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LONDON - Simona Halep was ready for a vacation. It’s going to start a week earlier than she wanted after she gave away a big lead, wasted a match point and lost at Wimbledon, joining the process...

MOSCOW - Alex Ovechkin has brought the Stanley Cup to the World Cup. The Washington Capitals captain took the NHL trophy to a fan zone in Moscow where World Cup games are screened. With the Russian Na...

RICHMOND, Va. - Virginia tourism officials paid the reality show “The Bachelorette” more than $500,000 to film an episode of the show in Richmond. The Richmond Times-Dispatch filed a Freed...

TORONTO - The Canadian Transportation Agency is investigating a complaint from a Toronto lawyer who claims he was racially profiled by WestJet. Selwyn Pieters, who is black, says the incident happened...

MONTREAL - A Montreal firefighter who fell to his death on Pakistan’s treacherous K2 mountain is being remembered as a passionate mountaineer whose courage and “unwavering spirit” pr...

ETHBRIDGE – Anyone interested in fishing this weekend can do so for free today (July 7) and tomorrow (July 8). It’s Free Fishing Weekend in Alberta, and that means those interested in lear...

LETHBRIDGE – Rescue officials say the search for a teen who was swept away in the Old Man River near the Alexander Wilderness Park on the north side is now a recovery effort. Deputy Chief of Sup...

UPDATE – Search resumed Saturday morning after being suspended at 11pm Friday night due to darkness. RCMP are currently on scene with STARS air ambulance and Grande Prairie Technical Search and ...

NEWFIELD, N.J. - A house exploded in New Jersey early Saturday, killing a husband and wife and reducing the two-story home to piles of scattered rubble, but no foul play was suspected, authorities sai...

SILVERSTONE, England - Lewis Hamilton prevailed in a tight battle with Formula One leader Sebastian Vettel to snatch pole position for the British Grand Prix on Saturday. It’s the fourth consecu...