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Oilers captain McDavid to have hearing with NHL after match penalty for cross-check
NEW YORK - Edmonton Oilers captain Connor McDavid will have a hearing for his cross-check to the head of Vancouver Canucks winger Conor Garland, the league's Department of Player Safety announced Sund...
Jan 19, 2025
Biden is spending his final full day in office in South Carolina. It helped him become president
NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) - Joe Biden is spending his final full day in office Sunday in South Carolina, a state that holds special meaning after his commanding win in the 2020 Democratic primary th...
Jan 19, 2025
Toronto FC takes 31-man roster to first leg of training camp in Marbella, Spain
Toronto FC has taken a 31-man squad to Marbella, Spain, for the first leg of its training camp. The travelling squad, which left Toronto on Friday but was only announced publicly Sunday morning, featu...
Jan 19, 2025
Quick Sketch: Meet Liberal leadership candidate Karina Gould
OTTAWA - Karina Gould is making her pitch to Liberal grassroots as the best candidate to rebuild and restore Canadians' faith in the party. At 37, she's the youngest contender in the running and the m...
Jan 19, 2025
Biden posthumously pardons Black nationalist Marcus Garvey, and activists Ragbir and Smith Pradia
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden on Sunday posthumously pardoned Black nationalist Marcus Garvey, who influenced Malcolm X and was convicted of mail fraud in the 1920s. Biden also pardoned immigr...
Jan 19, 2025
Biden posthumously pardons Black nationalist Marcus Garvey
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden on Sunday posthumously pardoned Black nationalist Marcus Garvey, who influenced Malcolm X and was convicted of mail fraud in the 1920s. Biden also pardoned immigr...
Jan 19, 2025
Carlos Alcaraz and Novak Djokovic will meet at the Australian Open. This time, it's a quarterfinal
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) - It's time for the eighth installment of the riveting, intergenerational rivalry between Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz. This one, though, will be the first at the Austra...
Jan 19, 2025
Unity or 'American carnage': What tone will Trump take in second inaugural address?
WASHINGTON - John F. Kennedy inspired Americans with the words, "Ask not what your country can do for you - ask what you can do for your country." Franklin D. Roosevelt assured them there's "nothing t...
Jan 19, 2025
Canadian leaders descend on Washington for Donald Trump's inauguration
WASHINGTON - Canadian politicians are descending on Washington, D.C., amid threats of 25 per cent tariffs when Donald Trump returns to the White House. Many are going to an event at the Canadian Embas...
Jan 19, 2025
Freeland set to launch Liberal leadership campaign ahead of Trump's swearing-in
OTTAWA - Former finance minister Chrystia Freeland is set to officially kick off today her campaign to become the next Liberal party leader. She's launching her bid for the party's top job a month aft...
Jan 19, 2025