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Whitecaps rout Timbers 4-1 in rainy season opener
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Jayden Nelson had a goal and three assists in his Vancouver debut and the Whitecaps opened the season with a 4-1 victory over the Portland Timbers in a steady rain on Sunday. Rya...
Feb 23, 2025
Conservative opposition wins German election and the far right is 2nd with strongest postwar result
BERLIN (AP) - Germany's conservative opposition leader Friedrich Merz won a lackluster victory in a national election Sunday, while Alternative for Germany doubled its support in the strongest showing...
Feb 23, 2025
Another NHL team says Toronto gridlock forced them to walk to rink
TORONTO - Toronto's traffic gridlock appears to have once again forced another National Hockey League team to walk to the rink. The Carolina Hurricanes, who were in the city to play the Maple Leafs on...
Feb 23, 2025
Blue Jays score six runs in ninth inning, hang on for 8-7 win over Red Sox
FORT MYERS - The Toronto Blue Jays scored six runs in the ninth inning and hung on for an 8-7 pre-season win over the Boston Red Sox on Sunday afternoon at JetBlue Park. Paxton Schultz gave up two run...
Feb 23, 2025
Multiple Canadian cities hold rallies to mark third anniversary of Ukraine invasion
MONTREAL - People gathered in cities across Canada on Sunday on the eve of the third anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, amid fears of a withdrawal of U.S. support. Rallies are being held ...
Feb 23, 2025
Alex Rodriguez makes half-court shot, wins Bucknell student $10,000
LEWISBURG, Pa. (AP) - Former Major League Baseball star Alex Rodriguez showed his skill on the hardwood Sunday, making a half-court shot to win a Bucknell student $10,000. The 14-time All-Star was inv...
Feb 23, 2025
Trump administration is firing 2,000 USAID workers and putting thousands of others on leave
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Trump administration said Sunday that it is eliminating 2,000 posts at the U.S. Agency for International Development and placing all but a fraction of others worldwide on leave. ...
Feb 23, 2025
Manitoba's Kerri Einarson to face defending champion Rachel Homan in Hearts final
THUNDER BAY, Ont. - Kerri Einarson's curling team from Manitoba advanced to the final of the Scotties Tournament of Hearts with a 9-8 semifinal win over Nova Scotia's Christina Black. Einarson moved o...
Feb 23, 2025
Ovechkin has hat trick to move 13 away from breaking Gretzky's goals record as Capitals beat Oilers
WASHINGTON (AP) - Alex Ovechkin scored his 880th, 881st and 882nd career goals to record a hat trick and move 13 goals away from breaking Wayne Gretzky's NHL record and give the Washington Capitals a ...
Feb 23, 2025
Canadian long-track speedskaters win three medals at World Cup
TOMASZW MAZOWIECKI - Ivanie Blondin made two podium appearances on a three-medal day for Canada at a long-track speedskating World Cup on Sunday. Blondin, from Ottawa, earned bronze in the women's mas...
Feb 23, 2025