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Serena Williams turns right ankle, holds on for US Open win
NEW YORK - Serena Williams was in pain - "acceptable" pain, her coach called it - after rolling her right ankle during the second set of a U.S. Open victory. That was the bad news. The good news for W...
Sep 03, 2019

Tribute concert of Avicii's music to benefit mental health
NEW YORK - A benefit concert for suicide prevention featuring the music of the late star Avicii is being planned for Dec. 5 in Stockholm, Sweden. Proceeds will support the work of the new Tim Bergling...
Sep 03, 2019

Rapper arrested after alleged assault of employee
LAS VEGAS - Police in Las Vegas say rapper Fetty Wap was arrested after allegedly assaulting three employees at a hotel. Police say the 28-year-old whose real name is Willie Maxwell was arrested Sunda...
Sep 03, 2019

Filmmaker Nate Parker apologizes for being 'tone deaf'
VENICE, Italy - Three years ago, filmmaker Nate Parker came under scrutiny for a rape allegation from his college days that essentially derailed the release of his Nat Turner film "The Birth of a Nati...
Sep 03, 2019

Report on Alberta's finances released today
EDMONTON- Findings from a panel tasked by the Kenney government to come up with options for helping the province emerge from its deficit are scheduled to be released today.A news conference is planned...
Sep 03, 2019

Southern Alberta train derailment under investigation
LETHBRIDGE COUNTY- The Transportation Safety Board has deployed a team of investigators to the site of a train derailment that prompted an evacuation yesterday morning.There were rail cars leaking oct...
Sep 03, 2019

Saudi-led airstrikes on Yemen rebel-run prison kill over 100
SANAA, Yemen - Yemeni medics said on Monday they pulled dozens of bodies from the rubble of a Houthi rebel-run detention centre that was hit a day earlier by Saudi-led coalition airstrikes, killing ov...
Sep 03, 2019

Stampeders down Eskimos 25-9 in quarterback Bo Levi Mitchell's return
CALGARY - Stampeders quarterback Bo Levi Mitchell answered questions about his arm with his arm in Calgary's 25-9 win over the Edmonton Eskimos in Monday's Labour Day game. The CFL's Most Outstan...
Sep 03, 2019

Canada's David Hearn earns 2020 PGA Tour card
NEWBURGH, Ind. - Canadian David Hearn shot a 6-under 66 on Monday to finish in a tie for fourth at the Korn Ferry Championship and guarantee himself a 2020 PGA Tour card. Hearn finished 13 under - 10 ...
Sep 03, 2019

Blackfalds RCMP lay theft and weapons charges
BLACKFALDS- Two men face theft and weapons charges following an incident over the long weekend east of Blackfalds.On September 1, at approximately 4:30 p.m., Blackfalds RCMP received a complaint of a ...
Sep 03, 2019