Category Archives: Canadian Press
Judge removes fatal shooting from ex-Tulsa officer's record
TULSA, Okla. - The first-degree manslaughter case brought against a white former Oklahoma police officer who was acquitted in the fatal shooting of an unarmed black man will be removed from her record...
Oct 26, 2017
Trump on Xi: "Now some people might call him the king"
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump spoke Wednesday with Chinese President Xi Jinping, congratulating Xi on beginning a second, five-year term as leader. China’s ruling Communist Party this week...
Oct 26, 2017
Art magazine publisher resigns over sexual harassment suit
NEW YORK - A publisher of a renowned art magazine resigned Wednesday, the same day a former employee filed a lawsuit accusing him of sexually harassing her for years. The New York Times reports the su...
Oct 26, 2017
Laptop in Las Vegas shooter's suite was missing hard drive
LAS VEGAS - A laptop found inside the Las Vegas gunman’s hotel suite after he carried out the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history was missing a hard drive, a federal official told The...
Oct 26, 2017
Clerical sex abuse disclosures skyrocket in pope's Argentina
CASEROS, Argentina - Karen Maydana says she was 9 years old when the Rev. Carlos Jose fondled her at a church pew facing the altar. It was her first confession ahead of her first Holy Communion. She b...
Oct 26, 2017
Upstart Republican now in headlights of Arizona Senate race
PHOENIX - The upstart tea party Republican who challenged Arizona Sen. John McCain last year and then set her sights on the state’s junior senator is suddenly in the national spotlight. Former s...
Oct 26, 2017
Late Fats Domino mined New Orleans roots in pioneering music
NEW ORLEANS - Fats Domino didn’t look like a typical teen idol. He stood 5-feet-5 and weighed more than 200 pounds, with a wide, boyish smile and a haircut as flat as an album cover. But Domino ...
Oct 26, 2017
No sweat, no sport: EU says bridge card game is not a sport
BRUSSELS - The European Union’s top court ruled Thursday on a topic that vexes sports fans and card players alike: Is a game like bridge a sport? The answer: When it comes to taxes, no sweat, no...
Oct 26, 2017
Slovenia biathlete is sole 2010 Olympic retest positive
SALZBURG, Austria - A Slovenian biathlete was the only competitor who failed doping retests from the 2010 Vancouver Olympics. The International Biathlon Union said Thursday that two samples given by T...
Oct 26, 2017
Blues' power play wakes up in 5-2 win over Flames
ST. LOUIS - Alexander Steen did not panic. The St. Louis winger knew that his return to form was right around the corner. Steen, who missed the first six games of the season with a broken thumb, buste...
Oct 26, 2017