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Andreescu through to third round at Wimbledon with win over Novoska
LONDON - Canada's Bianca Andreescu advanced to the third round at Wimbledon with a 6-3, 7-6 (5) win over 26th-seed Linda Novoska of Czechia on Wednesday. Andreescu won on her first match point, scorin...
Jul 03, 2024
Top White House aide urges staff to tune out ‘noise' and focus on governing during debate fallout
WASHINGTON (AP) - White House chief of staff Jeff Zients urged people during an all-staff meeting on Wednesday to tune out the "noise" and focus on the task of governing as senior aides scramble to co...
Jul 03, 2024
Sajjan's office cites privacy, won't say if he intervened for other Afghan groups
OTTAWA - The federal Liberals won't say whether former defence minister Harjit Sajjan intervened on behalf of any other groups trying to flee Afghanistan when Kabul fell to the Taliban in 2021. Sajjan...
Jul 03, 2024
NHL's Toronto Maple Leafs affiliate with ECHL's Cincinnati Cyclones
TORONTO - The Toronto Maple Leafs have agreed to an affiliation with the ECHL's Cincinnati Cyclones beginning next season. The Cyclones replace the Newfoundland Growlers, who ceased operations before ...
Jul 03, 2024
Cavendish breaks Merckx’s record for most career Tour de France stage wins with his 35th victory
SAINT-VULBAS, France (AP) - Mark Cavendish broke Eddy Merckx's long-standing record for most career Tour de France stage wins with his 35th victory on Wednesday. The 39-year-old Cavendish sprinted for...
Jul 03, 2024
Suspect's pants catch fire in arson attempt gone wrong: B.C. RCMP
RICHMOND, B.C. - Police in Metro Vancouver say they're looking for a man whose pants caught fire in an alleged arson attempt that went wrong. Richmond RCMP shared a photo showing two men, one on the g...
Jul 03, 2024
Abortion-rights advocates in Arizona submit needed signatures to put the issue on November ballot
PHOENIX (AP) - Arizona abortion-rights supporters on Wednesday turned in more than double the signatures needed to put the issue on November's ballot in the key swing state. Organizers say they submit...
Jul 03, 2024
Canada draws on Major League Rugby talent for game against touring Scotland
Flanker Lucas Rumball will lead a Canada team drawing almost exclusively on Major League Rugby talent on Saturday in Ottawa against sixth-ranked Scotland. Canada's matchday 23 features 15 MLR players ...
Jul 03, 2024
Italy appeals court upholds conviction of 2 Americans in death of Rome cop but reduces sentences
ROME (AP) - An Italian appeals court on Wednesday upheld the convictions of two American men in the slaying of an Italian plainclothes police officer during a botched sting operation but reduced their...
Jul 03, 2024
Legal Aid Alberta to stop services over contract dispute with provincial government
Legal Aid Alberta says it plans end its services next week over a contract dispute with the province.The society says in a statement that the United Conservative Party government gave it an ultimatum ...
Jul 03, 2024