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D.J. Augustin's late three-pointer lifts Magic to Game 1 victory over Raptors
TORONTO - The rebuilt Toronto Raptors opened the NBA playoffs like so many editions before them - with a loss. But the message in the post-game locker room was: It's only one game. In a loss that...
Apr 15, 2019
Indigenous leaders want less drilling near sacred sites
SANTA FE, N.M. - Leaders of the Navajo Nation and Pueblo tribes expressed frustration Monday with federal oversight of oil and gas leases on public holdings near ancient Native American cultural sites...
Apr 15, 2019
Hamilton wins his 6th Chinese GP, Mercedes 1-2 for 3rd time
SHANGHAI - Mercedes has gone 1-2, 1-2, 1-2 in the first three races of the new Formula One season, a great start for the sport's dominating team. Lewis Hamilton and teammate Valtteri Bottas completed ...
Apr 15, 2019
Orpik scores in OT, Capitals take 2-0 lead over Hurricanes
WASHINGTON - A rat falling out of the arena hallway ceiling during the Carolina Hurricanes' warmup game of soccer was just a precursor to a wacky afternoon of playoff hockey. Long after the dead roden...
Apr 15, 2019
CP NewsAlert: Maple Leafs centre Nazem Kadri suspended rest of first round
NEW YORK - The Toronto Maple Leafs will have to do without Nazem Kadri for the rest of their first-round playoff series with the Boston Bruins. The centre has been suspended for the rest of ...
Apr 15, 2019
Flyers hire Alain Vigneault as head coach
PHILADELPHIA - The Philadelphia Flyers have hired Alain Vigneault as head coach, hoping the veteran can help lead them to their first Stanley Cup since 1975. Vigneault has led the New York Rangers and...
Apr 15, 2019
Zion Williamson entering NBA draft after 1 year at Duke
DURHAM, N.C. - Zion Williamson is leaving Duke after one high-flying season to enter the NBA draft. Widely projected as the top overall pick in the June draft, the AP national player of the year annou...
Apr 15, 2019
Gurriel, Hernandez drive in late runs as Jays beat Rays in Buchholz's debut
TORONTO - Clay Buchholz prepared for his first start in a Blue Jays uniform by rewatching film of himself pitching at Rogers Centre. As a former mainstay in the division-rival Boston Red Sox rota...
Apr 15, 2019
Complaint: Man went to Mall of America intending to kill
MINNEAPOLIS - The man charged with throwing a 5-year-old boy off a third-floor balcony at the Mall of America told police he was angry at being rejected by women at the Minnesota mall and was "looking...
Apr 15, 2019
Judge sends Canadian to US prison for risky tunnel scheme
DETROIT - A Canadian cab driver who made extra money by steering desperate immigrants to a railroad tunnel under the Detroit River was sentenced Monday to 16 months in a U.S. prison. Juan Garcia-Jimen...
Apr 15, 2019