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Kirk's three-run homer powers Toronto Blue Jays to 5-2 win over Baltimore Orioles
TORONTO - Chris Bassitt's nine strikeouts in seven innings and Alejandro Kirk's three-run homer lifted the Toronto Blue Jays to a 5-2 win against the Baltimore Orioles on Tuesday. Vladimir Guerrero Jr...
Aug 06, 2024
Showdowns for the GOP nominations for Missouri governor and attorney general begin
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) - Missouri voters are set to nominate a Republican candidate for governor and other statewide offices, likely deciding the next leaders of a strongly conservative state currently wi...
Aug 06, 2024
Canada's Bianca Andreescu crashes out of National Bank Open in first round
TORONTO - Bianca Andreescu is out of the National Bank Open. The Canadian fell 0-6, 6-3, 6-4 to Ukraine's Lesia Tsurenko in first-round action Tuesday - a bitterly disappointing result following a bri...
Aug 06, 2024
Kansas’ former attorney general wins the Republican nomination for an open congressional seat
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - A former Kansas attorney general and failed candidate for governor has found at least initial success in his political comeback attempt, winning Tuesday's Republican primary for an...
Aug 06, 2024
Michigan will choose between Democrat Elissa Slotkin and Republican Mike Rogers for U.S. Senate
LANSING, Mich. (AP) - Former U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers has secured the Republican nomination for a U.S. Senate seat in Michigan and will face Democratic Rep. Elissa Slotkin in the November election. Slotk...
Aug 06, 2024
Multi-vehicle crash on Highway 1 in B.C. results in fatalities, injuries: RCMP
CHILLIWACK, B.C. - British Columbia's Highway Patrol says people have died and "multiple others" have been injured in a multi-vehicle crash on Highway 1 in Chilliwack. It says the crash happened aroun...
Aug 06, 2024
Orioles scratch starter Rodriguez minutes before first pitch against Blue Jays
TORONTO (AP) - Baltimore Orioles right-hander Grayson Rodriguez was scratched from Tuesday's start at Toronto minutes before the first pitch and replaced by right-handed reliever Albert Surez. The Ori...
Aug 06, 2024
B.C. to see a return to seasonable temperatures, but wildfire risk remains
VANCOUVER - The director of provincial operations for the BC Wildfire Service says the province has seen about 10,000 lightning strikes over the last seven days, primarily in the Kamloops Fire Centre ...
Aug 06, 2024
4 hotel employees charged with being party to felony murder in connection with Black man’s death
MILWAUKEE (AP) - Prosecutors charged four Milwaukee hotel employees Tuesday with being a party to felony murder in connection with D'Vontaye Mitchell's death. According to a criminal complaint, the fo...
Aug 06, 2024
Billy Bean, second openly gay ex-MLB player, dies at 60
NEW YORK (AP) - Billy Bean, who became the second former Major League Baseball player to come out as gay in 1999 before becoming the sport's senior vice-president for diversity, equity and inclusion, ...
Aug 06, 2024