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Blue Jays to donate portion of Monday's ticket sales to hurricane relief
TORONTO - The Toronto Blue Jays will be making a donation to the Canadian Red Cross hurricane relief efforts across the Caribbean and the United States. The team said in a statement Saturday that it w...
Sep 09, 2017
Canadians in Florida brace for the worst as hurricane Irma descends
TORONTO - Canadians who fled to Florida in search of warmer climes are bracing for the worst as a major hurricane descends on their new home state. Some hunkered down with supplies while some fled in ...
Sep 09, 2017
Spanish police raids aim to halt Catalan independence vote
BARCELONA, Spain - A Spanish judge ordered police to search a printer’s shop and two offices of a regional newspaper in Catalonia as part of an investigation into alleged preparations for an ill...
Sep 09, 2017
As Myanmar Muslims flee crackdown, US is wary of involvement
WASHINGTON - Don’t expect the United States to step in and resolve what is increasingly being described as an ethnic cleansing campaign against Myanmar’s Rohingya Muslims. Not wanting to u...
Sep 09, 2017
Scramble to flee Irma underscores rich, poor divide
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - Hotel dishwasher Wilman Hernandez waited with his wife and young son at a Miami Beach bus stop, desperately looking for a way to get to a shelter where they could ride out Hurr...
Sep 09, 2017
Trump makes nice with Dems, leaving his party confused
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump was in the mood to celebrate after cutting a big deal with opposition Democrats. Joshing with Northeastern officials in the Cabinet Room, Trump hailed New York Demo...
Sep 09, 2017
Woman who chose baby instead of chemotherapy has died
DETROIT - A Michigan woman who sacrificed the chance to prolong her life in order to give birth to her sixth child died early Saturday, her husband said. Nick DeKlyen told The Associated Press that hi...
Sep 09, 2017
The Latest: Irma regaining strength over bathtub-warm water
The Latest on Hurricane Irma (all times local): 7:10 p.m. The centre of Hurricane Irma has now cleared the Cuban coast and entered the Florida Straits, where bathtub-warm water of nearly 90 degrees (3...
Sep 09, 2017
Lines form at shelter as Irma nears; 75K total taking refuge
ESTERO, Fla. - With Hurricane Irma taking aim at Florida’s southwestern coast, thousands of desperate and frustrated people waited in line for hours Saturday to get inside a shelter - a minor le...
Sep 09, 2017
Chelsea condemns anti-Semitic song about Morata by own fans
LEICESTER, England - Chelsea ordered its fans to stop singing a song about striker Alvaro Morata containing an anti-Semitic lyric that was heard during Saturday’s game at Leicester. The chant re...
Sep 09, 2017