Author Archives:
Afghanistan's Taliban order women to wear burqa in public
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Afghanistan's Taliban rulers on Saturday ordered all Afghan women to wear the all-covering burqa in public, a sharp hard-line pivot that confirmed the worst fears of rights a...
May 7, 2022
Chelsea sold to group fronted by LA Dodgers part owner
LONDON (AP) - Chelsea is being sold to a consortium fronted American sports investor Todd Boehly, ending 19 years of ownership and lavish investment by Roman Abramovich until the Russian oligarch was ...
May 7, 2022
South Korea says North Korea fired projectile toward sea
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korea fired at least one unidentified projectile toward its eastern sea on Saturday, South Korea's military said, in its second launch this week, apparently continuing ...
May 6, 2022
Evacuation efforts go on at sprawling Ukrainian steel mill
ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine (AP) - Efforts to evacuate more civilians from the tunnels beneath a sprawling steel mill were to go on Saturday as Ukrainian fighters make their last stand in Mariupol to preven...
May 6, 2022
Alberta challenging Ottawa's use of Emergencies Act
EDMONTON, AB - The provincial government is taking the federal government to court.The Federal Court has granted an application by the Government of Alberta, which will allow them to be involved in al...
May 6, 2022
Maple Leafs beat Lightning to take 2-1 series lead
TAMPA, Fla. - David Kampf scored the winner and Jack Campbell made 32 saves as the Toronto Maple Leafs beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 5-2 on Friday night to take a 2-1 lead in their first-round playoff ...
May 6, 2022
Canadian welterweight Rory (Red King) MacDonald scores quick submission win at PFL 3
ARLINGTON, Texas - Canadian welterweight Rory (Red King) MacDonald made short work of American Brett (Fudoshin) Cooper on Friday, submitting the American veteran in the first round at PFL 3. The six-f...
May 6, 2022
NHL commissioner Gary Bettman says Ottawa Senators aren't currently for sale
TAMPA, Fla. - Gary Bettman says the Ottawa Senators are not currently for sale following the death of owner Eugene Melnyk. Speaking during the first intermission of Game 3 between the Tampa Bay Lightn...
May 6, 2022
Canada faces do-or-die third-place match at CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic - Melina Rebimbas scored twice Friday to move the Americans into the final of the CONCACAF Women's Under-17 Championship with a 3-0 win over Canada, which now faces a...
May 6, 2022
Jason Day handles rain, expands lead at Wells Fargo
POTOMAC, Md. (AP) - Jason Day shook his head vigorously after holing an 11-footer for birdie on his ninth hole at TPC Potomac at Avenel Farm - not out of disgust, but to whip the excess water off his ...
May 6, 2022