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Phillies fire manager Gabe Kapler in hyped season gone wrong
PHILADELPHIA - Gabe Kapler took the fall for the Philadelphia Phillies. He was fired Thursday, nearly two weeks after a disappointing finish to a season of big expectations highlighted by Bryce Harper...
Oct 12, 2019
Field of Screams ready to scare Kamloops from Sunset Valley Farm
KAMLOOPS - Not for the faint of heart, the popular Field of Screams event has spread to a second location at Sunset Valley Farm in Kamloops this year. Originally starting from the Historic O'Keefe Ran...
Oct 12, 2019 (Image Credit: Facebook / Sunset Valley Farm)
US to hand over to Iraq IS members evacuated from Syria
BAGHDAD - The U.S. will hand over to Iraqi authorities nearly 50 Islamic State members who were transferred from Syria in recent days, two Iraqi intelligence officials said Thursday. The officials sai...
Oct 12, 2019
Nobel literature pick heartens liberal Poles in populist era
WARSAW, Poland - The Swedish Academy's decision to bestow the 2018 Nobel Prize in literature on Polish author Olga Tokarczuk has given a rare morale boost to liberal Poles only three days before a nat...
Oct 12, 2019
Canada's Vasek Pospisil drops tough match against Daniil Medvedev
SHANGHAI - Third-seeded Daniil Medvedev continued his quest to reach a sixth consecutive ATP Tour final after beating Canadian qualifier Vasek Pospisil 7-6 (7), 7-5 in their round-of-16 match on Thurs...
Oct 12, 2019
Florida men tied to Giuliani, Ukraine probe arrested
WASHINGTON - Two Florida businessmen tied to President Donald Trump's lawyer and the Ukraine impeachment investigation were charged with federal campaign finance violations. The charges Thursday relat...
Oct 12, 2019
For opera legend Placido Domingo, the show goes on in Europe
MILAN - Even as his U.S. career seemingly winds down amid accusations of sexual harassment, opera legend Placido Domingo remains on the bill of a host of European opera houses. But cracks, even if sli...
Oct 12, 2019
ROTHENBURGER: Gut instinct might still be the best election poll of all
WHILE THE REST OF US make election predictions based on the science of gut instinct, idle speculation and wishful thinking, there are actual experts at work using more sophisticated means.They're call...
Oct 12, 2019 John DeCicco, back in the days of the famous Barbershop Poll. (Image: Mel Rothenburger file photo)
Iran women freely at FIFA soccer match, 1st time in decades
TEHRAN, Iran - Flag-draped Iranian women watched a FIFA soccer match from inside a Tehran stadium Thursday, the first time they've been freely allowed into a stadium in decades. The 2022 World Cup qua...
Oct 12, 2019
Suspect in rapper Mac Miller's drug death pleads not guilty
LOS ANGELES - A man charged with selling rapper Mac Miller the drugs that killed him last year pleaded not guilty Thursday in federal court in Los Angeles. Cameron Pettit stood alongside his attorney ...
Oct 12, 2019
