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Blue Jays sign first-round draft pick, shortstop Arjun Nimmala
TORONTO - Shortstop Arjun Nimmala has signed with the Toronto Blue Jays. The 17-year-old prospect was the 20th overall pick of this year's Major League Baseball draft. Nimmala spent the past four seas...
Jul 17, 2023
Wildfires: Quebec ends ban on open fires inside forests for first time since May
MONTREAL - Quebec has completely lifted its ban on open fires in or near forests in the southern half of the province for the first time since May. The Forests Department says 23 fires remain active i...
Jul 17, 2023
After Phelps, a kinder, gentler Bob Bowman still producing top swimmers
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - When Bob Bowman was coaching the world's greatest swimmer, he'd be the first to concede he was not a very nice person at the pool. Screaming, berating and belittling were an accept...
Jul 17, 2023
Naby Keïta will miss start of season for Werder Bremen because of injury
BREMEN, Germany (AP) - Former Liverpool midfielder Naby Keta will miss the start of the season for Werder Bremen after being injured while preparing for a friendly. The 28-year-old Keta suffered a gro...
Jul 17, 2023
Chicago Blackhawks and No. 1 overall draft pick Connor Bedard agree to 3-year contract
CHICAGO (AP) - The Chicago Blackhawks and forward Connor Bedard have agreed to terms on a three-year, entry-level contract for the No. 1 overall draft pick. The team said Monday the deal through the 2...
Jul 17, 2023
Pod of 55 pilot whales die after being stranded on a beach in Scotland
LONDON (AP) - A pod of 55 pilot whales have died after they were found washed ashore on a beach in Scotland in the worst mass whale stranding in the area, marine experts said Monday. Marine rescuers, ...
Jul 17, 2023
Police investigating the Gilgo Beach killings have searched a Long Island storage facility
AMITYVILLE, N.Y. (AP) - Detectives investigating the long-unsolved murders known as the Gilgo Beach killings searched a storage facility in the Long Island community of Amityville over the weekend, po...
Jul 17, 2023
One person remains in hospital after deadly gondola crash at Quebec's Mont Tremblant
MONT-TREMBLANT, Que. - Quebec provincial police say one person was killed and another seriously injured Sunday at the Mont Tremblant resort when a gondola collided with a drilling machine. They say tw...
Jul 17, 2023
Lack of funding forces UN to slash food program in Haiti amid a surge in malnutrition
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - The U.N.'s World Food Program announced Monday that it is facing a shortage of funds and won't be able to help 100,000 people in Haiti this month who urgently need assista...
Jul 17, 2023
Pope Benedict's ex-secretary won't get a permanent job in his new German archdiocese
BERLIN (AP) - The longtime secretary to the late Pope Benedict XVI won't be given a permanent job in the German archdiocese where he has settled, but will lead regular services at Freiburg's cathedral...
Jul 17, 2023