Category Archives: Canadian Press
Report highlights pattern of sexual abuse at prep school
CONCORD, N.H. - Over several decades, former faculty and staff at a prep school are accused of singling out students, plying them with alcohol and then attempting to kiss, fondle and commit other acts...
Nov 03, 2017
Security and trade challenge Trump on first Asia trip
TOKYO - Security and trade will loom large during President Donald Trump’s first official visit to Asia, which begins Sunday in Japan. North Korea’s missile and nuclear weapons programs ar...
Nov 03, 2017
Persistence leads to solving 1979 case of teen's slaying
SALEM, Ore. - The persistence of a detective and the sister of a young woman who was stabbed and beaten has solved a murder in Oregon - 38 years after it happened. On March 9, 1979, Janie Landers disa...
Nov 03, 2017
Officials disagree on Puerto Rico power restoration timeline
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Officials in the U.S. and Puerto Rico gave differing views Thursday on when power will be fully restored to the U.S. territory after Hurricane Maria hit as a Category 4 storm m...
Nov 03, 2017
Venezuela says it will seek to restructure foreign debt
CARACAS, Venezuela - President Nicolas Maduro announced Thursday that he will begin restructuring Venezuela’s foreign debt, calling it the best way to get around U.S. financial sanctions that he...
Nov 03, 2017
Trump accuses Clinton, DNC of 'illegally' co-ordinating
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump is alleging without evidence that Hillary Clinton and the Democratic National Committee violated campaign finance and money laundering laws with the joint fundraisi...
Nov 03, 2017
Cuba official accuses US of lying about sonic attacks
WASHINGTON - Cuba’s foreign minister on Thursday accused the United States of lying about mysterious sonic attacks that U.S. diplomats in Havana say left them with ailments including headaches, ...
Nov 03, 2017
What Powell brings to Fed post: A gift for forging consensus
WASHINGTON - As a choice to lead the Federal Reserve, Jerome Powell defies any recent mould. He isn’t a trained economist. He’s produced no trail of research. He built a fortune as an inve...
Nov 03, 2017
Official: Town leader tried to bury his defunct auto garage
SHERIDAN, N.Y. - Authorities say a western New York town official has been cited for trying to bury his defunct auto repair garage in a hole. WIVB-TV reports that Louis Delmonte’s business in th...
Nov 03, 2017
Walmart shooting suspect could face multiple charges
BRIGHTON, Colo. - A Colorado sheet metal worker could face multiple charges, including attempted murder, in addition to first-degree murder charges related to the shooting deaths of three people insid...
Nov 03, 2017