Category Archives: Canadian Press
Baboon escapes crate at Texas airport; officers corner him
SAN ANTONIO - A baboon on his way to a South Texas wildlife sanctuary escaped his crate and kept officers busy for two hours at San Antonio International Airport. Officers shot the baboon named Dawkin...
May 21, 2018
NewsAlert: 23-year-old dies after Cuban plane crash, raises death toll to 111
HAVANA - Cuban state media say a 23-year-old survivor of Friday’s plane crash in Havana has died, raising the death toll to 111. More to come The Canadian Press
May 21, 2018
Apartment building involved in massive Brandon fire can hopefully be saved
BRANDON, Man. - One of the community organizations that manages apartments in a building that was damaged by a massive fire that spread through downtown Brandon, Man., over the weekend says it looks l...
May 21, 2018
Watchdog report to fault FBI for Clinton probe delay
WASHINGTON - An upcoming report from the Justice Department’s internal watchdog is expected to criticize senior FBI leaders for not moving quickly enough to review a trove of Hillary Clinton ema...
May 21, 2018
Can the 'dealmaker' president deliver on North Korea?
WASHINGTON - Weeks before his planned North Korea summit, President Donald Trump is staring down a dealmaker’s worst nightmare: overpromising and under-delivering. As the Singapore meeting with ...
May 21, 2018
FBI: Airplane passenger urinated, made crude comments
CHARLESTON, S.C. - Authorities say a drunken passenger urinated on an airplane after flight attendants moved him for touching a woman’s leg and making crude comments. A federal complaint accuses...
May 21, 2018
The swamp: Playing all sides for a fortune in contracts
WASHINGTON - In a pursuit of money and influence that began at President Donald Trump’s inauguration, two American businessmen sought to leverage connections that stretched from Persian Gulf pal...
May 21, 2018
UK lawmakers appeals to EU to help in Facebook probe
LONDON - The head of Parliament’s media committee has appealed to European lawmakers to put questions to Mark Zuckerberg on his behalf when the Facebook chief gives evidence Tuesday. Committee c...
May 21, 2018
Protesters shut down commercial bridge linking Mexico, Texas
CIUDAD VICTORIA, Mexico - At least 200 demonstrators blocked a major commercial bridge between Mexico and Texas to protest the disappearance of dozens of people in the border city of Nuevo Laredo, sna...
May 21, 2018
Mexico suspends charter company in Cuba airliner crash
MEXICO CITY - Mexican authorities temporarily suspended a charter company which owned a passenger jet that crashed in Cuba, while Cuban media said one of three survivors died Monday, increasing the de...
May 21, 2018