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Whitecaps escape with shootout win over LAFC in Leagues Cup play
LOS ANGELES - The Vancouver Whitecaps began Leagues Cup play on Tuesday, escaping California with a shootout victory over the host Los Angeles FC after seeing the win almost slip away during stoppage ...
Jul 31, 2024
UN report says Palestinian detainees taken by Israeli authorities faced torture and mistreatment
GENEVA (AP) - The U.N. human rights office issued a report Wednesday saying Palestinian detainees taken by Israeli authorities since the Oct. 7 attacks have faced waterboarding, sleep deprivation, ele...
Jul 31, 2024
Canada men lose to Panama, miss out on qualifying for 2025 FIFA U-20 World Cup
LEN - Canada's bid to get back to the FIFA Men's U-20 World Cup for the first time since 2007 will have to wait a little longer. Ten-man Panama beat nine-man Canada 2-1 with a goal in a wild extra-tim...
Jul 30, 2024
About 8 in 10 Democrats are satisfied with Harris in stark shift after Biden drops out: AP-NORC poll
WASHINGTON (AP) - Vice President Kamala Harris appears to have energized Democrats in the early days of her candidacy, with the surge in warm feelings extending across multiple groups, including some ...
Jul 30, 2024
Kari Lake wins GOP primary for closely watched Arizona Senate race, will face Gallego in November
PHOENIX (AP) - Kari Lake won the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate in Arizona on Tuesday, setting up a fierce battle against Democratic U.S. Rep. Ruben Gallego for a seat that could be crucial to ...
Jul 30, 2024
Iran says Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh was assassinated in Tehran
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard said Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh was assassinated in Tehran. The statement gave no details on how Haniyeh was killed. State TV reported on h...
Jul 30, 2024
Rescuers search through mud and debris as deaths rise to 151 in landslides in southern India
NEW DELHI (AP) - Hundreds of rescue workers searched through mud and debris Wednesday from multiple landslides that have killed at least 151 people in southern India, police said. The multiple landsli...
Jul 30, 2024
Burnes pitches first-place Orioles past depleted Blue Jays 6-2
BALTIMORE (AP) - Corbin Burnes took a two-hitter into the seventh inning, Ramn Uras and Anthony Santander homered and the Baltimore Orioles beat the depleted Toronto Blue Jays 6-2 on Tuesday night. Ba...
Jul 30, 2024
CF Montreal trips San Luis 3-2 in key League Cup victory
MONTREAL - CF Montreal scored twice on its first three shots and then hung on for a 3-2 victory over visiting Mexican side Atletico San Luis in Leagues Cup action on Tuesday night at Stade Saputo. CF ...
Jul 30, 2024
Court upholds B.C. prison warden's order disallowing guitars in prison cells
OTTAWA - A Federal Court judge has thrown out a convicted killer's challenge of a British Columbia prison warden's decision not to allow the inmate to have an electric guitar in his cell. A decision h...
Jul 30, 2024
