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By Maria Verza And Alanna Durkin Richer MEXICO CITY (AP) — A new era is coming for Mexico’s powerful Sinaloa cartel in the wake of the capture by U.S. authorities of Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada, the last of the grand old Mexican drug traffickers. Experts believe his arrest will usher in a new wave of […]
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TORONTO — The Vancouver Bandits have punched their ticket to next month’s Canadian Elite Basketball League’s Championship Weekend in Montreal. The Bandits (14-5), led by Marcus Carr’s 22 points, knocked off the Scarborough Shooting Stars 104-90 at Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre to ensure they’ll finish first in the five-team Western...
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By Anita Snow PHOENIX (AP) — Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada, the top leader and co-founder of Mexico’s Sinaloa cartel, eluded the reach of U.S. law enforcement for decades as the criminal organization evolved into the world’s biggest manufacturer and smuggler of illicit fentanyl pills and other drugs to the United States. Zambada, 76, once ran...
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By Amy Taxin COACHELLA, Calif. (AP) — Claudia Lua Alvarado has staked her future on the rows of towering date palms behind the home where she lives with her husband and two children in a desert community east of Los Angeles. It’s not solely due to the fleshy, sweet fruit they give each year. Their […]
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By Sean Murphy MOORE, Okla. (AP) — Grace Evans lived through one of the most powerful and deadly twisters in Oklahoma history: a roaring top-of-the-scale terror in 2013 that plowed through homes, tore through a school and killed 24 people in the small suburb of Moore. A hospital and bowling alley were also destroyed. But […]
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By Jim Gomez MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine government personnel transported food and other supplies Saturday to a fiercely disputed shoal occupied by a Filipino navy contingent but closely guarded by Beijing’s forces in the South China Sea and no confrontations were reported, Philippine officials said. It was the first Philippine...
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By Rebecca Boone And John Antczak California’s largest active fire exploded in size on Friday evening, growing rapidly amid bone-dry fuel and threatening thousands of homes as firefighters scrambled to meet the danger. The Park Fire’s intensity and dramatic spread led fire officials to make unwelcome comparisons to the monstrous Camp Fire,...
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By Fakiha Baig JASPER NATIONAL PARK — Richard Ireland’s eyes well up with tears as he gazes in silence towards his home and sees memories of a lifetime burnt to ashes. The mayor of Jasper then leans over what remains of the small, cosy home he grew up in — a piece of a concrete […]
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TORONTO — Marian Barbu’s morning swim in the men’s 100-metre freestyle para multi-class on Friday broke a Canadian record that had stood since 1996. The start of Day 3 of the Speedo Canadian Swimming Championships brought some of the fastest swimming since the 20th century. Barbu, of the Club aquatique St-Eustache, was just looking to […]
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ORLANDO, Fla. — CF Montreal surrendered three goals in the first half en route to a 4-1 setback to the Orlando City SC Lions in the group stage opener of the 2024 Leagues Cup on Friday at Inter & Co Stadium. The Lions, who extended their unbeaten streak to six matches across all competitions, got […]
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By Tim Wharnsby TORONTO — Yusei Kikuchi failed to save his best for his last outing in a Toronto Blue Jays uniform, but he felt he went out a winner after receiving a standing ovation from the Rogers Centre crowd on Friday. Kikuchi departed after 4 2/3 innings, long before Ernie Clement’s first career walk-off […]
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MISSISSAUGA, Ont. – A toddler reported missing west of Toronto on Thursday has been found dead. Peel Regional Police say three-year-old Zaid was found in a creek in Mississauga, Ont. They say the boy was last seen early Thursday evening in Erindale Park. A Peel Police shoulder patch is seen in Mississauga, Ont., on July 1, 2023. A toddler...
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By Jintamas Saksornchai VIENTIANE, Laos (AP) — Top diplomats from Southeast Asia convened Saturday in the Laotian capital with their powerful dialogue partners in the last of the three-day regional talks that have grappled with tensions over territorial claims in the South China Sea, escalating fighting in Myanmar, and regional rivalry. Meetings...
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By Lisa Wallace OTTAWA — The Ottawa Redblacks are 4-0 at home for the first time since 1978 after a decisive 33-6 win over the Calgary Stampeders on Friday night. The Redblacks, who improved to 5-2, are off to their best CFL start ever after seven games and are riding a three-game winning streak for […]
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By Mike Cook BLAINE, Minn. (AP) — Taylor Pendrith shot a 7-under 64 on Friday to take a two-stroke lead over Matt NeSmith into the weekend in the 3M Open. Playing in windier afternoon conditions, Pendrith made a 30-foot birdie putt on the par-4 16th and tapped in for another birdie on the par-5 18th. […]
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By Tara Copp And Mike Pesoli WASHINGTON (AP) — Comedian Jon Stewart and troops sickened by uranium ended a meeting Friday at the Department of Veterans Affairs angry that once again they have been told they will have to wait to see whether the VA will connect their illnesses to the toxic base where they […]
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A year ago, a game between the Winnipeg Blue Bombers and Toronto Argonauts was as hyped as they come — must-see TV. It was a Grey Cup rematch after Winnipeg’s heartbreaking 24-23 loss the previous November and a battle of two of the league’s titans the following year. There was a lot on the line. […]
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By Jaimie Ding LOS ANGELES (AP) — Three years ago, Joel Hernandez built a small wooden shack under the 405 freeway cutting through Los Angeles. He had the help of a friend who lives in his own shack, just a few steps down the stairs he painstakingly dug out of the dirt hillside and reinforced […]
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VANCOUVER — Fisheries and Oceans Canada says it has successfully untangled fishing gear on a humpback whale off British Columbia’s coast that was first spotted by a ferry passenger. Paul Cottrell, the department’s marine mammal co-ordinator, says a rescue team found the whale off Texada Island after the ferry passenger called it in on...
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Hundreds of people have been evacuated to Winnipeg due to wildfires in Manitoba, the provincial government said Friday. According to the most recent fire bulletin, 180 people have been evacuated from Marcel Colomb First Nation due to the close proximity of a wildfire. The fire is located roughly four kilometres east of the community and […]
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OTTAWA — Former Ottawa Senators assistant coach Bob Jones has died following a battle with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis — the disease commonly known as ALS. He was 54. Both the Senators and the NHL Coaches’ Association confirmed the Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., native’s death. The NHLCA said Jones died Friday. Jones revealed in January 2023...
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By Dan Ralph TORONTO — Janarion Grant is already providing the Toronto Argonauts huge returns just six games into his tenure. The speedster has recorded special-teams TDs in three straight games — two on punt returns and one from a kickoff. Another trip to the end zone Saturday against his former team, the Winnipeg Blue […]
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By Laurence Heinen CALGARY — Australian Hannah Green has high hopes that a Canadian connection can help her win one of her favourite golf tournaments. Sitting at 5-under par through two rounds of play at the 2024 CPKC Women’s Open, Green commended her Canadian caddie Nate Blasko, of Kingston, Ont., for helping her take on […]
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By Jenna Fryer PARIS (AP) — French Olympic gold medalists Teddy Riner and Marie-Jose Perec teamed to light the cauldron for the Paris Olympics to end an elaborate but rain-soaked opening ceremony Friday night. The duo both tilted their own torch toward the cauldron, which quickly became alit in flames. Celine Dion followed with a […]
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By Jonathan Landrum Jr. PARIS (AP) — The Paris Olympics’ opening ceremony got underway after a rough start to the Summer Games on Friday, with rainy skies over the Seine and suspected acts of sabotage targeting France’s flagship high-speed rail network. ZIZOU’S FLAME French soccer legend Zinedine Zidane kicked off the opening ceremony with...
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Mounties are investigating the death of a woman in her northwestern Manitoba home earlier this month as a homicide. Swan River RCMP were called to a residence in Sapotaweyak Cree Nation, about 90 kilometres northeast of Swan River, on July 8 after a report of a sudden death, RCMP said in a news release on […]
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By Eric Tucker WASHINGTON (AP) — Two former FBI officials settled lawsuits with the Justice Department on Friday, resolving claims that their privacy was violated when the department leaked to the news media text messages that they had sent one another that disparaged former President Donald Trump. Peter Strzok, a former top counterintelligence...
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DETROIT (AP) — Two U.S. senators are calling on the Federal Trade Commission to investigate automakers selling customers’ driving data to brokers who package it and then sell it to insurance companies. In a letter to FTC Chairwoman Linda Khan, Democrats Ron Wyden of Oregon, and Edward Markey of Massachusetts allege that General Motors, Hyundai,...
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By Jake Offenhartz NEW YORK (AP) — New York City is turning to AI-powered scanners in a new bid to keep guns out of its subway system, but the pilot program launched Friday is already being met with skepticism from riders and the threat of a lawsuit from civil liberties advocates who say the searches […]
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A new Ohio law will require automatic external defibrillators, or AEDs, to be placed in nearly every school or sports and recreation venue in the state, a change prompted by the sudden cardiac arrest of Buffalo Bills player Damar Hamlin during a Monday Night Football game in Cincinnati last year. Hamlin […]
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By Ralph D. Russo Thousands of former college athletes will be eligible for payments ranging from a few dollars to more than a million under the $2.78 billion antitrust settlement agreed to by the NCAA and five power conferences, a deal that also paves the way for schools to directly compensate athletes while attempting regulate […]
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By Paola Loriggio The lawyer for a former judge whose claims to be Cree were questioned in a CBC investigation says his client is not considering legal action against the broadcaster after the Law Society of British Columbia this week backed her claims of Indigenous heritage. Instead, Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond wants to “get on with […]
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By Eleonore Hughes RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Finance ministers from leading rich and developing nations agreed Friday to strive toward effectively taxing the super-rich, a joint ministerial declaration said. “With full respect to tax sovereignty, we will seek to engage cooperatively to ensure that ultra-high-net-worth individuals are effectively...
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By Danica Coto SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A U.N. body that regulates deep international waters is preparing to elect its next leader, a crucial position as it faces pressure to either ban, approve or place a moratorium on seabed mining. The upcoming election comes as the Jamaica-based International Seabed Authority ended a two-week […]
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A 2nd Battalion Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry company contingent of up to 90 troops left for Alberta Friday morning. They're headed to the Jasper area after the Canadian Forces received a request for assistance from the province of Alberta asking for help managing wildfires.
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By John Leicester PARIS (AP) — Celebrating its reputation as a cradle of revolution, Paris kicked off its first Summer Olympics in a century on Friday with a rain-soaked, rule-breaking opening ceremony studded with stars and fantasy along the Seine River. On-and-off showers — the first rain at a Summer Olympics’ opening ceremony in more […]
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By Wayne Parry PERTH AMBOY, N.J. (AP) — The federal government is giving more than a half-billion dollars to coastal communities to help them use nature-based preventative measures to address climate-related flooding and other disasters. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on Friday announced it is allocating $575 million to 19...
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By Amanda Stephenson The Jasper wildfires could cost the insurance industry up to $700 million, making it one of the most expensive wildfire disasters in Canadian history, DBRS Morningstar said Friday. In a new report, the credit rating agency said it believes potential insured losses from this week’s disaster could come close to or even […]
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By Laura Osman OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called for Israel to “respond substantively” to the top United Nations court’s recent advisory opinion that Israel’s presence in the occupied Palestinian territories is unlawful and that it should end. The International Court of Justice’s non-binding opinion released last week was an...
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By Joe Bongiorno MONTREAL — Environmental activists have caused disruptions outside Montreal Trudeau International Airport for three consecutive days protesting Canadian fossil fuel policy. On Friday around 12:30 p.m., three people with activist group Last Generation Canada glued their hands to a road that connects the airport’s departure and...
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — A former Alabama lawmaker was sentenced Friday to a year in federal prison for his role in a kickback scheme involving state grant funds. U.S. District Judge Scott Coogler sentenced former state Rep. Fred Plump to 12 months and a day in prison and three years of supervised release. Plump, a […]
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By Rebecca Boone BOISE, Idaho (AP) — William Howard went to the north-central Idaho town of Juliaetta on Thursday to help a friend after a lightning-sparked wildfire began tearing through the friend’s property, using barrels of water in an effort to extinguish “hot spots” on the land. But in the 15 minutes it took to […]
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A 20-year-old man faces numerous charges after Thompson RCMP were called to the basketball courts on Thompson Drive in the community on Tuesday evening, for a man shooting his air pistol randomly at individuals using the venue. During the incident, a 32-year-old man playing volleyball with friends was struck in the face by a BB […]
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By Amanda Stephenson CALGARY — MEG Energy Corp. has started bringing workers back to its Christina Lake oilsands site after evacuating all non-essential personnel last week due to wildfires in northern Alberta. The Calgary-based company provided the update Friday on a conference call with analysts to discuss its second-quarter financial results....
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GREENEVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A jury on Friday found a Tennessee man guilty of escaping an inmate transport van but not guilty of trying to break out of jail, deciding the first of multiple trials that include criminal charges of raping children to create pornography and lawsuits accusing him of sexually assaulting dozens of women […]
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By Nicole Ireland As wildfires burn in parts of Canada and the wind carries smoke into communities near and far, health experts are advising people to regularly check air quality ratings and take precautions. Wildfire smoke contains “particulate matter” — or small particles — that can be harmful when we breathe it in, Dawn Bowdish, […]
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PARIS (AP) — Lady Gaga delivered a dazzling performance as the first musical act during the Paris Olympics 2024 opening ceremony _ except it was all prerecorded. The Grammy- and Oscar-winning performer kicked off her performance on steps along the Seine River, singing “Mon Truc en Plumes” in a tribute to French ballet dancer, actor […]
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WHITEHORSE — The Yukon government says it is stepping in to build a safety berm at the site of the Eagle Gold mine disaster after the mine’s owner failed to meet a deadline imposed by a mine inspector last week. Yukon government officials say the berm is essential to allow for the installation of groundwater […]
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MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador thanked Guatemala on Friday for helping the nearly 600 Mexicans who have crossed into Guatemala to escape drug cartel violence, but also minimized the violence that drove them there. In his first comments since the refugees fled earlier this week, the president went on to […]
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By Brian Melley LONDON (AP) — A wax figure of Sinead O’Connor that did not compare to how the late singer looked caused a minor meltdown among fans and family members, leading a Dublin museum on Friday to pull it from its collection. The National Wax Museum Plus apologized to O’Connor’s family and said it […]
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WASHINGTON (AP) — More than 8,000 airline catering workers are threatening to go on strike as soon as next week, adding more uncertainty to summer travel, which has already been disrupted by fallout from a widespread technology outage. The workers are employed by Gategourmet, a subsidiary of a Swiss company. They prepare, pack and deliver […]
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By Dorany Pineda LOS ANGELES (AP) — Scores of wildfires across the United States and Canada have scorched swaths of land in California, Oregon, Idaho, Alaska, Alberta and beyond, forcing evacuations and road closures, as well as destroying and threatening structures. Air quality advisorie s and alerts have been issued in some affected areas....
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By Danica Coto SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A federal control board overseeing Puerto Rico’s finances filed a lawsuit Friday challenging amendments to the island’s net metering law, which compensates solar-equipped households for their contributions to the grid, triggering a backlash. The lawsuit filed against Gov. Pedro Pierluisi aims to...
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By Kate Brumback PARIS (AP) — It’s raining harder and harder on the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics, and ponchos, umbrellas and tarps aren’t enough to to protect the increasingly drenched — but largely enthusiastic — crowds watching the show on the banks of the choppy Seine River. The skies were gray with intermittent […]
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