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Cavendish crashes out of Tour de France in last attempt at outright record
LIMOGES, France - Mark Cavendish will have to share the record for most career stage wins at the Tour de France. Competing in his final season, the most successful sprinter in Tour history crashed out...
Jul 08, 2023
Iowa GOP schedules Jan. 15 for leadoff presidential caucuses. It's on Martin Luther King Jr. Day
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Iowa Republicans have scheduled the party's presidential nominating caucuses for Jan. 15, 2024, putting the first votes of the next election a little more than six months away....
Jul 08, 2023
US soccer star Megan Rapinoe announces she’ll retire after the NWSL season
CHICAGO (AP) - Days before heading to her fourth World Cup, Megan Rapinoe announced Saturday she'll retire at the end of the National Women's Soccer League season. Rapinoe, 38, made the announcement o...
Jul 08, 2023
US soccer star Megan Rapinoe announces she’ll retire after the NWSL season
CHICAGO (AP) - Days before heading to her fourth World Cup, Megan Rapinoe announced Saturday she'll retire at the end of the National Women's Soccer League season. Rapinoe, 38, made the announcement o...
Jul 08, 2023
Airstrike in Sudanese city kills at least 22, officials say, amid fighting between rival generals
CAIRO (AP) - An airstrike in a Sudanese city on Saturday killed at least 22 people, health authorities said, in one of the deadliest air attacks yet in the three months of fighting between the country...
Jul 08, 2023
Argonauts trade Canadian defensive lineman Acheampong to Elks
EDMONTON - The Toronto Argonauts have dealt defensive lineman Sam Acheampong to the Edmonton Elks for a draft pick and rights to a negotiation-list player. The Argonauts get a fifth-round pick in next...
Jul 08, 2023
Blue Jays' outfielder Springer on paternity list, Lukes activated from triple-A
TORONTO - The Toronto Blue Jays have place outfielder George Springer on the paternity list and activated Nathan Lukes from triple-A. Lukes has appeared in 23 games for Toronto this season with three ...
Jul 08, 2023
Nanaimo RCMP conduct road check blitz for July CounterAttack campaign
NANAIMO - The message is a simple one: don't drink and drive.Local Mounties were out in force on Friday, July 7 with many conducting a series of road blocks through the city checking for impaired driv...
Jul 08, 2023
Bar that became epicentre of Lac-Megantic tragedy now a symbol of its rebuild
LAC-MGANTIC - The bar that became the epicentre of the deadly train disaster that struck Lac-Megantic, Que., 10 years ago marked the sombre anniversary on Friday in much the same way it spent the hour...
Jul 08, 2023
People flock to Newfoundland in search of the Come From Away kindness — and find it
GANDER, N.L. - Janet Hayward didn't show too much outward excitement Friday night as she walked toward a Gander, N.L., theatre to see the musical that inspired what she calls her "Newfoundland Quest" ...
Jul 08, 2023