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Tropical Storm Barbara becomes a hurricane
MIAMI (AP) - Tropical Storm Barbara has strengthened into a hurricane, the first of the eastern Pacific hurricane season. The National Hurricane Center in Miami said Monday swells generated by the sto...
Jun 09, 2025

Ontario sports coach charged with sexual assault of young person
A 58-year-old sports coach from Markham, Ont., is facing sexual assault charges after numerous alleged assaults over nearly a decade. York Regional Police say they began investigating last month when ...
Jun 09, 2025

Defence lawyers begin final submissions in hockey players' sex assault trial
LONDON - Defence lawyers representing five former members of Canada's world junior hockey team have begun their final submissions to the judge overseeing the players' sexual assault trial. Prosecutors...
Jun 09, 2025

Boisson soars 296 places in rankings, Sinner keeps top spot despite French Open loss to Alcaraz
PARIS (AP) - Los Boisson, the revelation of the French Open, has rocketed 296 places up the WTA rankings after her fairy-tale run at Roland-Garros. The Frenchwoman, who was 361st before making it to t...
Jun 09, 2025

Through 2 Finals games, it's clear that the moment isn't too big for OKC's Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
The moment is clearly not too big for Shai Gilgeous-Alexander. These are his first NBA Finals. It's hard to remember that sometimes. The Oklahoma City Thunder star - and NBA MVP - just had a pair of d...
Jun 09, 2025

Palestinians say Israel and its allies fired on crowd near Gaza aid site. Hospital says 6 killed
KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) - Palestinians say Israeli forces and allied local gunmen fired toward a crowd heading to an Israeli- and U.S.-supported food distribution center in the Gaza Strip early M...
Jun 09, 2025

NIH scientists go public to criticize Trump's deep cuts in public health research
WASHINGTON (AP) - In his confirmation hearings to lead the National Institutes of Health, Jay Bhattacharya pledged his openness to views that might conflict with his own. "Dissent, he said, "is the ve...
Jun 09, 2025

Ukraine says Russia launched the biggest overnight drone bombardment of the war
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - Russia launched almost 500 drones at Ukraine in the biggest overnight drone bombardment of the 3-year war, the Ukrainian air force said Monday, as the Kremlin presses its summer o...
Jun 09, 2025

Argos players, coaches and staff receive their '24 Grey Cup rings
TORONTO - Toronto Argonauts personnel will have two ways to commemorate the franchise's 2024 Grey Cup championship. Players, coaches and team staff received their custom-made championship rings Sunday...
Jun 09, 2025

In the news today: Carney making defence announcement in Toronto
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Carney making defence announcement in Toronto Prime Minister Mark Carney's office says he will be in Toronto t...
Jun 09, 2025