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PHILADELPHIA - The Philadelphia 76ers fired coach Brett Brown on Monday, a day after his seventh season ended in a post-season sweep. The 76ers were 43-30 this season and had woefully underachieved in...

Toronto Argonauts quarterback McLeod Bethel-Thompson reportedly is opting out of his CFL contract. Ian Rapoport of The NFL Network reported Monday that Bethel-Thompson was opting out of his ...

DUNMORE, AB - As construction begins on a busy intersection in Dunmore, a local resident is reminding motorists to slow down.Work began Monday on the intersection of the Trans-Canada Highway and Eagle...

GAZA, Palestinian Territory - Authorities in the Gaza Strip on Monday announced the first coronavirus cases spread through the community, raising fears of a potentially devastating outbreak in the imp...

KENOSHA, Wis. - Wisconsin's governor summoned the National Guard for fear of another round of violent protests Monday after the police shooting of a Black man under murky circumstances turned Kenosha ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - A proposed gold and copper mine at the headwaters of the world's largest sockeye salmon fishery in Alaska would cause "unavoidable adverse impacts," the U.S. Army Corps of Engineer...

Stephanie Dixon had a simple message to Canada's Paralympic athletes one year out from the Tokyo Games: You've got this. Like the Olympics, the Paralympics were pushed back a year due to COVID-19...

OTTAWA - An internal government note says several federal gun-control measures that received royal assent over a year ago, including expanded background checks, might not come into effect before ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The California Supreme Court on Monday upheld the conviction but overturned the 2005 death sentence for Scott Peterson in the slaying of his pregnant wife, and said prosecutors ma...

OTTAWA - The Bank of Canada is turning to the public for input on its inflation-rate target that underlies any changes to the central bank's trend-setting interest rate. The bank had already planned o...