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Japan's ex-PM Abe visits controversial Tokyo shrine
TOKYO - Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe says he has visited a shrine viewed by China and both Koreas as a symbol of wartime aggression. Abe's visit Saturday, which he announced in a tweet, c...
Sep 18, 2020
Reed takes the lead as the real US Open gets started
MAMARONECK, N.Y. - This was the Winged Foot everyone has heard about. This is the U.S. Open everyone expected. Patrick Reed answered the first big test Friday when the wind arrived out of the north, b...
Sep 18, 2020
Ginsburg, a feminist icon memorialized as the Notorious RBG
WASHINGTON - Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg moved slowly. When court was in session, she often had her head down, sometimes leading visitors to think she was asleep. She once acknowledged t...
Sep 18, 2020
Wild captain Koivu's long run comes to an end in Minnesota
ST. PAUL, Minn. - Mikko Koivu's extraordinary career with the Minnesota Wild is over. General manager Bill Guerin said Friday the team will not resign the 37-year-old Finn, whose contract is expiring....
Sep 18, 2020
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg dies at 87
WASHINGTON - Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a diminutive yet towering women's rights champion who became the court's second female justice, died Friday at her home in Washington. She was 8...
Sep 18, 2020
Eflin fans 9, Harper homers, Phillies blank Blue Jays 7-0
PHILADELPHIA - Zach Eflin struck out nine in a four-hitter, Bryce Harper hit another homer and the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Toronto Blue Jays 7-0 in the first game of a doubleheader Friday. The ...
Sep 18, 2020
Toronto FC expects to play six games in home away from home in East Hartford
Toronto FC expects to play six regular-season games at its home away from home in East Hartford, Conn. And team president Bill Manning says while the first couple of matches will be behind closed...
Sep 18, 2020
Vancouver Whitecaps fighting for playoff position on U.S. road trip
VANCOUVER - Ranko Veselinovic has pinballed around North America during his brief tenure with the Vancouver Whitecaps. The Serbian defender bounced from Vancouver to a tournament in Orlando to an all-...
Sep 18, 2020
Government plans to remove offensive name from mountain in Banff National Park
BANFF, AB - The federal government has announced that it is planning to remove an offensive name from a mountain in Banff National Park.In a written statement, officials say Ottawa is committed to rec...
Sep 18, 2020
APARC dealing with influx of cats
MEDICINE HAT, AB - The Alberta Pound and Rescue Centre in Medicine Hat is looking for forever homes following an influx in cats to their facility. This week 44 cats came into their care, thanks to wha...
Sep 18, 2020