Category Archives: Canadian Press
Questions arise over departure of first woman to lead Fed
WASHINGTON - Nearly four years into Janet Yellen’s history-making turn as the first woman to lead the Federal Reserve, the economy is growing, the unemployment rate is low and the stock market i...
Nov 03, 2017
Bill introduced allowing Hawaii's foreign fishermen onshore
HONOLULU - Hundreds of foreign fishermen currently confined to vessels in Honolulu for years at a time would be allowed to come ashore when they dock under legislation introduced Thursday in Congress....
Nov 03, 2017
Bergdahl spared from prison; Trump calls sentence 'disgrace'
FORT BRAGG, N.C. - Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, who walked away from his post in Afghanistan and triggered a search that left some of his comrades severely wounded, was spared a prison sentence by a milit...
Nov 03, 2017
Female lawmakers allege harassment by colleagues in House
WASHINGTON - For years, Republican Rep. Mary Bono endured increasingly suggestive comments from a fellow lawmaker in the House of Representatives. But when the congressman approached her on the House ...
Nov 03, 2017
GOP tax plan may offer little aid for many in middle class
WASHINGTON - House Republicans have stressed that the tax plan they unveiled Thursday is tailored to benefit America’s middle class. Just how much it would remains uncertain based on the details...
Nov 03, 2017
Ivanka Trump: Harassment of women at work can't be tolerated
TOKYO - Ivanka Trump said at a Tokyo conference on women’s advancement Friday that harassment of women in the workplace cannot be tolerated. The U.S. president’s daughter and adviser spoke...
Nov 03, 2017
US, Russia offer rival measures to pursue Syria violations
The United States and Russia have circulated rival U.N. resolutions on extending the work of experts seeking to determine who is responsible for chemical weapons attacks in Syria. Russia vetoed a U.S....
Nov 03, 2017
Treatment of blacks in St. Louis prompts economic boycott
ST. LOUIS - Amid ongoing protests reinvigorated by the acquittal of a white former police officer in the death of a black suspect, several African-American faith and civic leaders in St. Louis announc...
Nov 03, 2017
Departing Twitter employee deactivates Trump's account
WASHINGTON - A Twitter customer support worker who was on his or her last day on the job deactivated President Donald Trump’s account for a few minutes Thursday evening, the social media company...
Nov 03, 2017
China disputes Trump's claim of 'flood' of fentanyl into US
BEIJING - A Chinese official on Friday disputed President Donald Trump’s claim that the deadly opioid fentanyl that is flooding the U.S. is mostly produced in China, just days before a visit by ...
Nov 03, 2017