Category Archives: Canadian Press

Maine's 'Passy Pete' lobster predicts 6 more weeks of summer
BELFAST, Maine - A group of Mainers says Passy Pete the Lobster has predicted six more weeks of summer at an annual ceremony. The crustacean has been fished out of the Passagassawakeag River for the p...
Sep 08, 2017

Dave Matthews Band to host Charlottesville 'unity' show
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. - The Dave Matthews Band, Justin Timberlake, Pharrell Williams and Ariana Grande will be among the performers at a free unity concert in Charlottesville, Virginia, later this mont...
Sep 08, 2017
Aid groups struggle as more Rohingya flood into Bangladesh
COX’S BAZAR, Bangladesh - Aid agencies were struggling to cope with a nonstop flood of Rohingya refugees into Bangladesh, where some 146,000 have arrived hungry and terrified after fleeing renew...
Sep 08, 2017
US adds launchers to THAAD as dozens hurt in SKorea protests
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - Dozens of people were injured in clashes between South Korean protesters and police Thursday as the U.S. military added more launchers to the high-tech missile-defence syst...
Sep 08, 2017
EU court rejects Hungary-Slovakia appeal of refugee quotas
BUDAPEST, Hungary - The European Union’s top court on Wednesday rejected legal action by Hungary and Slovakia seeking to avoid accepting refugees under an EU-wide plan, a decision seen as a vict...
Sep 08, 2017
Smaller US cities struggle with high teen gun violence rates
WILMINGTON, Del. - When the shots rang out - “pop, pop, pop,” and then a thunder roll of gunfire - Maria Williams hit the floor. The bullets sprayed through her front door and window, leav...
Sep 08, 2017

Lee descendant resigns as pastor over racial justice comment
RALEIGH, N.C. - A descendant of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee says he stepped down as pastor of a North Carolina church after negative reactions to his comments supporting racial justice during an MT...
Sep 08, 2017
Firms must pay $32.M for robocalls for religious-themed film
ST. LOUIS - A federal judge in St. Louis on Thursday ordered a Virginia man and his companies to pay $32.4 million in damages for improper robocalls narrated by former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee that...
Sep 08, 2017

Trumps donate $1M to 12 organizations for Harvey relief
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump are donating a total of $1 million to a dozen organizations involved in Harvey relief work, including the American Red Cross, the Salva...
Sep 08, 2017

Kasich joins Schwarzenegger in political map-making fight
COLUMBUS, Ohio - Ohio Gov. John Kasich on Tuesday joined friend and ex-California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s effort to overhaul partisan political map-making that’s helped fuel their own...
Sep 08, 2017