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Olympic high jump champion Dick Fosbury, who revolutionized the event with a radically different jumping technique that was eventually named after him, died on Sunday aged 76, his agent Ray Schulte said on Monday. Fosbury won gold in the high jump at the ...

The Chuck Fletcher era in Philadelphia is over, and the Flyers' second game without him at the helm will be Tuesday night at home against the Vegas Golden Knights. The Flyers on Friday fired Fletcher after a four-year stint as their general manager an...

A man at the centre of an armed standoff in London, Ont., is accused of fatally stabbing a man he knew before shooting and injuring two officers at an apartment building over the weekend, police said Monday. Police said the suspect didn't have a licen...

Boom-or-bust Virginia will head to Orlando, Fla., as the No. 4 seed in the South Region to face No. 13 Furman on Thursday afternoon. In coach Tony Bennett's last three trips to the NCAA Tournament, Virginia has experienced two first-round exits and on...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — Operators of the western New York concert venue where three people were fatally injured after a show by the rapper GloRilla say they are "devastated by the events" and cooperating with the city as it investigates the c...

When the NFL's new league year begins Wednesday afternoon, it appears likelier than ever that Aaron Rodgers will be traded to the New York Jets. While Rodgers has remained coy about his own decision-making timeline, Pro Football Network reported Monda...

The New Jersey Devils and Tampa Bay Lightning will get to know each other pretty well this week. In the first of three meetings spanning a six-day stretch, the Devils on Tuesday night will try for a fourth consecutive victory while looking to hand the Lig...

Plans for a rail link were abandoned Monday that would have connected LaGuardia Airport to New York City's subway and commuter rail system, after intensive criticism about its $2.4 billion-plus price tag and the potential affects on surrounding neighb...

DECATUR, Ga. (AP) — An environmental activist who was fatally shot in a confrontation with Georgia law enforcement in January was sitting cross-legged with their hands in the air at the time, the protester's family said Monday as they released r...

WINNIPEG — The Manitoba government signed an agreement Monday to provide greater access to the death certificates of Indigenous children who died at residential schools. The agreement allows the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation to reques...

Michael Cohen, Donald Trump's former lawyer and fixer, is expected to testify on Monday afternoon before a Manhattan grand jury investigating hush money payments he has said he orchestrated to porn star Stormy Daniels on behalf of the former president...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — An Army trainee who left a base in South Carolina without permission last year and briefly held a group of children hostage at gunpoint aboard a school bus has been found not guilty by reason of insanity. The decision agreed to...

Replete with spellbinding multiverses, "Everything Everywhere All at Once" topped the 95th Academy Awards with big wins including best picture and a historic win for Michelle Yeoh. Stories of family permeated 2022 cinema and winners this year, as ...

Ukrainian qualifier Lesia Tsurenko withdrew from her third-round match at Indian Wells against Belarusian second seed Aryna Sabalenka after suffering a panic attack following a chat with the WTA's chief executive, she said on Monday. Tsurenko, who bea...

The Denver Broncos added right tackle Mike McGlinchey and left guard Ben Powers, who agreed to massive deals Monday, multiple outlets reported. McGlinchey and the Broncos agreed to a five-year deal worth $87.5 million, including more than $50 million guar...

The Atlanta Falcons signed Chris Lindstrom to a five-year extension Monday worth up to $105 million, which would make him the highest-paid guard in the NFL. The Falcons announced the deal Monday without disclosing financial terms. Multiple outlets reporte...

NEW YORK — Arizona right-wing Clayton Keller, Pittsburgh centre Sidney Crosby and Toronto right-wing Mitch Marner have been named the NHL three stars of the week. Keller led the NHL with nine points (four goals, five assists) in four games to power ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Every weekday, Patricia Moran has up to a dozen children in her San Jose home day care center, mostly from low-income families — and sometimes the kids are as young as 2 weeks old because their parents can't affor...

Venezuela's state-run oil company PDVSA on Monday was loading a supertanker with crude and fuel for Cuba, maritime documents showed, an unusually large volume to help its political ally overcome an energy crisis with repeated blackouts. Several big el...

GOLDEN, BRITISH COLUMBIA — Fire swept through the courthouse in the town of Golden in southeastern British Columbia, injuring one firefighter battling the flames. Golden Fire Department deputy chief Rob Perry offered few details but confirmed the in...

Illinois and Arkansas are in a race to find their "A" game entering a first-round NCAA Tournament matchup in Des Moines, Iowa, on Thursday afternoon. Preseason Top 10 Arkansas (20-13) will try to recapture the magic of its 2022 NCAA Tournament run...

* Supreme court due to hold same-sex marriage hearing * Modi government has refused to allow marriage equality * LGBTQ+ Indians hope for greater acceptance, rights (Updates with court referring case to five-judge bench) By Jaishree Kumar NEW DELHI, March ...

When Daniel Roher accepted the Oscar, he appeared on stage with Yulia, Navalny's wife, and the couple's two children, Dasha and Zakhar...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Two large banks that cater to the tech industry have collapsed after a bank run, government agencies are taking emergency measures to backstop the financial system, and President Joe Biden is reassuring Americans that the money the...

FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) — Virginia's largest school system is removing a test question given to a college-level social studies class that equated liberals and conservatives with specific racial and gender demographics. The question appeared on a ...

Central banks should get out of the business of setting interest rates...

TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny learned Monday from his lawyer that a film detailing his poisoning and political activism won the Oscar for best documentary feature. The 46-year-old politician was attendin...

Changes would give remote workers the same eight-week minimum notice of termination or pay-in-lieu as other employees...

Head coach Kenny Blakeney won a national championship with Duke the last time Howard appeared in the NCAA Tournament, 31 years ago. That was 1992, when Kansas hammered Howard in the first round, 100-67. The 16th-seeded Bison (22-12) are back, and Howard d...

CANMORE, Alta. — The Alberta government has started a second campaign aimed at attracting skilled workers from Ontario and Atlantic Canada. Alberta Jobs, Economy and Northern Development Minister Brian Jean says the Alberta is Calling program is pig...

Chargers running back Austin Ekeler asked for the team's blessing to seek a trade, his agent told multiple media outlets on Monday. Ekeler and the Chargers discussed a contract extension but talks didn't progress, ESPN reported, resulting in the 2...

BERLIN (AP) — Germany's last major department store chain announced Monday that it plans to close two-fifths of its branches, months after it filed for insolvency protection for the second time in less than three years. The long-troubled Galeria...

ROME — The Italian government on Monday said Russian mercenary group Wagner was behind a surge in migrant boats trying to cross the central Mediterranean as part of Moscow's strategy to retaliate against countries supporting Ukraine. "I thin...

PARIS (AP) — President Emmanuel Macron is facing a crucial test this week as the battle over his unpopular plan to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64 is set to reach a peak in the streets and at parliament, deepening a widely shared feeling that...

WASHINGTON — U.S. President Joe Biden, a vocal champion of combating climate change, is angering environmental allies by approving a controversial oil and gas project in Alaska. The Willow project, as it's known, will allow energy giant ConocoPh...

Parts of New England, upstate New York, northeastern Pennsylvania, and northern New Jersey were bracing Monday for a winter storm that could drop more than 12 inches (30 centimeters) of heavy, wet snow. The National Weather Service says the storm was supp...

Marcus Carr's goal this season has never shifted, and that's cutting down the nets on April 3 after a win in the NCAA men's basketball final. The Texas Longhorns star guard has been the leading scorer and facilitator (15.9 points, 4.1 assists ...

* Colombia's Petro accuses crime group of breaking ceasefire * Brazil's Haddad predicts tax reform to be voted on by October March 13 (Reuters) The latest in Latin American politics today: Mexican president says Mexico is safer than the U.S. MEXIC...

AMSTERDAM — The International Criminal Court (ICC) is expected to seek its first arrest warrants against Russian individuals in relation to the conflict in Ukraine "in the short term," a source with knowledge of the matter said on Monday. Th...

California, reeling from a month-long string of winter storms, was preparing for another bout of rain, wind and snow on Monday, while New Englanders awaited a brewing Nor'easter across the region. On the West Coast, the storm targeted areas of norther...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — In the HBO series "The Last of Us," a fungal infection has taken over Earth, rendering the United States an apocalyptic landscape protagonists Joel and Ellie need to traverse. Fans unfamiliar with the video game, from whic...

Egypt's authorities refused to produce or renew documents for dozens of journalists, critics and lawyers living abroad, a leading rights group said Monday, in a clampdown on dissent that reaches overseas. According to an investigation undertaken by U....

SAN DIEGO, March 13 (Reuters) Britain cast China as representing an "epoch-defining challenge" to the world order, in an update to its foreign policy framework published on Monday which declared that the UK's security hinged on the outcome of ...

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The Biden administration is approving a major oil project on Alaska's petroleum-rich North Slope that supporters say represents an economic lifeline for Indigenous communities in the region but environmentalists say is coun...

It's an industry worth hundreds of millions, or more, with the cost only growing for Canadian taxpayers...

American doubles great and former Grand Slam champion Bob Bryan has been named U.S. Davis Cup captain, the country's tennis association (USTA) said on Monday. Bryan, who won 16 Grand Slam titles in men's doubles with his twin brother Mike and seve...

LONDON — AerCap, the world's biggest aircraft lessor, said on Monday it was inconceivable that it would not recover some losses from insurers over jets stranded in Russia, as lessors took their battle for redress to London's High Court. More...

WASHINGTON — Hate crimes surged by 11.6% in 2021 from 2020, with the most frequent ones fueled by racial, ethnic and ancestral bias, the FBI said on Monday. The release on Monday of the FBI's new analysis marks the first time the bureau has been...

BOGOTA — Colombia's President Gustavo Petro accused the Clan del Golfo, the country's biggest criminal group, of breaking a ceasefire by attacking an aqueduct during demonstrations by miners protesting against military operations targeting i...

KABUL — Afghanistan has launched its annual polio inoculation campaign aimed at reaching 9 million children, the health ministry said on Monday, the second year in a row the vaccination drive has taken place under Taliban rule. Afghanistan and neigh...