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Raptors top opening game of Eastern Conference final 108-100 to Milwaukee
MILWAUKEE - It was a pure-hustle play that was trademark Kyle Lowry. During the third quarter Wednesday night, the Toronto Raptors point guard made like a beach volleyball player, ...
May 17, 2019
Shuttle bus driver sues NHL's Senators in harassment case
BUFFALO, N.Y. - A former Ottawa Senators assistant general manager and the NHL hockey team were sued for negligence on Friday over allegations he harassed a hotel shuttle bus driver last year in Buffa...
May 17, 2019
Author of flattering Trump biography gets pardon from Trump
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump on Wednesday granted a full pardon to Conrad Black, a former newspaper publisher who has written a flattering political biography of Trump. Black's media empire onc...
May 17, 2019
Veteran Samuel Asselin, Mooseheads beat Raiders to open Memorial Cup
HALIFAX - Samuel Asselin opened the scoring and set up another as the Halifax Mooseheads beat the Prince Albert Raiders 4-1 on Friday in the 2019 Memorial Cup opener. Alexis Gravel...
May 17, 2019
Trump pardons Conrad Black for 2007 fraud conviction in U.S.
WASHINGTON - U.S. President Donald Trump has granted a full pardon to Conrad Black, a former newspaper publisher who has written a flattering political biography of Trump. In a release Wednesday, Whit...
May 17, 2019
Utility, regulatory failures led to biggest US gas leak
LOS ANGELES - A blowout at a Los Angeles natural gas well in 2015 that led to the largest-known release of methane in U.S. history was the result of a corroded pipe casing, safety failures by a utilit...
May 17, 2019
Texas officer fired after shooting black man in traffic stop
ARLINGTON, Texas - A Texas police officer has been fired after he was charged with criminally negligent homicide in the fatal shooting of a black man during a traffic stop last year. In a statement Fr...
May 17, 2019
Koepka shatters 36-hole record and builds 7-shot lead at PGA
FARMINGDALE, N.Y. - What felt like a battle for Brooks Koepka looked like a runaway Friday in the PGA Championship. Koepka backed up his record-tying 63 with a round that put him in a league of his ow...
May 17, 2019
Ottawa set to award contract to build two ferries to Quebec's Davie shipyard
MONTREAL - Quebec's Davie shipyard is in line to receive a contract for the construction of two East Coast ferries, the federal government announced Friday. Ottawa will issue an Advance Contract Award...
May 17, 2019
Jackson plays for record 14th team, Blue Jays lose to Giants
SAN FRANCISCO - Edwin Jackson thinks his new place in baseball history has as much to do with his reputation as it does his repertoire. Nearly 16 years after Jackson made his big league debut, both ar...
May 17, 2019