Author Archives: Syndicated Content

Kansas Supreme Court upholds Republican congressional map
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - Kansas' highest court on Wednesday upheld a Republican redistricting law that makes it harder for the only Democrat in the state's congressional delegation to win reelection in a b...
Canadian Press May 18, 2022

Day 3 of jury deliberations in Quebec City Halloween 2020 murder trial
QUEBEC - The 11 jurors considering the fate of the accused in Quebec City’s Halloween 2020 sword attack that left two people dead and five others injured are deliberating for a third day. Carl G...
Canadian Press May 18, 2022

Ex-cop pleads guilty to manslaughter in George Floyd’s death
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - A former Minneapolis police officer pleaded guilty Wednesday to a state charge of aiding and abetting second-degree manslaughter in the killing of George Floyd. As part of the plea ...
Canadian Press May 18, 2022

Vote counting drags on in Pennsylvania’s GOP Senate primary
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - Heart surgeon-turned-TV celebrity Dr. Mehmet Oz and former hedge fund CEO David McCormick went into Wednesday essentially tied in Pennsylvania’s hotly contested Republican...
Canadian Press May 18, 2022

Cases of rare, deadly flesh-eating disease spike in Nanaimo & Oceanside dogs
Editor’s Note: This story contains graphic images of dogs being treated for necrotizing fasciitis. Reader discretion is advised. NANAIMO - It’s a rare bacterial infection which is proving ...
Alex Rawnsley May 18, 2022

US Soccer equalizes pay in milestone with women, men
The U.S. Soccer Federation reached milestone agreements to pay its men’s and women’s teams equally, making the American national governing body the first in the sport to promise both sexes...
Canadian Press May 18, 2022

Bad Kitty: German town grounds cats to save rare birds
BERLIN (AP) - What a cat-astrophe! Authorities in the southwest German town of Walldorf have ordered some cat owners to keep their pets indoors until the end of August, to protect a rare bird during i...
Canadian Press May 18, 2022

Joly heads to UN to mobilize action on food crisis sparked by invasion of Ukraine
OTTAWA - Foreign Minister Mlanie Joly will travel to New York today for two days of meetings at the UN to help mobilize a global response to the food security crisis resulting from Russia’s inva...
Canadian Press May 18, 2022

Royals visit Ottawa, April inflation rate : In The News for May 18
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what’s on the radar of our editors for the morning of May 18 … What we are watching in C...
Canadian Press May 18, 2022

Unmarked graves finding triggered Canada’s year of reckoning over residential schools
KAMLOOPS, B.C. - Percy Casper, 73, spent 10 years as a child at the former Kamloops Indian Residential School in British Columbia. He has spent the past year grieving. A member of the Bonaparte Indian...
Canadian Press May 18, 2022