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Kikuchi, four Blue Jays relievers combine to blank Brewers 3-0
MILWAUKEE (AP) - Yusei Kikuchi and four Toronto Blue Jays relievers combined to shut out the Milwaukee Brewers 3-0 on Tuesday night. Kikuchi (4-5) gave up three hits in five innings, walked four and s...
Jun 11, 2024
CEBL roundup: Alliance trump BlackJacks with offensive outburst
OTTAWA - The Montreal Alliance will host Championship Weekend this year. And on Tuesday night they looked more like a team that could do some damage during the Canadian Elite Basketball League's Augus...
Jun 11, 2024
US Rep. Kelly Armstrong wins North Dakota’s Republican primary for governor
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - U.S. Rep. Kelly Armstrong has won North Dakota's Republican primary for governor, setting him up for a likely general election victory in the conservative state in November. The ...
Jun 11, 2024
Strong field assembled for Saturday's $1M North America Cup at Woodbine
MILTON, Ont. - One of the strongest fields ever assembled for the Pepsi North America Cup is now slotted in for Saturday's $1 million race at Woodbine Mohawk Park. "It's such a deep field of horses," ...
Jun 11, 2024
Republican state Sen. Michael Rulli wins US House seat in Ohio vacated by GOP’s Bill Johnson
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Republican state Sen. Michael Rulli won a special election Tuesday in eastern Ohio for the U.S. House seat formerly held by the GOP's Bill Johnson. Rulli, 55, defeated Democrat M...
Jun 11, 2024
Trump-backed candidate Austin Theriault wins primary in Maine district rocked by mass shooting
LEWISTON, Maine (AP) - Republican state lawmaker Austin Theriault, endorsed by former President Donald Trump, has won the chance to try to unseat one of the most conservative Democrats in the U.S. Hou...
Jun 11, 2024
US Rep. Nancy Mace wins Republican primary challenge in South Carolina after tumultuous term
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace has won the Republican nomination after a tumultuous second term in South Carolina that saw her go from an enemy to ally of former President Donald Trump and...
Jun 11, 2024
SpaceX staff collect cosmic junk found on farmer's field in Saskatchewan
ITUNA, Sask. - Two men with SpaceX descended on a Saskatchewan farm in a moving truck Tuesday to retrieve cosmic junk that fell earlier this year from one of its spacecrafts. The workers, who didn't g...
Jun 11, 2024
Joey Chestnut 'gutted' to be out of July 4 hotdog eating contest over brand dispute
NEW YORK (AP) - Joey "Jaws" Chestnut, the reigning champion of the Nathan's Famous Fourth of July hotdog eating contest, will not participate in this year's event after signing a deal with a rival bra...
Jun 11, 2024
Draisaitl avoids suspension, Barkov might play in Game 3 of Stanley Cup final
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) - Leon Draisaitl is eligible to play for the Edmonton Oilers in Game 3 of the Stanley Cup final on Thursday night after avoiding a possible suspension. Time will tell on two...
Jun 11, 2024