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Artist paints baseball glove with Roy Halladay on it, lends it to Jays employee
TORONTO - A unique tribute to former Blue Jays ace Roy Halladay is now on display in the bowels of Rogers Centre. Artist Sean Kane delivered a hand-painted baseball glove to the stadium on Tuesday aft...
Jul 23, 2019
Scheer says Liberals exaggerating over his call to review Canada Food Guide
ST-HYACINTHE, Que. - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer says the Liberals are exaggerating with their criticism of his call to review the Canada Food Guide. Scheer told reporters today at an agricultur...
Jul 23, 2019
Allstate loses bid to sue whistleblower who alleged policy discrimination
TORONTO - An insurance company was trying to stifle criticism when it sued a former employee who alleged the corporation was discriminating against visible minority drivers, an Ontario court has found...
Jul 23, 2019
Another son says he should guide Aretha Franklin estate
PONTIAC, Mich. - Aretha Franklin's sons disagree about who should manage what could be a multimillion-dollar estate. Attorneys for Theodore White II last week told a Michigan judge in a court filing t...
Jul 23, 2019
'The Lion King' rules and 'Endgame' scores all-time record
LOS ANGELES - If there was any doubt that the 2019 box office belonged to the Walt Disney Co., this weekend put an end to it. Not only did its photorealistic remake of "The Lion King" devour opening w...
Jul 23, 2019
Tigers beat Blue Jays 4-3 on Castellanos' HR in 10th
DETROIT - Nicholas Castellanos gave the Detroit Tigers a chance to enjoy the type of celebration that's been awfully rare of late at Comerica Park. Castellanos led off the bottom of the 10th inning wi...
Jul 23, 2019
Herb Alpert sculptures make stop at Wyoming museum
JACKSON, Wyo. - It seems like every once in a while you run into someone who can do anything. When that person seems to do it with ease, it's another thing entirely. "I never tried to make a hit recor...
Jul 23, 2019
U.S. diplomats' brain scans show differences, add to Cuba mystery
CHICAGO - Advanced brain scans found perplexing differences in U.S. diplomats who say they developed concussion-like symptoms after working in Cuba, a finding that only heightens the mystery of what m...
Jul 23, 2019
Ex-Flynn business partner convicted of illegal lobbying
ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A jury on Tuesday convicted a one-time business partner of former national security adviser Michael Flynn on charges he illegally acted as a Turkish agent when he and Flynn undertook...
Jul 23, 2019
Police: Man intending to visit Taylor Swift's home arrested
WESTERLY, R.I. - Police in Rhode Island have arrested an Iowa man they say intended to visit singer Taylor Swift's beachfront mansion in the state and was carrying a backpack containing a baseball bat...
Jul 23, 2019