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Calgary Flames to retire goaltender Miikka Kiprusoff's number
CALGARY - The Calgary Flames will retire former goaltender Miikka Kiprusoff's number 34 next season. Kiprusoff's number will be raised to the Scotiabank Saddledome rafters March 2 when the Calgary is ...
Jul 18, 2023

Mammals may have hunted down dinosaurs for dinner, rare fossil suggests
NEW YORK (AP) - An unusual find in China suggests some early mammals may have hunted dinosaur for dinner. The fossil shows a badgerlike creature chomping down on a small, beaked dinosaur, their skelet...
Jul 18, 2023

Rescued Australian man and dog who were adrift 3 months in Pacific set to arrive in Mexican port
MANZANILLO, Mexico (AP) - An Australian sailor who was rescued by a Mexican tuna boat after being adrift at sea with his dog for three months will step foot on dry land Tuesday for the first time sinc...
Jul 18, 2023

Suicide bomber targets truck carrying troops in northwestern Pakistan, wounding 8 people
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) - A suicide bomber targeted a truck carrying security forces in northwestern Pakistan on Tuesday, wounding at least eight people, police said amid increasing violence in the re...
Jul 18, 2023

A look at some American who crossed into North Korea over the past years
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - The U.S.-led United Nations Command is trying to secure the release of an unidentified American soldier who entered North Korea from the South Korean side of a border village...
Jul 18, 2023

Cuban entrepreneurs get business training from the US, and hope that Biden lifts sanctions
HAVANA (AP) - Musicians Ana Mara Torres and Mara Carla Puga started making bracelets and necklaces at home in Cuba during the pandemic, and they now have a flourishing business. On an island that for ...
Jul 18, 2023

The search for children lost in a Pennsylvania flash flood continues into a fourth day
WASHINGTON CROSSING, Pa. (AP) - The search for a missing 2-year-old girl and her 9-month-old brother who were swept away from their car during flash flooding over the weekend carried into a fourth day...
Jul 18, 2023

Lionel Messi takes to the practice field for 1st time since signing with Inter Miami
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) - Lionel Messi jogged a lap with his new teammates, took part in a warmup drill of players making short passes in a tight circle and before long tapped his left foot at a ba...
Jul 18, 2023

France and Italy send firefighting planes to Greece as several wildfires burn around the capital
Italy and France are each sending two firefighting planes to Greece to help it cope with wildfires burning on multiple fronts around Athens, with more extreme heat on the way. The planes and their tea...
Jul 18, 2023

1st lawsuit filed against Pat Fitzgerald and Northwestern leaders stemming from a hazing scandal
A former Northwestern football player filed the first lawsuit against Pat Fitzgerald and members of the school's leadership, seeking damages stemming from a hazing scandal that cost the former footbal...
Jul 18, 2023