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Mickey Wright, golf great and early LPGA force, dies at 85
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - Mickey Wright, the golf great with a magnificent swing who won 13 majors among her 82 victories and gave the fledgling LPGA a crucial lift, died Monday of a heart attack. She w...
Feb 17, 2020
Pastrnak scores 42nd goal; Bruins roll past Detroit, 4-1
BOSTON - As well as the Bruins have played this season, one team that had consistently given them problems was the Red Wings. It took three meetings, but Boston finally figured out how to solve its is...
Feb 17, 2020
Ottawa eases speed restrictions imposed after Saskatchewan derailment
OTTAWA - Transport Minister Marc Garneau is easing speed restrictions placed on certain trains following a derailment in Saskatchewan earlier this month that spilled 1.2 million litres of crude oil an...
Feb 17, 2020
Quebec, Cree leaders sign deal as other Indigenous groups protest across Canada
MONTREAL - Quebec and Cree leaders are announcing the first steps of a wide-ranging 30-year plan to further develop the province's northern territory together. Premier Francois Legault told ...
Feb 17, 2020
Barcelona denies role in social media attacks on players
BARCELONA, Spain - Barcelona on Monday denied accusations it hired a company to make negative comments about its own players and opponents on social media in order to boost the image of senior club of...
Feb 17, 2020
Eccentric millionaire Durst faces trial in friend's killing
LOS ANGELES - There is almost no physical evidence connecting New York real estate heir Robert Durst to the slaying of his best friend in Los Angeles 20 years ago. What does link him to the killing of...
Feb 17, 2020
Wet'suwet'en and B.C. government have been talking Aboriginal title for a year
VANCOUVER - As cabinet ministers broker urgent meetings over rail blockades in support of hereditary chiefs in northern British Columbia, a series of negotiations over the Wet'suwet'en Nation's l...
Feb 17, 2020
Home-school official tells trial Jewish education rigorous but only for boys
MONTREAL - The head of a Jewish home-schooling association is telling a Montreal courtroom that the rigorous Talmudic education offered by the Hasidic community prepares a child for any possible caree...
Feb 17, 2020
New Brunswick premier admits 'gaps' in scrapped plan for overnight ER closures
FREDERICTON - New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs says criticism of his government's decision to close emergency rooms overnight in six community hospitals exposed serious gaps in the plan an...
Feb 17, 2020
Ex-Michigan State hoops star Appling facing heroin charges
WARREN, Mich. - Former Michigan State basketball player Keith Appling was charged with drug crimes after authorities say they found heroin in his vehicle that he planned to sell. Appling, 28, was arra...
Feb 17, 2020