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AP Source: Ellis steps down as women's national team coach
A person with knowledge of the situation says U.S. national team coach Jill Ellis is stepping down after leading the team to back-to-back Women's World Cup titles. The person spoke on the condition of...
Jul 30, 2019
Woman set to replace Puerto Rico's governor doesn't want job
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - The woman who is supposed to replace Puerto Rico's embattled governor announced Sunday that she doesn't want the job as the U.S. territory reels from political crisis. Justice ...
Jul 30, 2019
Switching sides: Jays trade Sogard across diamond to Rays
TORONTO - Eric Sogard wasn't quite sure who to root for in Sunday's game between Toronto and Tampa Bay. Originally in Toronto's lineup as the right fielder, the veteran utilityman was scratched about ...
Jul 30, 2019
Judge to allow testimony via CCTV in upcoming historical sex assault trial
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Court of Queen's Bench Justice Johnna Kubik has ruled that a Crown application to have two witnesses testify via CCTV in an upcoming sexual assault trial, will be granted.The applicat...
Jul 30, 2019 Lethbridge Courthouse (Lethbridge News NOW)
CHL tabs NBA Canada executive as first full-time president
TORONTO - Longtime NBA Canada executive Dan MacKenzie has been named the first full-time president of the Canadian Hockey League. Ontario Hockey League commissioner David Branch had been also serving ...
Jul 30, 2019
Statistics Canada takes second look at ethnicity question on census
OTTAWA - Statistics Canada officials estimate the number of people identifying as Jewish in the 2016 census could have been double what it was if not for a small change on the questionnaire. The numbe...
Jul 30, 2019
Lafreniere trying to block out NHL draft talk as Canada begins world junior prep
PLYMOUTH, Mich. - Alexis Lafreniere has allowed his mind to wander, if ever so slightly, beyond what's right in front of him. And it's hard to blame the always-smiling 17-year-old phenom. Lafreniere i...
Jul 30, 2019
A town known for garlic grapples with grief after shooting
GILROY, Calif. - Only a few days ago, Gilroy was known for one thing: garlic. The rural community near San Francisco lived and breathed the prized, pungent crop. Now it's the site of the latest Americ...
Jul 30, 2019
Tories, NDP to press Liberals on handling of China relations at meeting
OTTAWA - Conservative MPs say the federal opposition parties hope to use a possible committee investigation to get at the details of the Liberal government's China policy. Conservative critic Leo...
Jul 30, 2019
Trump hails 'righteous cause of American self-government'
JAMESTOWN, Va. - President Donald Trump marked the 400th anniversary of the rise of American democracy on Tuesday by celebrating "four incredible centuries of history, heritage and commitment to the r...
Jul 30, 2019