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Disney closes $71B deal for Fox entertainment assets
Disney is closing its $71 billion acquisition of Fox’s entertainment business in a move set to shake up the media landscape. The deal paves the way for Disney to launch its streaming service, Di...
Mar 19, 2019

Rinne, Preds blank reeling Maple Leafs 3-0
NASHVILLE - Pekka Rinne is starting to regain some of his Vezina Trophy form he showed last season. And the Predators, last season’s Presidents’ Trophy winner, are finally developing some ...
Mar 19, 2019

Canadiens beat listless Flyers 3-1
PHILADELPHIA - Montreal didn’t need all 240 characters to express on Twitter the importance of beating the Flyers: “Les Canadiens remportent une grosse victoire !” In any language, t...
Mar 19, 2019

Records show special counsel zeroed in on Cohen early on
NEW YORK - Hundreds of pages of court records made public Tuesday revealed that special counsel Robert Mueller quickly zeroed in on Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump’s former personal attorn...
Mar 19, 2019

Rams sign longtime Packers LB Clay Matthews to 2-year deal
LOS ANGELES - Linebacker Clay Matthews agreed to a two-year contract with the Los Angeles Rams on Tuesday, returning to his native Southern California after a decade with the Green Bay Packers. The 32...
Mar 19, 2019
Female Aussie rules player receives online abuse over photo
MELBOURNE, Australia - An Australian rules football player says she was subjected to “sexual abuse on social media” following publication of a picture of her kicking the ball during a matc...
Mar 19, 2019

Father and son who fled Syria are buried in New Zealand
CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand - A father and son who fled the civil war in Syria for “the safest country in the world” were buried before hundreds of mourners Wednesday, the first funerals for...
Mar 19, 2019

AP source: Trout, Angels close to record $432M, 12-year deal
Mike Trout is on the verge of becoming baseball’s first half-billion dollar man. Trout and the Los Angeles Angels are close to finalizing a $432 million, 12-year contract that would shatter the ...
Mar 19, 2019

No timetable for end to fire at Texas chemical facility
HOUSTON - Officials said Tuesday that they’re not sure when a fire at a Houston-area petrochemicals storage facility will burn itself out, but they are confident that the air quality is safe, de...
Mar 19, 2019
QuickQuotes on the 2019 federal budget
OTTAWA - Quick reactions to the 2019 federal budget: The opposition would like to see us make cuts very rapidly - their idea is balance the budget at any cost. Well, if we had taken that approach in 2...
Mar 19, 2019