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RIO DE JANEIRO - Canadian race walker Evan Dunfee is losing his bronze medal in the 50-kilometre event at the Rio Olympics. Japan’s Hirooki Arai originally finished third but was disqualified fo...

WASHINGTON - Hiring has been strong in the past year in many presidential campaign swing states, a possible hurdle for GOP candidate Donald Trump, who has sought to capitalize on economic distress. Em...

VANCOUVER - Carl Robinson has heard the question many times over the last few weeks but admits he doesn’t have an immediate answer. How can the struggling Vancouver Whitecaps turn their season a...

AUSTIN, Texas - Former Baylor University President Ken Starr resigned his post as a law school professor Friday, severing his last tie with the faith-based campus still reeling from a sexual assault s...

OTTAWA - The Canadian Space Agency has received almost 4,000 applications from would-be astronauts. The agency announced in June it was starting its fourth recruitment campaign, seeking two people to ...

NEW YORK - Jon Stewart gave a heartfelt send-off to Larry Wilmore Thursday as “The Nightly Show” ended its 19-month run. “I just decided to stop by and tell you, I love you,” S...

CALGARY - Focus on Sean Monahan’s big day very quickly shifted to his unsigned Calgary Flames running mate, Johnny Gaudreau. Monahan signed a seven-year contract extension worth a reported US$44...

CONWAY, S.C. - A grand jury in South Carolina has indicted former Coastal Carolina University defensive back Ray Anthony Lewis III, son of former Baltimore Ravens star Ray Lewis, on a charge of third-...

PARIS - The city of Nice, still shaken by last month’s deadly extremist attack, has joined a growing number of French resort towns to ban the body-covering burkini swimsuit. Political leaders ar...

NEW ORLEANS - The NBA has decided to hold the 2017 All-Star Game in New Orleans, a person familiar with the decision told The Associated Press. The people spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity Fri...