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Toronto Blue Jays right-hander Jose Berrios a student of the game
DUNEDIN, Fla. – Team officials, reporters and camera operators often gather behind the chain-link fence near the gang mounds at the Blue Jays’ player development complex to watch bullpen sessions during spring training. Right-hander Jose Berrios is usually mixed in among them. The veteran starter – a real student of the game – uses the ... Read More »
Stock market today: Nvidia shares surge and set off a rally on Wall Street
NEW YORK (AP) – Nvidia’s stock price surged after delivering another blowout quarter, setting off a rally in other technology companies that carried Wall Street to another record high. The chipmaker, a central player in the boom surrounding artificial intelligence technology, reported scorching demand for its semiconductors. The S&P 500 rose 2.1% Thursday to another ... Read More »
CP NewsAlert: B.C. election budget boosts family benefits as deficit soars to $7.9 B
VICTORIA – Families and small businesses in British Columbia will benefit from an election-year budget that boosts spending, while forecasting a ballooning deficit of $7.9 billion and economic growth that falls below one per cent. The budget delivered by Finance Minister Katrine Conroy also includes a flipping tax on housing to deter short-term market speculators. ... Read More »
AT&T says its cellphone network restored after a widespread outage hit users across the US
AT&T said Thursday its wireless network was back after an outage knocked out cellphone service for its users across the U.S. for hours. “We have restored wireless service to all our affected customers,” the Dallas-based company said in a statement posted on its website Thursday afternoon. “We sincerely apologize to them.” Outage tracker Downdetector noted ... Read More »
Returner Leake looking to help Edmonton Elks reverse their fortunes in 2024
It certainly would be fitting if Javon Leake broke the CFL single-season record for punt-return touchdowns in 2024. The CFL’s top special-teams player last season signed a one-year deal with the Edmonton Elks as a free agent. Leake registered a league-best four punt-return scores in 2023, one off the record set in 1991 by former ... Read More »
Wendy Williams has frontotemporal dementia. What is FTD?
Wendy Williams has been diagnosed with a form of dementia, according to a statement released Thursday on behalf of her caretakers. The 59-year-old former talk show host was diagnosed last year with with primary progressive aphasia and frontotemporal dementia “after undergoing a battery of medical tests,” according to the statement. A look at the condition, ... Read More »
Canada pledges $80.5M for Kenya-led mission to improve security in Haiti
OTTAWA – Canada is putting $80.5 million toward a mission to improve security conditions in Haiti, where rampant gang violence has caused an ongoing crisis. Global Affairs Canada says the money will go towards a multinational security mission led by Kenya to support efforts by the Haitian National Police. It’s expected to support training, communications ... Read More »
Cirstea saves 6 match points in Dubai quarterfinals win over Vondrousova
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) – Wimbledon champion Marketa Vondrousova lost from 6-2, 5-1 ahead against Sorana Cirstea in the Dubai Championships quarterfinals on Thursday. Vondrousova blew six match points in losing 2-6, 7-6 (1), 6-2. World No. 3 Coco Gauff also lost from a set up when she was run down by qualifier Anna ... Read More »
London attack deemed terrorism, Veltman gets life sentence with no parole for 25 yrs
The murder of four members of a Muslim family in southwestern Ontario by a self-described white nationalist was an act of terrorism, a judge ruled Thursday as she sentenced the man to life in prison with no chance of parole for 25 years. Nathaniel Veltman was also sentenced to a concurrent life sentence for the ... Read More »
Afrofuturist opera `Lalovavi’ to premiere in Cincinnati on Juneteenth 2025
The Cincinnati Opera will present an Afrofuturist-themed production next year that commemorates the Juneteenth holiday and would mark the first of three commissions from the company to all-Black creative teams. “Lalovavi” is composed by Kevin Day with Tifara Brown writing the libretto and Kimille Howard set to direct the staging at Cincinnati Music Hall, the ... Read More »
Support for sending military aid to Ukraine building in Canada, Leger poll suggests
TORONTO – As the world prepares to mark the anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Canadian support for sending the embattled nation more ammunition and military supplies has grown since last fall, a new Leger poll suggests. Saturday will herald two full years since Russia launched a full-scale invasion and plunged the country into ... Read More »
