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NHL's Toronto Maple Leafs affiliate with ECHL's Cincinnati Cyclones
TORONTO - The Toronto Maple Leafs have agreed to an affiliation with the ECHL's Cincinnati Cyclones beginning next season. The Cyclones replace the Newfoundland Growlers, who ceased operations before ...
Jul 03, 2024

Cavendish breaks Merckx’s record for most career Tour de France stage wins with his 35th victory
SAINT-VULBAS, France (AP) - Mark Cavendish broke Eddy Merckx's long-standing record for most career Tour de France stage wins with his 35th victory on Wednesday. The 39-year-old Cavendish sprinted for...
Jul 03, 2024

Suspect's pants catch fire in arson attempt gone wrong: B.C. RCMP
RICHMOND, B.C. - Police in Metro Vancouver say they're looking for a man whose pants caught fire in an alleged arson attempt that went wrong. Richmond RCMP shared a photo showing two men, one on the g...
Jul 03, 2024

Abortion-rights advocates in Arizona submit needed signatures to put the issue on November ballot
PHOENIX (AP) - Arizona abortion-rights supporters on Wednesday turned in more than double the signatures needed to put the issue on November's ballot in the key swing state. Organizers say they submit...
Jul 03, 2024

Canada draws on Major League Rugby talent for game against touring Scotland
Flanker Lucas Rumball will lead a Canada team drawing almost exclusively on Major League Rugby talent on Saturday in Ottawa against sixth-ranked Scotland. Canada's matchday 23 features 15 MLR players ...
Jul 03, 2024

Italy appeals court upholds conviction of 2 Americans in death of Rome cop but reduces sentences
ROME (AP) - An Italian appeals court on Wednesday upheld the convictions of two American men in the slaying of an Italian plainclothes police officer during a botched sting operation but reduced their...
Jul 03, 2024

Sex crime case of Montreal billionaire Robert Miller to return to court in October
MONTREAL - The case against Robert Miller has moved a step closer to trial, even as questions remain about the ailing billionaire's ability to appear in court to face multiple sex charges. Lawyers for...
Jul 03, 2024

LeBron James agrees to a 2-year extension with the Los Angeles Lakers, AP source says
LeBron James is making it official: He's coming back for a record-tying 22nd season in the NBA, one where the league's all-time scoring leader could share the floor with his son Bronny as teammates wi...
Jul 03, 2024

Egypt swears in a new Cabinet as mounting economic challenges fuel public discontent
CAIRO (AP) - Egypt's new Cabinet was sworn in Wednesday as the country faces an ailing economy and raging conflicts in neighboring nations. The new Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Mustafa Madbouly,...
Jul 03, 2024

Anti-settlement group says Israel has made largest West Bank land seizure in 3 decades
JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel has approved the largest seizure of land in the occupied West Bank in over three decades, an anti-settlement watchdog group said Wednesday, a move that could further worsen alr...
Jul 03, 2024