Category Archives: Canadian Press
2 employees dead in failed North Carolina prison breakout
RALEIGH, N.C. - Inmates at a North Carolina prison plotted an escape bid knowing they would have to hurt some prison employees, their disturbance ultimately leaving two workers dead and a dozen other ...
Oct 16, 2017
Canadian horse 'checks in' at pet-friendly Kentucky motel
A Kentucky motel’s pet-friendly policy was put to the test earlier this month when an Ontario woman checked her horse into a room on her way to a competition. Lindsey Partridge, of Kawartha Lake...
Oct 16, 2017
Weah maintains lead in Liberia election's early results
MONROVIA, Liberia - Former international soccer star George Weah maintained an early lead in Liberia’s election Friday as the West African nation released a second round of provisional results o...
Oct 16, 2017
Facing populism, world finance chiefs defend globalization
WASHINGTON - Global finance officials on Friday defended their efforts to promote free trade and closer international links against a rising ride of populism around the world and criticism from a Trum...
Oct 16, 2017
Joe Jonas engaged to 'Game of Thrones' star Sophie Turner
Singer Joe Jonas is engaged to “Game of Thrones” star Sophie Turner. Turner and Jonas shared the same photo on Instagram on Sunday of her hand sporting a diamond ring and resting on top of...
Oct 16, 2017
Portugal wildfires kill at least 35; 4 dead in Spain
LISBON, Portugal - Late season wildfires that broke out over the weekend in Portugal have killed at least 35 people, including a 1-month-old infant, authorities said Monday, making 2017 by far the dea...
Oct 16, 2017
Bomb kills journalist who exposed Malta's ties to tax havens
VALLETTA, Malta - A Maltese investigative journalist who exposed the island nation’s links to offshore tax havens through the leaked Panama Papers was killed Monday when a bomb exploded in her c...
Oct 16, 2017
New Orleans chief: Officer killed during struggle
NEW ORLEANS - A New Orleans police officer was fatally shot Friday during a struggle after he and his patrol team left their cars to investigate something suspicious shortly after midnight. Other offi...
Oct 16, 2017
Upstate NY venue slashes NYC Ballet's residency to 1 week
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. - The New York City Ballet’s summer residency in Saratoga Springs is being shortened - again. Elizabeth Sobol, president and CEO of Saratoga Performing Arts Center, told t...
Oct 16, 2017
Me Too: Alyssa Milano elevates Harvey Weinstein conversation
NEW YORK - Alyssa Milano was in bed with her two young children when a friend of a friend on Facebook suggested something that struck her as a great way to elevate the Harvey Weinstein conversation. S...
Oct 16, 2017