Category Archives: Canadian Press

Democrats swept Virginia and New Jersey’s governor’s races, incumbents came out on top in several big-city mayoral races and voters in Maine said they wanted to join 31 other states in exp...

WASHINGTON - The White House says President Donald Trump cast an absentee ballot in Tuesday’s municipal elections in his hometown of New York City. Principal deputy press secretary Raj Shah conf...

NEW YORK - Mayor Bill de Blasio cruised to re-election on Tuesday, fending off token opposition to win a second term as the leader of the nation’s largest city. De Blasio, a Democrat, easily def...

BOSTON - Voters in Boston have re-elected Marty Walsh to a second term as mayor. Walsh defeated City Councilor Tito Jackson on Tuesday after a low-key campaign. Election officials reported relatively ...

NEW YORK - Argentine President Mauricio Macri says a crusading prosecutor who died under mysterious circumstances in 2015 was killed. Macri says moreover that it’s vital for his country to clear...

SAN DIEGO - California regulators on Tuesday approved a plan to spend nearly $400 million over 10 years to slow the shrinking of the state’s largest lake, a vital migratory stop for birds and a ...

SUTHERLAND SPRINGS, Texas - Robert and Shani Corrigan moved around during his three decades in the Air Force. Married the summer after graduating from high school in Michigan, the couple first learned...

DENVER - Racial slurs posted outside the dorm rooms of five black students at the Air Force Academy were written by one of those students, the school said Tuesday. The announcement was a jarring turn ...

Some of the nation’s biggest political donors, including some who spent $60 million supporting Republican Donald Trump last year, are among those who took advantage of offshore tax loopholes, ac...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Gov. Jerry Brown announced plans Tuesday to further California’s co-operation with the European Union and China on fighting climate change. California and the EU will begin ...