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Cyprus police chief fired over serial killer case
NICOSIA, Cyprus - The president of Cyprus has fired the small island nation's police chief, saying botched missing person investigations might have allowed a self-confessed serial killer to claim more...
May 03, 2019
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Historic Hawaii volcano eruption scarred landscape, lives
LEILANI ESTATES, Hawaii - A year after a volcano on Hawaii's Big Island rained lava and gases in one of its largest and most destructive eruptions in recorded history, people who lost their homes and ...
May 03, 2019
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Trump depicted in Mueller report feared being called a fraud
WASHINGTON - The fear was persistent. As the Russia investigation heated up and threatened to shadow Donald Trump's presidency, he became increasingly concerned. But the portrait painted by special co...
May 03, 2019
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Florida massacre defendant's attorneys to remain for now
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - A judge ordered the public defenders representing the former student charged with the Florida high school massacre to stay on his case Wednesday while she determines if he rema...
May 03, 2019
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Barr, Mueller trade barbs as Russia probe rift goes public
WASHINGTON - Private tensions between Justice Department leaders and special counsel Robert Mueller's team broke into public view in extraordinary fashion Wednesday as Attorney General William Barr pu...
May 03, 2019
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Assange refuses extradition to US; long legal fight expected
LONDON - A defiant Julian Assange told a London court Thursday he will fight extradition to the United States to face charges of conspiring to hack into a Pentagon computer, arguing that his work as W...
May 03, 2019
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Rugby Canada fires sevens coach Damian McGrath, names Henry Paul interim coach
Rugby Canada has fired men's sevens coach Damian McGrath with the English veteran the odd man out in a revamped leadership structure. Henry Paul, an assistant coach with the men's 15s team, has been n...
May 03, 2019
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Baloney Meter: is climate change increasing the cost of insurance in Canada?
OTTAWA - "We can see that climate change is causing an increase to the cost of insurance in this country." - Karen McCrimmon, parliamentary secretary to Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale, May 1, 20...
May 03, 2019
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In the news today, May 3
Five stories in the news for Friday, May 3 --- NO PMO INPUT IN SNC ELECTIONS DEAL: WATCHDOG The watchdog who enforces Canada's election laws says no one from the Prime Mi...
May 03, 2019
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Leaders' election debates need to be more accessible, more civil, commission told
OTTAWA - Televised leaders' debates during the coming federal election campaign ought to be more accessible, more civil and more educational for voters trying to make an informed choice. That was...
May 03, 2019
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