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WASHINGTON - Nationals pitcher Max Scherzer was scratched from his scheduled start in Game 5 of the World Series because of spasms near his neck. Washington manager Dave Martinez made the announcement...

DETROIT - Former U.S. Rep. John Conyers, one of the longest-serving members of Congress whose resolutely liberal stance on civil rights made him a political institution in Washington and back home in ...

MONTREAL - Protesters against Quebec's secularism law say they aren't giving up the fight to overturn Bill 21. About 200 of them braved the cold rain and gathered in Montreal's Parc-Extension nei...

NORTH BAY, Ont. - Tracy Fleury of Sudbury, Ont., downed Japan's Sayaka Yoshimura 7-5 on Sunday to win the Masters women's title for her first victory on the Grand Slam of Curling tour. Although i...

WASHINGTON - A judge has ordered the Justice Department to give the House secret grand jury testimony from special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation, handing a victory to Democrats as they...

VANCOUVER - Swedish activist Greta Thunberg says those in power need to realize what they are doing to future generations through climate change because if adults really loved children, they...

HALIFAX - Nova Scotia's Liberal government held off Friday on enacting legislation that would have put striking Crowns back to work, promising to return to talks in ...

TORONTO - The waiting game continues on Toronto FC striker Jozy Altidore. The big man, who missed TFC's playoff wins over D.C. United and New York City FC with a quad strain, was at training Sunday bu...

NEW YORK - Paul Barrere, guitarist and singer for the rock group Little Feat, has died. He was 71. Barrere's passing was announced Saturday by surviving members of the band, who honoured his contribut...

SHENZHEN, China - Top-ranked Ashleigh Barty of Australia rebounded from a set down to win her debut match 5-7, 6-1, 6-2 over Belinda Bencic of Switzerland at the WTA Finals on Sunday. Barty's victory ...