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Canadian fighter Serhiy Sidey earns UFC contact with first-round TKO victory
LAS VEGAS - Canadian bantamweight Serhiy Sidey won a UFC contract Tuesday by stopping American Ramon (The Savage) Taveras in the first round on "Dana White's Contender Series." "A dream come true," sa...
Sep 5, 2023
Say cheese: Ohtani body double finds way into Angels' team photo
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) - It is next to impossible to replace all that Shohei Ohtani can do when standing on a baseball field, although the Los Angeles Angels did their best for a few minutes Tuesday. Wi...
Sep 5, 2023
Marine veteran Gerry Leonard wins GOP primary in Rhode Island’s congressional special election
Gerry Leonard, a U.S. Marine veteran and political newcomer, has defeated fellow Republican candidate Terri Flynn, a former town council member, to win the GOP primary for Rhode Island's 1st Congressi...
Sep 5, 2023
Reach for the Sky: one-year-old German Shepherd looking for her furever home
NANAIMO - When it comes to big dog energy, the Sky is the limit with this one.Sky is a one-year-old black and silver German Shepherd who's incredibly smart with lots of energy to spare.Sky would do be...
Sep 5, 2023
Ottawa's Dabrowski, partner Routliffe advance to U.S. Open women's doubles semifinals
NEW YORK - Ottawa's Gabriela Dabrowski and partner Erin Routliffe have advanced to the U.S. Open women's doubles semifinals. The duo outlasted sixth seeds Leylah Fernandez of Laval, Que., and Taylor T...
Sep 5, 2023
Tropical Storm Hilary swirls northward packing deadly rainfall along Mexico's Baja coast
ENSENADA, Mexico (AP) - Tropical Storm Hilary swirled northward Sunday just off the coast of Mexico's Baja California peninsula, no longer a hurricane but still carrying so much rain that forecasters ...
Sep 5, 2023
Rain from Tropical Storm Hilary lashes California and Mexico, swamping roads and trapping cars
SAN DIEGO (AP) - Tropical Storm Hilary inundated streets across Mexico's arid Baja California Peninsula with deadly floodwaters Sunday before moving over Southern California, where it swamped roads an...
Sep 5, 2023
Alaska couple reunited with cat 26 days after home collapsed into river swollen by glacial outburst
ANCHORAGE, ALaska (AP) - A pair of Alaska teachers needed good news after they lost nearly all their possessions when their house collapsed into a river swollen by a glacial-outburst flood and their c...
Sep 5, 2023
Proud Boys’ Enrique Tarrio gets record 22 years in prison for Jan. 6 seditious conspiracy
WASHINGTON (AP) - Former Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio was sentenced Tuesday to 22 years in prison for orchestrating his far-right extremist group's attack on the U.S. Capitol in a failed bid to st...
Sep 5, 2023
Fierce storm in southern Brazil kills at least 21 people and displaces more than 1,600
SAO PAULO (AP) - At least 21 people died in southern Brazil due to a fierce storm that caused floods in several cities, authorities said Tuesday. Rio Grande do Sul Gov. Eduardo Leite said the death to...
Sep 5, 2023