Category Archives: Canadian Press
Serious charges dismissed in Penn State frat pledge death
HARRISBURG, Pa. - A judge Monday threw out the most serious counts against a second set of defendants in a Penn State fraternity pledge’s death last year, leaving in place only hazing and alcoho...
May 07, 2018
Olympian Georgia Simmerling retires from ski cross, will continue track cycling
CALGARY - Georgia Simmerling has retired from ski cross racing, but intends to continue track cycling with an eye towards the 2020 Olympic Games. Simmerling, from West Vancouver, B.C., helped Canada&#...
May 07, 2018
Two B.C. Indigenous leaders plan to speak at Kinder Morgan pipeline AGM
VANCOUVER - Two Indigenous leaders from British Columbia say they will travel to pipeline builder Kinder Morgan’s annual general meeting in Texas this week. Chief Judy Wilson with the Neskonlith...
May 07, 2018
Police drop privacy-breach case against Halifax teen:'No grounds to lay charges'
HALIFAX - Police have dropped the case against a young Halifax man alleged to have breached a Nova Scotia freedom-of-information website, shifting the issue squarely back to whether the province&...
May 07, 2018
'Hamilton' exhibit to debut in Chicago this fall
CHICAGO - Lin-Manuel Miranda and the producers of his hit Broadway musical “Hamilton” are bringing an exhibit to Chicago about the musical’s Founding Father namesake. “Hamilton...
May 07, 2018
Waffle House hero raises more than $225,000 for victims
NASHVILLE - A man being hailed as a hero for wrestling an assault-style rifle away from a gunman at a Tennessee Waffle House has raised more than a quarter of a million dollars for the victims. James ...
May 07, 2018
Syria's Kurds put IS on trial with focus on reconciliation
QAMISHLI, Syria - The “Defence of the People” Court is an almost intimate place. Three judges - two men and a woman - sat behind a large desk. The defendant, a former Islamic State group f...
May 07, 2018
Military eyes child sex-assault solution without Congress
WASHINGTON - U.S. military officials have sought to ward off congressional efforts to address child-on-child sexual assaults on bases, even as they disclose that the problem is larger than previously ...
May 07, 2018
From prison to politics: Chelsea Manning runs for US Senate
NORTH BETHESDA, Md. - Chelsea Manning is no longer living as a transgender woman in a male military prison, serving the lengthiest sentence ever for revealing U.S. government secrets. She’s free...
May 07, 2018
Iranians say uncertainty over nuclear deal is bringing fear
TEHRAN, Iran - On the streets of Tehran, every day seems to bring more worry and fear ahead of President Donald Trump’s decision this week on whether to pull America out of the nuclear deal with...
May 07, 2018