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Paul scores twice, Canada advances to world hockey semifinals with win over Slovakia
PRAGUE - Any anxiety Canada felt entering the elimination round of the world hockey championship was put to rest quickly in a 6-3 win over Slovakia in quarterfinal action Thursday. Canada scored twice...
May 23, 2024
NBA great Dwyane Wade launches Translatable, an online community supporting transgender youth
MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) - NBA Hall of Famer Dwyane Wade was back in South Florida on Thursday to do battle again. He spent more than 14 seasons as a guard for the Miami Heat, winning three championship...
May 23, 2024
NBA great Dwyane Wade launches Translatable, an online community supporting transgender youth
MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) - NBA Hall of Famer Dwyane Wade was back in South Florida on Thursday to do battle again. He spent more than 14 seasons as a guard for the Miami Heat, winning three championship...
May 23, 2024
MLB says robot home plate umpires unlikely for 2025
NEW YORK (AP) - Major League Baseball says robot home plate umpires are unlikely for 2025. "We still have some technical issues," baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred said Thursday at a news conference f...
May 23, 2024
Avs captain Gabriel Landeskog looking to return next season after missing 2 years with knee injury
CENTENNIAL, Colo. (AP) - The first sign this wasn't a Gabriel Landeskog retirement announcement: The Colorado captain showed up wearing an Avalanche hat, shirt and shorts as if he'd just gone through ...
May 23, 2024
Canada falls 3-1 to top-ranked Poland in men's Volleyball Nations League action
ANTALYA - Canada fell 3-1 to top-ranked Poland on Thursday in men's Volleyball Nations League action. Canada started strong and took the first set 25-18 before Poland rebounded and took the next three...
May 23, 2024
Bouchard helping to power Edmonton Oilers' playoff push: 'Getting better and better'
DALLAS - Kris Knoblauch thought he spied a weakness. The head coach of the Ontario Hockey League's Erie Otters was looking for an edge against the rival London Knights during the 2015-16 season. He no...
May 23, 2024
Rain, cooler temperatures cause ‘significant decline’ in Alberta wildfire risk
The Alberta government says cool, wet weather over the past week has lowered the risk of wildfires in the province.Forestry Minister Todd Loewen says there has been a "significant decline" in the numb...
May 23, 2024
Baltimore's former top prosecutor spared prison for mortgage fraud and perjury
GREENBELT, Md. (AP) - A former Baltimore city prosecutor who achieved a national profile for charging police officers in a Black man's death was spared any prison time in her sentence Thursday for per...
May 23, 2024
Arizona man convicted of first-degree murder in starvation death of 6-year-old son
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) - A northern Arizona man was convicted in a jury trial Thursday of first-degree murder and other crimes in the 2020 starvation death of his 6-year-old son. Authorities say the bo...
May 23, 2024