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Cole exercises opt out but Yankees can keep him by adding 2029 salary, Rizzo option declined
NEW YORK (AP) - Gerrit Cole exercised his opt out from his New York Yankees contract, giving the team two days to void the opt out by adding a $36 million salary for 2029, a person familiar with the d...
Nov 02, 2024

Canada's Fernandez falls to Shnaider of Russia in Hong Kong Open semifinal
HONG KONG - Canada's Leylah Fernandez is out of the Hong Kong Open tennis tournament following a 6-4, 6-2 semifinal loss to top-seeded Diana Shnaider of Russia on Saturday. Fernandez, the tournament's...
Nov 02, 2024

India protests Ottawa's allegation its home minister ordered targeting of Sikh activists in Canada
NEW DELHI (AP) - India officially protested on Saturday the Canadian government's allegation that the country's powerful home minister Amit Shah had ordered the targeting of Sikh activists inside Cana...
Nov 02, 2024

B.C. deluge shows why cities struggle to keep up with extreme rain
NORTH VANCOUVER, B.C. - Heavy rain isn't unusual for the community of Deep Cove in North Vancouver, but when Ashifa Saferali saw an e-bike floating down the middle of the street she knew this storm wa...
Nov 02, 2024

UK Conservative Party picks Kemi Badenoch as its new leader in wake of election defeat
LONDON (AP) - Britain's Conservative Party on Saturday elected Kemi Badenoch as its new leader as it tries to rebound from a crushing election defeat that ended 14 years in power. Badenoch (pronounced...
Nov 02, 2024

UK Conservative Party picks Kemi Badenoch as its new leader in wake of election defeat
LONDON (AP) - Britain's Conservative Party on Saturday elected Kemi Badenoch as its new leader as it tries to rebound from a crushing election defeat that ended 14 years in power. Badenoch defeated ri...
Nov 02, 2024

Supporters share cautious optimism and anxiety ahead of divisive U.S. election
MILWAUKEE - Tens of thousands of people from opposite sides of the political divide gathered at duelling rallies in Wisconsin on Friday, hosted by Vice-President Kamala Harris and former president Don...
Nov 02, 2024

CSIS tracked intelligence flow across government in foreign interference leak probe
OTTAWA - Canada's spy service tracked the flow of its intelligence reports across government and studied how other agencies handled them as part of an investigation into leaks of classified informatio...
Nov 02, 2024

Finnish players put on a show as Panthers beat Stars 6-4 in Finland
TAMPERE, Finland (AP) - Florida captain Aleksander Barkov had a goal and three assists in his return to his hometown, Sam Reinhart scored twice and the Panthers beat the Dallas Stars 6-4 on Friday nig...
Nov 01, 2024

Canada's Sinclair scores in her retirement match and the Thorns down Angel City 3-0
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Canada's Christine Sinclair scored in her celebratory retirement match and the Portland Thorns clinched a playoff spot with a 3-0 victory over Angel City on Friday night. Sinclai...
Nov 01, 2024