Blue Jays get bullpen help at trade deadline, acquire relievers Bass, Pop from Miami TORONTO – The Toronto Blue Jays have solidified their bullpen hours before the Major League Baseball trade deadline, acquiring relievers Anthony Bass and Zach Pop from the Miami Marlins for shortstop prospect Jordan Groshans. The Jays also acquired aplayer to...
80-year-old store owner shoots attempted robbery suspect NORCO, Calif. (AP) — A man armed with a rifle was shot by a quick-acting convenience store owner who pulled a shotgun out from behind the counter and opened fire during an attempted robbery in Southern California. The faceoff was recorded by surveillance cameras at the convenience...
All MPs should recognize residential schools as a genocide after Pope did: NDP MP OTTAWA – A New Democrat member of Parliament says she hopes all of her colleagues will now recognize what happened inside residential schools as a genocide, after Pope Francis used the term to describe the system. Leah Gazan, who represents...
Chiefs’ Brown makes practice debut; Dunlap due to arrive ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (AP) — Pro Bowl left tackle Orlando Brown Jr. practiced with the Kansas City Chiefs on Tuesday for the first time since they blew a big halftime lead to the Cincinnati Bengals in the AFC championship game. Brown signed his franchise tender...
Calgary home sales down 3% in July as interest rates rise: real estate board CALGARY – The Calgary Real Estate Board says last month’s home sales slipped by three per cent year-over-year as the market continued to experience a slowdown. The region’s sales for the month totalled 2,254, down from 2,314 last July. The...
Grieving father erupts at Parkland school shooter’s trial FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A grieving father erupted in anger Tuesday as he told jurors about the daughter Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz murdered along with 16 others four years ago, his voice rising as he recounted her “infectious laugh that I can only get...
Barcelona clears more cap room, sells Mingueza to Celta BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Barcelona cleared more salary cap space Tuesday by selling defender Óscar Mingueza to Celta Vigo. Barcelona is trying to meet the Spanish league’s financial fair play rules and register newly signed players Robert Lewandowski, Raphinha and Jules Koundé. The club had...
Samsung Galaxy Watch 5 Tipped to Launch With 10W Fast Charger: Details Samsung Galaxy Watch 5 has been tipped to debut with a 10W fast charger. The smartwatch is also said to charge to 45 percent with a 30-minute charge, according to the tipster. The alleged images of the wireless charger have also been...
Unity Said to Spin Off China Unit to Fuel Expansion in Biggest Games Market Unity Software, the US developer best known for software used to design video games, is in talks to spin off its China unit to help it expand in the world’s biggest games market, four people with knowledge of the matter told...
WNBA playoff picture still muddled, 2 weeks left in season The WNBA playoff race is still very much undecided with just two weeks left in the regular season. Five teams have clinched postseason berths with only three games separating Chicago, Las Vegas and Connecticut at the top of the standings. Seattle and Washington also...