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Veteran Oilers forward Jeff Skinner set to snap 15-season playoff drought
LOS ANGELES - Jeff Skinner has experienced a lot over 1,078 NHL games. The energy and excitement of a playoff game, though, have eluded him so far. That will change Monday when Skinner and the Edmonto...
Apr 21, 2025
Montreal's Diallo advances to second round of Madrid Open qualifying
MADRID - Montreal's Gabriel Diallo advanced to the second round of qualifying at the Madrid Open tennis tournament with a comfortable 6-3, 6-3 win over American Nicolas Moreno De Alboran on Monday. Th...
Apr 21, 2025
None of Canada's five cardinals likely to be next pope, Vatican experts say
MONTREAL - A Canadian cardinal was a top contender the last time a new pope was elected, but observers say that's unlikely to be the case this time around. Canada's five cardinals all have marks again...
Apr 21, 2025
Gunman who killed 23 in a racist attack at a Walmart in El Paso pleads guilty to capital murder
EL PASO, Texas (AP) - The gunman who killed 23 people in a racist attack at a Walmart in El Paso - one of the deadliest mass shootings in U.S. history - pleaded guilty Monday to capital murder in a st...
Apr 21, 2025
'The runners are coming': Boston Marathon helps celebrate 250th anniversary of the Revolutionary War
BOSTON (AP) - Paul Revere rode down Boylston Street to the Boston Marathon finish line - or almost there, as it turned out - proclaiming "the runners are coming" on Monday morning as the world's oldes...
Apr 21, 2025
'The runners are coming': Boston Marathon helps celebrate 250th anniversary of the Revolutionary War
BOSTON (AP) - Paul Revere rode down Boylston Street to the Boston Marathon finish line - or almost there, as it turned out - proclaiming "the runners are coming" on Monday morning as the world's oldes...
Apr 21, 2025
Some emergency departments installing AI weapons detection amid rising violence
TORONTO - London Health Sciences Centre is the latest Canadian hospital to install a weapons detection system in its emergency department as health-care workers across the country continue to grapple ...
Apr 21, 2025
Fire at Hines Creek sawmill
The Zavisha Sawmill in Hines Creek caught on fire early Saturday morning according to public reports.There has been no official word on the extent of damages to the sawmill or if there were any injuri...
Apr 21, 2025
Canonization of the first millennial saint, Carlo Acutis, postponed after the death of Pope Francis
VATICAN CITY (AP) - The canonization of the first millennial saint, Carlo Acutis, has been postponed due to the death Monday of Pope Francis, the Vatican announced. Acutis was to be canonized next Sun...
Apr 21, 2025
Pope Francis reached out to migrants and the LGBTQ+ community, but also drew unusual opposition
VATICAN CITY (AP) - Some takeaways about the life of Pope Francis, who died Monday: Background Jorge Mario Bergoglio was born Dec. 17, 1936, to Italian immigrants in Buenos Aires, Argentina, the eldes...
Apr 21, 2025