Category Archives: Canadian Press

JAKARTA, Indonesia - A riot at a police detention centre near Indonesia’s capital left five officers and a prisoner dead and another officer held hostage Wednesday. The Islamic State group said ...

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump’s CIA nominee said Wednesday at her confirmation hearing that she doesn’t believe torture works as an interrogation technique and that her “strong...

WASHINGTON - On a trip to Morocco last year, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt and his staff missed a connecting flight and spent more than 24 hours in Paris because his secur...

SALT LAKE CITY - The Mormon church said Tuesday it will sever all ties with the Boy Scouts of America at the end of next year and place its remaining 425,000 boys into a gospel-focused youth program i...

This graduation season, the podium is all hers. For the first time in at least two decades, the majority of the nation’s top colleges are featuring women as their spring commencement speakers, a...

TORONTO - Ontario teachers found guilty of sexually touching a student will now automatically lose their licence. The provincial government has amended the legislation that regulates te...

GAINESVILLE, Fla. - Patrick Traynor, a cybersecurity expert, was in New York in February working with police to help identify a way to detect credit card skimmers on ATMs when he got a financial fraud...

LOS ANGELES - One of the purported sons of Charles Manson could soon be out of the legal battle over the late cult leader’s estate after failing to show up in court. Matthew Lentz, who claims he...

CAIRO - An Egyptian rights lawyer says authorities have confirmed the detention of a young comedian who was working for a popular satirical television program. Azza Soliman told The Associated Press o...

European and American companies could lose billions of dollars in commercial deals cancelled and a major new export market undercut by the U.S. decision to re-impose sanctions on Iran. President Donal...