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Rob Blake is out after 8 seasons as the Los Angeles Kings' general manager
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Rob Blake is out after eight seasons as the Los Angeles Kings' vice president and general manager. The Kings announced a mutual parting with Blake on Monday, four days after Los Ang...
May 05, 2025
Canada's Mboko closes in on main draw berth at Italian Open tennis tournament
ROME - Canada's Victoria Mboko advanced to the second round of qualifying at the Italian Open WTA 1000 tennis tournament with a 6-3, 6-2 win over 17th-seed Cristina Bucsa of Spain on Monday. The 18-ye...
May 05, 2025
Romanian premier resigns after his coalition's candidate fails to advance to presidential runoff
BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) - Romanian Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu announced his resignation on Monday, a day after the governing coalition's joint candidate failed to advance to the runoff in the Europ...
May 05, 2025
Blue Jays sign right-handers Turnbull, Ureña to one-year major league contracts
TORONTO - The Toronto Blue Jays have signed right-handed pitchers Spencer Turnbull and Jos Urea to one-year major league contracts, the Major League Baseball club announced Monday. Turnbull was option...
May 05, 2025
Scott Laughton proving playoff worth for Maple Leafs after bumpy start
TORONTO - Scott Laughton was probably still feeling it. The Maple Leafs forward blocked a shot in the dying moments of Toronto's Game 6 victory over the Ottawa Senators to clinch a spot in the second ...
May 05, 2025
Curlers Peterman, Gallant first athletes named to Canada's 2026 Olympic team
TORONTO - Curlers Jocelyn Peterman and Brett Gallant are the first athletes named to Canada's team for the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics. The husband-and-wife team from Chestermere, Alta., will r...
May 05, 2025
Upstate New York prison guard pleads guilty to manslaughter in an inmate's 2024 beating death
UTICA, N.Y. (AP) - A correctional officer pleaded guilty to manslaughter Monday in connection with the killing of inmate Robert Brooks, whose brutal beating while handcuffed at an upstate New York pri...
May 05, 2025
Trump administration says it will pay immigrants in the United States illegally $1,000 to go home
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Trump administration says it is going to pay immigrants in the United States illegally who've returned to their home country voluntarily $1,000 as it pushes forward with its mass...
May 05, 2025
Canadian rider Derek Gee to lead Israel-Premier Tech team at Giro d'Italia
Canadian rider Derek Gee, who turned heads with his breakthrough ride in the 2023 race, returns to the Giro d'Italia this week. This time, the 27-year-old from Ottawa looks to make his mark in the gen...
May 05, 2025
The UN's top court dismisses Sudan's genocide case alleging the UAE funded RSF rebels
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) - The top United Nations court on Monday dismissed a case brought by Sudan accusing the United Arab Emirates of breaching the genocide convention by arming and funding the ...
May 05, 2025