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Jakob Poeltl in midst of career-best season for beleaguered Toronto Raptors
TORONTO - Chants of "Jak! Jak! Jak!" could be heard coming through the doors of the Toronto Raptors' locker room as Jakob Poeltl turned in another stellar performance in the best season of his career....
Nov 18, 2024
Sam Montembeault backstops Canadiens to 3-0 win over Oilers
MONTREAL - Sam Montembeault stopped 30 shots as the Montreal Canadiens blanked Connor McDavid and the Edmonton Oilers 3-0 on Monday. Brendan Gallagher, Kaiden Guhle and Jake Evans - into an empty net ...
Nov 18, 2024
Poeltl, Barrett help Raptors beat Pacers 130-119 to snap seven-game losing skid
TORONTO - Jakob Poeltl and Canadian RJ Barrett continued to carry the injury-depleted Raptors in a 130-119 win over the Indiana Pacers on Monday as Toronto snapped a seven-game losing skid. Barrett, f...
Nov 18, 2024
45 activists sentenced in Hong Kong national security case. The longest term is 10 years
HONG KONG (AP) - Dozens of prominent activists were sentenced to up to 10 years in prison on Tuesday in Hong Kong's biggest national security case under a sweeping law imposed by Beijing that crushed ...
Nov 18, 2024
Arthur Frommer, travel guide innovator, has died at 95
NEW YORK (AP) - Arthur Frommer, whose "Europe on 5 Dollars a Day" guidebooks revolutionized leisure travel by convincing average Americans to take budget vacations abroad, has died. He was 95. Frommer...
Nov 18, 2024
45 activists sentenced in Hong Kong national security case. The longest term is 10 years
HONG KONG (AP) - Dozens of prominent activists were sentenced to up to 10 years in prison on Tuesday in Hong Kong's biggest national security case under a sweeping law imposed by Beijing that crushed ...
Nov 18, 2024
NHL referee Mitch Dunning communicative, can move extremities following violent collision
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - NHL referee Mitch Dunning was fully communicative and ccould move all his extremities following a violent collision with Colorado defenceman Josh Manson in Monday night's game at P...
Nov 18, 2024
Judge strikes down Wyoming abortion laws, including an explicit ban on pills to end pregnancy
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) - A judge on Monday struck down Wyoming's overall ban on abortion and its first-in-the-nation explicit prohibition on the use of medication to end pregnancy. Teton County District ...
Nov 18, 2024
Judge strikes down Wyoming abortion laws, including an explicit ban on pills to end pregnancy
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) - A judge on Monday struck down Wyoming's overall ban on abortion and its first-in-the-nation explicit prohibition on the use of medication to end pregnancy. Teton County District ...
Nov 18, 2024
Pirates ace Paul Skenes and Yankees starter Luis Gil win the Rookie of Year awards
Hard-throwing Pittsburgh Pirates ace Paul Skenes capped a remarkable season by winning the National League Rookie of the Year Award on Monday while Luis Gil of the New York Yankees edged Baltimore's C...
Nov 18, 2024