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Vancouver Titans beaten in Stage 2 final of esports Overwatch League
BURBANK, Calif. - The top-seeded San Francisco Shock beat the previously undefeated Vancouver Titans 4-2 on Sunday to win the Overwatch League Stage 2 finals. The San Francisco esports team picked up ...
May 12, 2019
Magnitude 6.1 earthquake shakes Panama area near Costa Rica
PANAMA CITY - A strong earthquake struck a lightly populated area of Panama near its border with Costa Rica on Sunday, causing some wooden porches to collapse and products to shake from store shelves....
May 12, 2019
The Latest: Trump administration ups tariff talk on China
WASHINGTON - The Latest on the tariffs standoff between the United States and China (all times local): 6:50 p.m. U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer says his office is preparing to impose tari...
May 12, 2019
Bruins thump Hurricanes 6-2, take 2-0 lead in East finals
BOSTON - Matt Grzelcyk scored twice - his first career multigoal game - and Tuukka Rask made 21 saves Sunday to lead the Bruins to a 6-2 victory over the Carolina Hurricanes and a 2-0 lead in the East...
May 12, 2019
Man City prolongs Liverpool drought by retaining EPL title
BRIGHTON, England - Earning 97 points is almost always enough to win the Premier League. Not for Liverpool, which had the misfortune of running up against a Manchester City team setting new standards ...
May 12, 2019
B.C. Speaker apologizes for speech that said Hells Angels, Mafia 'successful'
VICTORIA - The Speaker of British Columbia's legislature is apologizing for offending some people with a speech he gave about leadership qualities that he says went "sideways." Darryl Plecas said Frid...
May 12, 2019
B.C. Speaker apologizes for speech that said Hells Angels, Mafia 'successful'
VICTORIA - The Speaker of British Columbia's legislature is apologizing for offending some people with a speech he gave about leadership qualities that he says went "sideways." Darryl Plecas said Frid...
May 12, 2019
New Canadian fighter jets will need U.S. certification: DND
OTTAWA - American officials will need to certify the fighter jet Canada buys at the end of a multibillion-dollar procurement that's started and stopped and started again for more than a...
May 12, 2019
US moving Patriot missile battery to Mideast to counter Iran
WASHINGTON - The U.S. will move a Patriot missile battery into the Middle East to counter threats from Iran, the Pentagon said Friday, reflecting ongoing concerns that Tehran may be planning to attack...
May 12, 2019
Wildfire prompts evacuation order, state of emergency in central B.C.
FRASER LAKE, B.C. - Fraser Lake Mayor Sarrah Storey was driving back from a soccer tournament out of town when she saw the skyline transformed by a wildfire creeping up a mountain on the edge of ...
May 12, 2019