Category Archives: Canadian Press
3 Britons kidnapped in Nigeria are freed; 1 is killed
LONDON - A British missionary who was kidnapped in Nigeria last month has been killed, but three others have been freed, the U.K. government said Monday. The Foreign Office said that Alanna Carson, Da...
Nov 06, 2017

26 killed in church attack in Texas' deadliest mass shooting
SUTHERLAND SPRINGS, Texas - A man dressed in black tactical-style gear and armed with an assault rifle opened fire inside a church in a small South Texas community on Sunday, killing 26 people and wou...
Nov 06, 2017
Trump: Texas mass shooting is about mental health, not guns
TOKYO - Responding to a U.S. mass shooting for the second time in six weeks, President Donald Trump said Monday that it wasn’t “a guns situation” that was behind the slayings of more...
Nov 06, 2017
Trump declares North Korea "threat to the civilized world."
TOKYO - Declaring that North Korea was “a threat to the civilized world,” President Donald Trump vowed Monday in Japan that the United States “will not stand” for Pyongyang men...
Nov 06, 2017
Saudi helicopter crash reportedly kills high-ranking prince
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - A helicopter carrying a high-ranking Saudi prince and other government officials crashed Sunday in the kingdom’s south, reportedly killing all eight people aboard. ...
Nov 06, 2017
Michigan museum to get exhibit exploring music, politics
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. - A Michigan museum is getting a new exhibit that explores the connection between music and politics. The “Louder Than Words: Rock, Power and Politics” exhibit will arr...
Nov 06, 2017
Sicilians vote for new governor in last test before 2018
MILAN - More than 4.6 million voters in Sicily are heading to the polls Sunday to pick a new regional governor in the last important vote before a national election early next year. While five candida...
Nov 06, 2017
Trump's Asia trip presents a crucial international test
HONOLULU - On his most grueling and consequential trip abroad, President Donald Trump stands ready to exhort Asian allies and rivals on the need to counter the dangers posed by North Korea’s nuc...
Nov 06, 2017

Susan Linnee, ex-AP bureau chief in Madrid and Nairobi, dies
MINNEAPOLIS - Susan Linnee, who rose from a radio stringer in Latin America to become a groundbreaking Associated Press bureau chief in Spain and Kenya, has died at age 75. Linnee, who had recently be...
Nov 06, 2017

Saudi barred Yemeni president from going home, officials say
CAIRO - Saudi Arabia has barred Yemen’s president, along with his sons, ministers and military officials, from returning home for months, Yemeni officials tell The Associated Press, a sign of ho...
Nov 06, 2017