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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 05, 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 05, 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 05, 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 05, 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 05, 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 05, 2023
Former Toronto FC fullback Ashtone Morgan joins MLS club's front office
TORONTO - Former Toronto FC fullback Ashtone Morgan has come full circle, returning to the MLS club where he started his pro career but this time to play a role in the front office. The 32-year-old ha...
Sep 05, 2023
Judge allows Georgia to resume enforcing ban on hormone replacement therapy for transgender youth
ATLANTA (AP) - Georgia can resume enforcing a ban on hormone replacement therapy for transgender people under 18, a judge ruled Tuesday, putting her previous order blocking the ban on hold after a fed...
Sep 05, 2023
Location of future Lethbridge LDS Temple revealed
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS) is set to build a new temple in Lethbridge, and the location has been announced.The temple will be built on more than nine acres,...
Sep 05, 2023
Canada marks two years of single-game sports betting with concerns from researchers
Canadian researchers are raising concerns about the lack of health data as well as the long-term effects related to single-game and in-play sports gambling across the country. Statistics Canada last c...
Sep 05, 2023