017
Somali police, intelligence chiefs fired after deadly attack
MOGADISHU, Somalia - Security forces ended an overnight siege by militants Sunday at a hotel in Somalia’s capital after a bombing and shootout that killed 23 people, and the government fired its...
Oct 28, 2017
Official: Actor Charlie Heaton denied US entry over drugs
LOS ANGELES - A law enforcement official says “Stranger Things” actor Charlie Heaton was denied entry into the U.S. last week after trace amounts of cocaine were found in his luggage when ...
Oct 28, 2017
Trump frustrated by intelligence community's JFK secrecy
WASHINGTON - It was a showdown 25 years in the making: With the world itching to finally get a look at classified Kennedy assassination files, and the deadline for their release just hours away, intel...
Oct 28, 2017
Botulism pills, the CIA, the Mob and the JFK assassination
WASHINGTON - Botulism pills. Conspiracy theories. What the government might have known and still won’t say about Lee Harvey Oswald. The release of thousands of records relating to the assassinat...
Oct 28, 2017
Official: Taliban kill 9 police in eastern Afghanistan
KABUL - At least nine police officers were killed Saturday in separate attacks by Taliban insurgents on police checkpoints in eastern Ghazni province, a provincial official said, and the U.S. military...
Oct 28, 2017
Husband and wife plead guilty to sexually exploiting toddler
BINGHAMTON, N.Y. - A New York husband and wife have pleaded guilty to sexually abusing a 17-month-old girl they baby-sat and making videos of the abuse. Justin and Jessica Crandall pleaded guilty Frid...
Oct 28, 2017
Canadian owned and trained Emoticon Hanover wins mare trot at Breeders Crown
ANDERSON, Ind. - Canadian owned and trained Emoticon Hanover took the mare trot final at the Breeders Crown on Friday. Emoticon Hanover is owned by Montreal’s Determination and trained by Luc Bl...
Oct 28, 2017
DeRozan has 24, Lowry triple-double, Raps beat Lakers 101-92
LOS ANGELES - DeMar DeRozan has stuck with the Toronto Raptors for 600 games because of exactly what he did to the Lakers. DeRozan scored 17 of his 24 points in the second half and the Raptors rallied...
Oct 28, 2017