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NBA great Dwyane Wade launches Translatable, an online community supporting transgender youth
MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) - NBA Hall of Famer Dwyane Wade was back in South Florida on Thursday to do battle again. He spent more than 14 seasons as a guard for the Miami Heat, winning three championship...
May 23, 2024
MLB says robot home plate umpires unlikely for 2025
NEW YORK (AP) - Major League Baseball says robot home plate umpires are unlikely for 2025. "We still have some technical issues," baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred said Thursday at a news conference f...
May 23, 2024
Avs captain Gabriel Landeskog looking to return next season after missing 2 years with knee injury
CENTENNIAL, Colo. (AP) - The first sign this wasn't a Gabriel Landeskog retirement announcement: The Colorado captain showed up wearing an Avalanche hat, shirt and shorts as if he'd just gone through ...
May 23, 2024
Canada falls 3-1 to top-ranked Poland in men's Volleyball Nations League action
ANTALYA - Canada fell 3-1 to top-ranked Poland on Thursday in men's Volleyball Nations League action. Canada started strong and took the first set 25-18 before Poland rebounded and took the next three...
May 23, 2024
Bouchard helping to power Edmonton Oilers' playoff push: 'Getting better and better'
DALLAS - Kris Knoblauch thought he spied a weakness. The head coach of the Ontario Hockey League's Erie Otters was looking for an edge against the rival London Knights during the 2015-16 season. He no...
May 23, 2024
B.C. rental housing plan includes 670 below-market rental units in Metro Vancouver
VANCOUVER - Premier David Eby says the second phase of a housing partnership between the province, Metro Vancouver and non-profit housing providers will deliver up to 670 below-market rental units. Eb...
May 23, 2024
Baltimore's former top prosecutor spared prison for mortgage fraud and perjury
GREENBELT, Md. (AP) - A former Baltimore city prosecutor who achieved a national profile for charging police officers in a Black man's death was spared any prison time in her sentence Thursday for per...
May 23, 2024
Arizona man convicted of first-degree murder in starvation death of 6-year-old son
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) - A northern Arizona man was convicted in a jury trial Thursday of first-degree murder and other crimes in the 2020 starvation death of his 6-year-old son. Authorities say the bo...
May 23, 2024
Lake Country's mayor makes history as new RDCO chair
The Regional District of Central Okanagan has a new leader.Blair Ireland was acclaimed as the chair of the regional board until November 2024 at a meeting held Thursday. Ireland is the mayor of Lake C...
May 23, 2024
Court backs transition to municipal police force in Surrey, B.C.
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's public safety minister says the B.C. Supreme Court has quashed a bid by the City of Surrey to halt a transition to a municipal police force. Mike Farnworth says the disp...
May 23, 2024
