Category Archives: Canadian Press
Appeals court affirms rejection of 5 would-be Prince heirs
ST. PAUL, Minn. - The judge overseeing the estate of the late rock superstar Prince decided correctly when he rejected five people who claimed to be half-siblings and heirs of the late rock superstar ...
Sep 08, 2017
Metallica's James Hetfield falls on stage in Amsterdam
Metallica singer James Hetfield says he’s OK, but his ego is a bit bruised after falling on stage in the Netherlands. Fan video shows Hetfield walking into a hole created when part of the floor ...
Sep 08, 2017
France: Court finds topless photos violated royal's privacy
NANTERRE, France - A French court ruled Tuesday that photographers and gossip magazine executives violated the privacy of Britain’s Duchess of Cambridge by taking and publishing photographs of t...
Sep 08, 2017
Danish queen's husband Henrik is suffering from dementia
COPENHAGEN - The husband of Queen Margrethe is suffering from dementia, the Danish royal household said Wednesday. The palace said the 83-year-old French-born Prince Henrik had undergone a medical exa...
Sep 08, 2017
Clinton takes blame in upcoming book but responds to critics
WASHINGTON - Hillary Clinton takes the blame for her 2016 presidential defeat in her upcoming book but offers choice words for President Donald Trump, her campaign rivals and Russian President Vladimi...
Sep 08, 2017
Fowl play: Dutch man imprisoned for stealing plastic duck
THE HAGUE, Netherlands - A Dutch judge has called fowl play on a man who abducted and damaged a giant rubber duck. Prosecutors say in a statement that the 45-year-old was sentenced Wednesday to eight ...
Sep 08, 2017
Nations rush to help islands devastated by Hurricane Irma
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - French, British and Dutch military authorities rushed aid to a devastated string of Caribbean islands Thursday after Hurricane Irma left at least 11 people dead and thousands h...
Sep 08, 2017
Police officer delivers son in hotel parking lot
ROCKFORD, Ill. - An Illinois police officer has delivered his son in a hotel parking lot. The Rockford Register Star reports (http://bit.ly/2j16aTg ) Rockford officer James Nachampassack was on duty e...
Sep 08, 2017
Irma lashes at Puerto Rico, leaves tiny Barbuda devastated
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Hurricane Irma lashed Puerto Rico with heavy rain and powerful winds late Wednesday, leaving nearly 900,000 people without power as authorities struggled to get aid to small Ca...
Sep 08, 2017
The Latest: Bahamas to evacuate islands in path of 'Irma'
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - The latest on Hurricane Irma (all times local): 10:15 p.m. Bahamas Prime Minister Hubert Minnis says his government has ordered a mandatory evacuation of islands in the souther...
Sep 08, 2017