Category Archives: Canadian Press
Tampa dodged Irma's worst, but still at risk and unprepared
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - As monster Hurricane Irma buzz-sawed its way up Florida’s Gulf Coast, it looked for several hours like the heavily populated Tampa Bay area could face catastrophic wind da...
Sep 13, 2017
US Virgin Islands getting aid, but still reeling from Irma
ST. THOMAS, Virgin Islands - The last of the late-summer tourists were gone Wednesday from the U.S. Virgin Islands, ferried away from the wreckage of Hurricane Irma in cruise ships bound for Puerto Ri...
Sep 13, 2017
Hurricane's strike brought particular risks to the oldest
ATLANTA - Like clockwork, stories of suffering by the oldest residents in the line of hurricanes, floods, tornadoes and other natural disasters seem to follow. Regulations dictate nursing homes and ot...
Sep 13, 2017
What to do when a hurricane blows away your vacation plans
What do you do when a hurricane blows away your vacation plans? The Associated Press asked Pauline Frommer of Frommers.com and the Frommer travel guidebook series for advice. WHERE TO START Frommer sa...
Sep 13, 2017
S. Korea conducts cruise missile drill amid N. Korea threats
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - South Korea said Wednesday it had conducted its first live-fire drill for an advanced air-launched cruise missile that would strengthen its pre-emptive strike capability ag...
Sep 13, 2017
EU chief says bloc 'bouncing back' after crisis-hit decade
BRUSSELS - The European Union is in a healthier economic state than it’s been for more than a decade and is ready to move on from Brexit, the bloc’s top official said Wednesday. Addressing...
Sep 13, 2017
As Rohingya flee Myanmar, leader Suu Kyi skips UN meeting
COX’S BAZAR, Bangladesh - Facing global condemnation for weeks of violence that has driven minority Rohingya to flee - a crisis U.N. officials have described as “ethnic cleansing” - ...
Sep 13, 2017
Justices allow Trump administration ban on most refugees
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court is allowing the Trump administration to maintain its restrictive policy on refugees. The justices on Tuesday agreed to an administration request to block a lower court r...
Sep 13, 2017
Edith Windsor remembered as 'great' pioneer for gay rights
NEW YORK - Love made Edith Windsor a married woman. Widowhood made her a gay rights pioneer. Facing a big tax bill after the death of her first spouse, Windsor took on the federal law that prevented h...
Sep 13, 2017
Woman, 62, sickened by Legionnaires at Graceland hotel dies
MEMPHIS, Tenn. - A Kentucky woman was sickened by Legionnaires’ disease after staying at a hotel near the Tennessee home of famed singer Elvis Presley, and an autopsy says the pneumonia caused h...
Sep 13, 2017