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South Africa holds on to beat New Zealand 12-11 and win a record fourth Rugby World Cup title
PARIS (AP) - Defending champion South Africa kicked its way to a record fourth Rugby World Cup title by beating New Zealand 12-11 on Saturday after All Blacks captain Sam Cane was the first player to ...
Oct 28, 2023
Harry Kane imitates David Beckham by scoring from his own half for Bayern Munich
MUNICH (AP) - Harry Kane has done a David Beckham. The England captain scored a spectacular goal from his own half for Bayern Munich against Darmstadt on Saturday before going on to claim a hat trick....
Oct 28, 2023
Marino drops Pan Am Games tennis semifinal, will play for women's singles bronze
SANTIAGO - Rebecca Marino left her first Pan American Games on crutches. She wants to leave her second with a medal. The latter was still on the table for the Canadian tennis player despite Saturday's...
Oct 28, 2023
Less boo for your buck: For the second Halloween in a row, US candy inflation hits double digits
Spooked by the high price of Halloween candy? There's not much relief in sight. For the second year in a row, U.S. shoppers are seeing double-digit inflation in the candy aisle. Candy and gum prices a...
Oct 28, 2023
Former Vice President Mike Pence ends campaign for the White House after struggling to gain traction
NEW YORK (AP) - Former Vice President Mike Pence is dropping his bid for the Republican presidential nomination, ending his campaign for the White House after struggling to raise money and gain tracti...
Oct 28, 2023
Police watchdog asks Crown to consider charges against officers in B.C. shooting
SURREY, B.C. - Investigators with British Columbia's independent police watchdog probing the shooting death of a man more than two years ago are asking the province's prosecution service to consider c...
Oct 28, 2023
Canada's Auger-Aliassime beats Rune to advance to Swiss Indoors final
BASEL, Switzerland - Montreal's Felix Auger-Aliassime will get a chance to defend his championship at the Swiss Indoors tennis event on Sunday. Auger-Aliassime advanced to the title game with a 6-3, 6...
Oct 28, 2023
England seeks face-saving turnaround against India at the Cricket World Cup
LUCKNOW, India (AP) - When the Cricket World Cup schedule was announced in July, India vs. England on Sunday was expected to be a marquee match. It will be anything but. England's poor showing at the ...
Oct 28, 2023
Swiss skier Gut-Behrami takes World Cup season-opening GS. Shiffrin places 6th
SOELDEN, Austria (AP) - Swiss skier Lara Gut-Behrami edged first-run leader Federica Brignone by two-hundredths of a second Saturday to win the season-opening women's World Cup giant slalom, with Mika...
Oct 28, 2023
Maine embarks on healing and searches for answers a day after mass killing suspect is found dead
LEWISTON, Maine (AP) - A Maine official says police teams had twice cleared a recycling center where the body of the man suspected of killing 18 people was found on Friday night. Department of Public ...
Oct 28, 2023