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Baseball Hall of Famer, knuckleballer Phil Niekro dies at 81
ATLANTA - Baseball Hall of Famer Phil Niekro, who pitched well into his 40s with a knuckleball that baffled big league hitters for more than two decades, mostly with the Atlanta Braves, has died after...
Dec 27, 2020
Man charged in Illinois bowling alley shooting that killed 3
ROCKFORD, Ill. - A U.S. serviceman from Florida has been charged in a shooting at an Illinois bowling alley that left three people dead and three wounded, authorities said Sunday. Winnebago County Sta...
Dec 27, 2020
Ontario, Quebec report 4,296 new COVID-19 cases
OTTAWA - Ontario and Quebec are both reporting more than 2,000 new cases of COVID-19 one day after a highly contagious new variant of the virus was confirmed in Canada. Ontario is reporting 2,005 case...
Dec 27, 2020
Authorities: Utah's Ty Jordan died in accidental shooting
DALLAS - Ty Jordan, a star freshman running back for the University of Utah, died at a Dallas-area hospital after accidently shooting himself, authorities said Sunday. University officials announced J...
Dec 27, 2020
Activist, champion: Naomi Osaka is AP Female Athlete of Year
With tennis, like so much of the world, shut down because of the coronavirus pandemic, Naomi Osaka found herself with time to read and think. And while she won the U.S. Open for her third Grand Slam t...
Dec 27, 2020
Burger and The Kickback foster love of running in underserved Toronto communities
TORONTO - Every weekend, Hakim Mohamed and his nine-year-old twin daughters Amira and Anisa run. They head from their Regent Park house in downtown Toronto toward Riverdale Park. They'll run for an ho...
Dec 27, 2020
Activist, champion: Naomi Osaka is AP Female Athlete of Year
With tennis, like so much of the world, shut down because of the coronavirus pandemic, Naomi Osaka found herself with time to read and think. And while she won the U.S. Open for her third Grand Slam t...
Dec 27, 2020
Unemployment benefits expire for millions as Trump rages
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - Unemployment benefits for millions of Americans struggling to make ends meet lapsed overnight as President Donald Trump refused to signed an end-of-year COVID relief and spendi...
Dec 27, 2020
Canada steamrolls Germany 16-2 at world juniors as P.A. connection makes impression
EDMONTON - Dylan Cozens scored a hat trick and had three assists in Canada's 16-2 win over Germany to open the world junior men's hockey championship Saturday.Meanwhile, Prince Albert Raider blue line...
Dec 27, 2020
2021: Alberta eyes post-COVID economic rebound but faces big budget questions
EDMONTON - Alberta Finance Minister Travis Toews says the goal in 2021 is to get vaccines out and put the COVID-19 pandemic in the rear-view mirror, then work to fix a battered and beleaguered economy...
Dec 27, 2020