Category Archives: Canadian Press

ATHENS, Greece - French President Emmanuel Macron arrived in Greece Thursday for a two-day visit during which he was expected to outline his vision for the future of the European Union and discuss Gre...

BURTON, Ohio - Authorities have identified a suspect in an Ohio county fair burglary who took a bite out of best-of-show baked goods during the heist. The Plain Dealer reports that officials say whoev...

LOS ANGELES - Scientists assessing long-term efforts to eradicate invasive ants on the Channel Islands off the Southern California coast have enlisted a four-legged expert to make sure a project to ki...

DURHAM, N.H. - For decades, a colorful mural of New Hampshire’s earliest settlers hauling logs, frolicking through the snow and walking through town has greeted visitors at a post office in the ...

WASHINGTON - U.S. workers’ productivity rose a bit more this spring than initially reported, but the gains were relatively weak and a key reason why recent economic growth has been modest. The L...

OAKLAND, Calif. - Rick Stevens, the former lead singer of Oakland’s Tower of Power rhythm and blues band who spent 36 years in prison, has died. He was 77. KTVU-TV reported (http://bit.ly/2gEsIV...

SAN DIEGO - The son of Mexican mariachi superstar Pepe Aguilar has been sentenced to time served after being arrested at a U.S.-Mexico border crossing on allegations of attempting to smuggle four Chin...

SAN FRANCISCO - Credit monitoring company Equifax has been hit by a high-tech heist that exposed the Social Security numbers and other sensitive information about 143 million Americans. Now the unwitt...

WESTMINSTER, Vt. - John “Jack” Keil, the advertising executive who led the team that created McGruff the Crime Dog and who voiced the character, has died. Keil died Aug. 25 at home in West...

TROUTDALE, Ore. - The Latest on wildfires burning across the U.S. West (all times local): 8:30 p.m. The U.S. Coast Guard has closed the Columbia River to all vessel traffic east of Portland, Oregon, b...