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Genetic detectives begin work to trace spread of COVID-19 in Canada
OTTAWA - Canada's public health experts have been racing to stop the spread of COVID-19 by trying to figure out how everyone is getting it, and whom they might have given it to. But even the best effo...
Jul 12, 2020
2 officers, suspect killed in Texas border town shooting
MCALLEN, Texas - Two police officers were shot and killed Saturday by a suspect who later fatally shot himself in a South Texas border town after responding to a domestic disturbance call, authorities...
Jul 12, 2020
2 officers killed in shootout in south Texas border town
MCALLEN, Texas - Two police officers were shot and killed Saturday in a South Texas border town after reportedly responding to a disturbance call, authorities said. The McAllen police officers were sh...
Jul 11, 2020
Asia Today: No masks on red carpet as Taiwan logs few cases
TAIPEI, Taiwan - Taiwan wrapped up an annual film festival with an awards ceremony Saturday night as it holds more public events after keeping its coronavirus outbreak to a few hundred cases. Actors a...
Jul 11, 2020
Raptors' first practice in four months had a "first day of school" feeling
Four months to the day after COVID-19 shut down the NBA, the Toronto Raptors were finally back on the floor together. The Raptors, who'd been based in Naples, Fla., for the past two weeks, but limited...
Jul 11, 2020
Trump wears mask in public for first time during pandemic
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump wore a mask during a visit to a military hospital on Saturday, the first time the president has been seen in public with the type of facial covering recommended by ...
Jul 11, 2020
Raptors' first practice in four months had a "first day of school" feeling
Four months to the day after COVID-19 shut down the NBA, the Toronto Raptors were finally back on the floor together. The Raptors, who'd been based in Naples, Fla., for the past two weeks, but limited...
Jul 11, 2020
Trump wears mask in public for first time during pandemic
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump wore a mask during a visit to a military hospital on Saturday, the first time the president has been seen in public with the type of facial covering recommended by ...
Jul 11, 2020
Montoyo hopes Blue Jays can call Toronto home during shortened MLB season
TORONTO - Blue Jays manager Charlie Montoyo knows where he'd like the team to play its home games this season: the friendly confines of Toronto's Rogers Centre. Montoyo was asked on Saturday...
Jul 11, 2020
Rowdy Tellez unfazed by Vladimir Guerrero Jr.'s move to first base for Blue Jays
TORONTO - Rowdy Tellez doesn't think much is going to change for him on the Toronto Blue Jays, even as he is being asked by the team to share first-base duties with Vladimir Guerrero Jr. The Blue Jays...
Jul 11, 2020