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A daunting task begins: Reducing lobster gear to save whales
PORTLAND, Maine - Fishing managers on the East Coast began the daunting process Monday of implementing new restrictions on lobster fishing that are designed to protect a vanishing species of whale. A ...
Apr 29, 2019

US officials: Army veteran's plan to bomb Nazi rally stopped
LOS ANGELES - An Army veteran who converted to Islam and discussed launching various terror attacks throughout Southern California was arrested as he plotted to bomb a white supremacist rally as retri...
Apr 29, 2019

Randal Grichuk and Aaron Sanchez lead Blue Jays past Athletics 7-1
Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Aaron Sanchez was disappointed to be pulled from his latest start after five innings, but he was relieved it wasn't due to another finger issue. "It was fine going into today...
Apr 29, 2019

Guerrero's debut series with Jays near perfect as team heads to familiar Anaheim
TORONTO - Vladimir Guerrero Jr.'s first weekend in Major League Baseball included thousands of fans serenading him in his Rogers Centre debut, a meeting with Drake at a Toronto Raptors playo...
Apr 29, 2019

Vignettes from a Quebec flood zone, where burst dike forced mass evacuation
STE-MARTHE-SUR-LE-LAC, Que. - Thousands of residents from Ste-Marthe-sur-le-Lac, Que. are facing uncertainty after floodwaters breached a dike over the weekend, sending the Lake of Two Mountains rushi...
Apr 29, 2019

Rabbi says gun 'miraculously jammed' in California attack
POWAY, Calif. - In the minutes after the gunman fled the scene of a shooting that killed a woman inside a Southern California synagogue, a wounded Rabbi Yisroel Goldstein wrapped his bloodied hand in ...
Apr 29, 2019

Messi helps Barcelona clinch Spanish league title
BARCELONA, Spain - Lionel Messi conjured the perfect finish to a dominant title march by Barcelona on Saturday, when he came off the bench and scored the goal that clinched the Spanish league crown. A...
Apr 29, 2019

Portland scores two highlight-reel goals in 2-1 victory over Toronto FC
Toronto FC coach Greg Vanney felt his team was disconnected. Captain Michael Bradley called it a frustrating afternoon. Jonathan Osorio described the performance as unacceptable. T...
Apr 29, 2019

Cover-up: Students deck out dome with Captain America shield
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - Student pranksters at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have struck again, this time drawing inspiration from America's hottest movie. MIT students over the weekend draped t...
Apr 29, 2019

Impact goalkeeper Evan Bush named Major League Soccer player of the week
NEW YORK - Montreal Impact goalkeeper Evan Bush has been named Major League Soccer's player of the week. Montreal defeated the visiting Chicago Fire 1-0 Sunday behind a clean sheet performance from Bu...
Apr 29, 2019