This B.C. couple found a doctor by placing a newspaper ad. Others hope to copy their success

As Canada’s doctor shortage grows, people are getting creative in their search for primary care. The Vancouver Island woman whose newspaper ad seeking a doctor inspired a copycat in Vancouver has found a family physician for her husband. But there are still millions without access to primary care.

Ottawa Senators demand newspaper take down secret video of players

The Ottawa Senators are demanding that a major newspaper take down a secretly recorded video showing several players badmouthing the team's coaching staff. In a letter to the Ottawa Citizen, lawyers for the team say the paper posted the video to its website knowing that it was secretly recorded by the driver of the Uber […]

Texas newspaper that endorsed Ted Cruz in 2012 is now throwing its support behind Democrat Beto O’Rourke for the midterm election

Tom Fox/The Dallas Morning News via AP, Pool, File The Houston Chronicle has endorsed Democrat Beto O’Rourke for US Senate in Texas over the Republican incumbent Sen. Ted Cruz. The newspaper endorsed Cruz in 2012, but this time around, it had some harsh words for the junior senator, saying Cruz has “exhibited little interest in […]

How a Small Black-Owned Newspaper Fought a Racist Establishment and Won

If you think the news is a battleground now, you should have been in Trinidad in August 1969. That’s when the Trinidad Express refused to stop covering the story of Dr. Leonard Hanna, a Black American dentist, and his wife, who’d been turned away from the Trinidad Country Club tennis courts despite their staying at […]

The newspaper that published the ‘angry baby’ Serena Williams cartoon ran a hit piece saying she is ‘no feminist hero’ — here’s why they’re dead wrong

AP Images Serena Williams is being attacked by an Australian newspaper. The American tennis player received three code violations during her loss to Naomi Osaka in last weekend’s US Open women’s final. These violations were criticized, perhaps fairly, by the Herald Sun newspaper. But the paper has continued a mean-spirited crusade against Williams. It lampooned […]

The Australian newspaper that released the controversial ‘angry baby’ Serena Williams cartoon has hit back at ‘self-appointed censors’ by republishing it on its front page

Getty Images The controversial Serena Williams “angry baby” cartoon has been republished by The Herald Sun. The Australian newspaper slapped the drawing on the front page of its Wednesday edition alongside the headline: “Welcome to PC World.” The paper’s editor had previously tweeted his support for the cartoonist, while the artist himself said “the world […]

‘AMERICA’S DARKEST DAY’: See newspaper headlines from around the world 24 hours after 9/11

New York Post Tuesday is the anniversary of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. The day after the attacks, newspapers around the world reacted by capturing the sadness, shock, and horror people felt. We compiled front pages from American and international newspapers to show what people woke up to on September 12, 2001. The September […]

Apple seeks major newspaper allies for its subscription bundle

While rumors indicate Apple has bigger plans for its subscription bundle than just news, it has to start somewhere. In order to get that rolling, Recode reports it has opened discussions with the New York Times, Wall Street Journal and Washington Post about signing on with its recently-purchased “Netflix of magazines” app, Texture. All three […]

The first major newspaper in every state — and what they looked like when they were first started

Fred Morley/Getty Images Newspapers were the primary way to find out what was going around us for hundreds of years. However, printed newspapers are not as common as they used to be. Newspapers have played an important role in the history of the United States, starting in British colonies. Publick Occurrences, the first newspaper in […]

North Korea’s state newspaper claims the US is secretly plotting to ‘unleash a war’ while continuing to negotiate ‘with a smile on its face’

KCNA/Reuters North Korean state media has accused the US of plotting to “unleash a war” on North Korea while continuing to negotiate “with a smile on its face.” Sunday’s Rodong Sinmun newspaper, the official mouthpiece of the ruling Worker’s Party of Korea, called out what it claims were US military movements in the region as practice […]