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Pirates' Skenes an All-Star just 8 weeks after debut, and 7 Phillies are picked for July 16 game
Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Paul Skenes was picked for the All-Star Game on Sunday just eight weeks after his debut, and the major league-leading Philadelphia Phillies had a big league-high seven selec...
Jul 07, 2024
Emma Navarro eliminates Coco Gauff at Wimbledon to reach her first Grand Slam quarterfinal
LONDON (AP) - Coco Gauff has never made it past the fourth round at Wimbledon, and she exited at that stage again on Sunday, eliminated by Emma Navarro 6-4, 6-3 in an all-American matchup. This was th...
Jul 07, 2024
Canada's Dabrowski and partner Routliffe advance in Wimbledon's doubles tournament
LONDON - Ottawa's Gabriela Dabrowski and partner Erin Routliffe of New Zealand have advanced in Wimbledon's women's doubles tournament. The second-seeded duo beat Russians Kamila Rakhimova and Irina K...
Jul 07, 2024
Edmonton Elks sign Grey Cup winning defensive lineman Shawn Oakman, four others
EDMONTON - Defensive lineman Shawn Oakman headlined a group of five players the Edmonton Elks signed on Sunday. Linebacker Derrick Moncrief, defensive lineman Noah Taylor, along with national wide rec...
Jul 07, 2024
Texas coastal residents told to expect power outages, flooding as Beryl moves closer to landfall
MATAGORDA, Texas (AP) - Texas officials are telling coastal residents to expect power outages and floodings as Beryl was forecast to regain hurricane strength before making landfall early Monday. The ...
Jul 07, 2024
Frenchman Anthony Turgis wins tough Tour de France stage on gravel roads, Pogacar keeps the lead
TROYES, France (AP) - Frenchman Anthony Turgis emerged victorious from a long breakaway through the dust of gravel roads to claim the ninth stage of the Tour de France after a hectic day of racing, ma...
Jul 07, 2024
Alcaraz holds off Humbert in 4 sets to reach Wimbledon quarterfinals
LONDON (AP) - Defending Wimbledon champion Carlos Alcaraz came up with the big shots when it mattered most to hold off Ugo Humbert and reach the quarterfinals with a 6-3, 6-4, 1-6, 7-5 win on Centre C...
Jul 07, 2024
After highway death of a beloved bear in B.C., experts look for lessons
FIELD, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA - In the spring of 2023, a Parks Canada team strung electric fence along a section of the Trans Canada Highway from Lake Louise to the B.C.-Alberta boundary. It was par...
Jul 07, 2024
Montreal failed to address school flushing sewage into river for years
MONTREAL - A Montreal elementary school has been inadvertently flushing raw sewage into a nearby river for years, and the city, despite identifying the problem in 2021, is only now taking action to fi...
Jul 07, 2024
Montreal failed to address school flushing sewage into river for years
MONTREAL - A Montreal elementary school has been inadvertently flushing raw sewage into a nearby river for years, and the city, despite identifying the problem in 2021, is only now taking action to fi...
Jul 07, 2024