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Visa re-ups sponsorship with US Soccer, equal investment in women
AUCKLAND, New Zealand (AP) - On the eve of the Women's World Cup, U.S. Soccer has extended its partnership with Visa for the next five years. As part of the agreement announced Tuesday, Visa again vow...
Jul 18, 2023
Crowded GOP field vies for the Christian Zionist vote as Israel's rightward shift spurs protests
ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) - When John McCain was the Republican presidential nominee in 2008, he was forced to reject megachurch pastor John Hagee's endorsement after a sermon surfaced that was derided as a...
Jul 18, 2023
Björn Borg's son Leo wins his first match on ATP tour
BASTAD, Sweden (AP) - More than 40 years later, there is another Borg on the list of ATP match winners. Leo Borg, the son of 11-time Grand Slam champion Bjrn Borg, won a main-draw match on the ATP tou...
Jul 18, 2023
National Lacrosse League's Vancouver Warriors hire Malawsky as head coach, GM
VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Warriors have hired Curt Malawsky as their head coach and general manager. He is the third general manager and third head coach in the National Lacrosse League team's history...
Jul 18, 2023
Quebec gondola crash probe continues; victim identified as Canadian soldier
MONTREAL - The Canadian Armed Forces confirmed today that the man who died in a fatal gondola crash Sunday at the Mont-Tremblant resort was a military member. Fifty-year-old Sheldon Johnson of Kingsto...
Jul 18, 2023
Belarus arrests a prominent journalist in its continued crackdown on dissent
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) - Authorities in Belarus have arrested a prominent journalist who has written for the U.S.-funded Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, the latest step in a yearslong crackdown on opp...
Jul 18, 2023
Maple Leafs hire former Canucks executive Clancey as assistant general manager
TORONTO - The Toronto Maple Leafs have hired Derek Clancey as assistant general manager, player personnel. The 54-year-old spent last season as an assistant GM with the Vancouver Canucks. He was a pro...
Jul 18, 2023
Alaska volcano's week-long eruption spews another massive ash cloud
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - An ongoing eruption of a remote volcano in Alaska's Aleutian Islands produced an ash cloud so large Tuesday warnings were sent to pilots about potentially dangerous conditions...
Jul 18, 2023
An Egyptian court hands down 3-year prison sentence to rights activist in case that echoed in Italy
CAIRO (AP) - An Egyptian court sentenced a rights activist on Tuesday to three years in prison over an opinion article he wrote in 2019 in a case that renewed global attention to Egypt's intolerance o...
Jul 18, 2023
Canada might loosen Turkey arms embargo, Ottawa's former military envoy says
OTTAWA - A former high-ranking security expert says Canada may loosen its arms-export restrictions against Turkey as that country moves to strengthen ties with its Western peers. At last week's NATO s...
Jul 18, 2023
