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CPL clubs face MLS hurdles in Canadian championship's third round
Canada's version of England's FA Cup heats up in the third round starting Wednesday. Canada's three Major League Soccer clubs, a trio of Canadian Premier League sides and a United Soccer League o...
Jul 11, 2019
Trump defends Acosta but will look into Epstein plea deal
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump said Tuesday he would be looking "very closely" at Labor Secretary Alex Acosta's handling of a sex trafficking case involving now-jailed billionaire financier Jeffr...
Jul 11, 2019
Toronto FC looks to Mullins to bolster offence, dealing Hamilton to Columbus
Toronto FC confirmed Thursday it was parting ways with backup forward Jordan Hamilton, sending the homegrown player to Columbus Crew SC for American striker Patrick Mullins. Toronto also gave up an in...
Jul 11, 2019
David Bromberg fears huge violin collection must be split up
WLIMINGTON, Del. - David Bromberg, a master of stringed-instrument Americana, says a deal to sell his massive collection of historic violins to the Library of Congress has fallen through. The singer-s...
Jul 11, 2019
Quebec removes crucifix from legislature as government defends secularism law in court
MONTREAL - As lawyers defended the Quebec government's secularism law from a constitutional challenge in a Montreal court Tuesday, the crucifix hanging over the province's legislative chamber in ...
Jul 11, 2019
Willie Nelson brings Farm Aid 2019 to Wisconsin's dairy land
EAST TROY, Wis. - Willie Nelson, John Mellencamp, Neil Young and the Dave Matthews Band will headline Farm Aid 2019 when the music and food festival visits Wisconsin's dairy country in September. Tick...
Jul 11, 2019
Man arrested in UK after climbing Buckingham Palace gates
London police have arrested a man who climbed the front gates of Buckingham Palace while Queen Elizabeth II was in residence. The Metropolitan Police Service said the 22-year-old man was arrested on s...
Jul 11, 2019
Horse euthanized after injury in Calgary Stampede chuckwagon race
CALGARY - A horse has died from an injury that occurred during a chuckwagon race at this year's Calgary Stampede. Stampede authorities confirm something happened to the animal abou...
Jul 11, 2019
'Robot umpires' debut in independent Atlantic League
YORK, Pa. - "Robot umpires" have arrived. The independent Atlantic League became the first American professional baseball league to let a computer call balls and strikes Wednesday night at its All-Sta...
Jul 11, 2019
Jeffrey Epstein's legal woes pile up amid new charges
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - Financier Jeffrey Epstein is entangled in two legal fights that span the East Coast, challenging his underage sexual abuse victims in a Florida court hours after he was indicte...
Jul 11, 2019