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Sanchez pitches 6 strong innings as Jays beat Tigers 7-2
The Latest: McConnell defers action on health care vote
Travis Lulay comes off bench to lead Lions over Tiger-Cats 41-26
BC Lions running back Jeremiah Johnson (24) is tackled by the Hamilton Tiger-Cats during second-half CFL action in Hamilton, Ont., on Saturday, July 15, 2017. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Peter Power
Fulmer, J.D. Martinez lead Tigers over Blue Jays 11-1
Detroit Tigers first baseman Miguel Cabrera (24) gets congratulated by teammates in the dugout after hitting a two run home run during the sixth inning against the Toronto Blue Jays Comerica Park. Mandatory
Disney Parks name Star Wars lands Galaxy's Edge
Members of the media get their first look at a 50-foot, detailed model of "Star Wars" land during a media preview for Disney's D23 Expo in Anaheim, Calf., on Thursday, July 13, 2017. (Jeff Gritchen/The Orange County Register via AP)
Shin-Soo Choo flared a lazy fly ball down the left-field line with one out in the ninth inning, driving in the go-ahead run off Danny Duffy and giving the Texas Rangers a 1-0 victory over the Kansas City Royals on Saturday night
McConnell delays vote on health care after McCain surgery
FILE - In this July 11, 2017 file photo, Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz. listens on Capitol Hill in Washington, during the committee's confirmation hearing for Nay Secretary nominee Richard Spencer. Surgeons in Phoenix said they removed a blood clot from above the left eye of McCain. Mayo Clinic Hospital doctors said Saturday, July 15 that McCain underwent a "minimally invasive" procedure to remove the nearly 2-inch (5-centimeter) clot, and that the surgery went "very well." They said the 80-year-old Republican is resting comfortably at his home in Arizona. Pathology reports are expected in the next several days. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)
Residents ordered out of Williams Lake, B.C. ahead of fire fanned by high winds
Smoke hangs in the air above the Trans-Canada Highway as wildfires burn on mountains near Ashcroft, B.C., late Friday July 7, 2017. More than 3,000 residents have been evacuated from their homes in central British Columbia. A provincial state of emergency was declared after 56 new wildfires started Friday.
Victoria teenager Quinn Ngawati officially signs with the Toronto Wolfpack
Victoria teenager Quinn Ngawati shakes hands with Toronto Wolfpack coach Paul Rowley, left, after signing his player contract at Lamport Stadium, in Toronto on Saturday, July 15, 2017. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Neil Davidson
Man dies after motorcycle collides with minivan in Gravenhurst, Ont.
Flooding from thunderstorm in Ottawa knocks out Nav Canada flight plan system
Fulmer, J.D. Martinez lead Tigers over Blue Jays 11-1
Cancelled $30K wedding becomes dinner for Indiana homeless
Janice Williamson-Cox, from Dayspring, left, hugs Sarah Cummins as she and others arrive at the Ritz Charles to enjoy a reception, Saturday, July 15, 2017. Cummins called off her wedding which was supposed to be this day. She decided to bring purpose to the couple's pain by inviting area homeless to enjoy the reception. (Kelly Wilkinson/The Indianapolis Star via AP)
Lewis Hamilton takes pole for F1 British Grand Prix for 5th time
Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton celebrates his victory at the Canadian Grand Prix in Montreal, on June 11, 2017.
Simon Pagenaud takes first pole position of the season at Honda Indy Toronto
James Hinchcliffe zooms around the track in the third practice session for the Honda Indy, in Toronto on Saturday, July 15, 2017
The Latest: Police department reopens after grenade scare
Columbia settles gender bias lawsuit filed by target of mattress protest
Emma Sulkowicz leads a group carrying a mattress during Class Day for seniors at Columbia University in New York on May 19, 2015.
Museum: John Waters film fest hails part of collector's gift
This undated image provided by the New Orleans Museum of Art shows the sculpture "Rush," by John Waters, a gift by Arthur Roger. The New Orleans Museum of Art is about to begin a John Waters film festival to celebrate five of the movie maker's still works, part of a collection donated by a longtime gallery owner and on display at the museum. (New Orleans Museum of Art via AP)
Toronto Wolfpack improve to 15-0-0 with another lopsided rugby league win
Elon Musk talks cars - and humanity's fate - with governors
Nevada Republican Gov. Brian Sandoval takes off his tie as he tells Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk he planned to take it off when Musk was introduced during the closing plenary session entitled "Introducing the New Chairs Initiative - Ahead" on the third day of the National Governors Association's meeting Saturday, July 15, 2017, in Providence, R.I. Musk, in a suit, is not wearing a tie. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)
Strong earthquake rattles Greek island of Crete
Evans scores six goals to lead Canada past Scotland at women's lacrosse event
Canadian coach Zambrano not worrying about club's next Gold Cup opponent
Columbia settles lawsuit filed by target of mattress protest
'Infinity War' upstages 'Star Wars' at star-studded fan expo
A crowd of people wait to enter the D23 Expo as crews do interviews outside the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, Calif., on Friday, July 14, 2017. (Jeff Gritchen/The Orange County Register via AP)
Brazil court dismisses American swimmer Ryan Lochte false report case
The Latest: Italy's migrant crisis is spawning new protests
People, carrying wire representing border razor wire fences, shout slogans during a protest in support of migrants seeking to enter Europe, in Madrid, Saturday, July 15, 2017. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
Feds ask that judge's ruling on travel ban be put on hold
The Latest: Funeral held for Texan fatally beaten in Greece
Harden intent on winning title in wake of new deal
3 soldiers killed in attacks on barracks in Ivory Coast
'Trump, I love you,' and 'Putin Won' greet president at Open
The Latest: Disney Parks name Star Wars lands Galaxy's Edge
The Latest: Officials to tour flooded Illinois neighbourhoods
Suspect in beating death of US tourist in Greece is jailed
Left at altar? Store bankruptcy leaves brides in the lurch
Young man drowns after swimming in the Welland River in Niagara Falls, Ont.
Texas leads US in foreign-bought agricultural land
The Latest: Some in Honolulu high-rise did not hear alarm
A Honolulu Fire Department helicopter flies near a fire burning on a floor at the Marco Polo apartment complex, Friday, July 14, 2107, in Honolulu. (AP Photo/Marco Garcia)
Rail service between New Jersey-New York back after delays
Only woman to win math equivalent of Nobel Prize dies
New boy muppet in Afghanistan promotes gender equality
Trump's no 'dying in the streets' pledge faces reality check
Ontario man charged after horse falls out of livestock trailer on highway
The Latest: Egypt attacker first spoke to German victims
Justin Trudeau's summer playlist includes Drake, Fiona Apple
FILE - In this Friday, July 14, 2017 file photo, Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks at the National Governors Association special session called "Collaborating to Create Tomorrow's Global Economy," in Providence, R.I. Trudeau has released an official Spotify playlist. Trudeau unveiled his "PM Mix" of 39 songs on the streaming service Saturday. (Ryan Remiorz/The Canadian Press via AP, File)
The New York Times asks court to toss Sarah Palin lawsuit
2 police officers help deliver baby along Michigan street
‘People in Venezuela are scared to vote,’ say expats in Canada
Hundreds of troopers tip hats to slain NY trooper
The casket of slain New York state trooper, Joel Davis, is carried out of the Magrath Sports Complex at Fort Drum, N.Y., by law enforcement personnel, during Davis's funeral service, Saturday, July 15, 2017. Trooper Davis, 36, was fatally shot July 9, while responding to reports of gunfire on a couple's property in the town of Theresa, N.Y. Police say a Fort Drum soldier, Staff Sgt. Justin Walters, fatally shot his 27-year-old wife before shooting Davis. (AP Photo/Heather Ainsworth)
Halifax covers controversial Cornwallis statue in response to protests
Activists protest at the base of the Edward Cornwallis statue after city staff covered it with a black sheet in Cornwallis Park in Halifax on Saturday, July 15, 2017. Protesters who pledged to remove a statue of Halifax's controversial founder Saturday say they came away victorious after the monument to Edward Cornwallis was covered in a tarp.
From small crimes, cousins allegedly move to killing 4 men
This undated photo provided by the Bucks County District Attorney's Office in Doylestown, Pa., shows Cosmo DiNardo, of Bensalem, Pa., an admitted drug dealer with a history of mental illness who was charged Friday, July 14, 2017, with the killings of four Pennsylvania men who vanished a week ago. A second suspect was also arrested and charged in three of the deaths. (Bucks County District Attorney's Office via AP)
Self-fueling boat sets off from Paris on 6-year world trip
Protesters celebrate as statue of controversial Halifax founder is draped in tarp
Activists protest at the base of the Edward Cornwallis statue after city staff covered it with a black sheet in Cornwallis Park in Halifax on Saturday, July 15, 2017. Protesters who pledged to remove a statue of Halifax's controversial founder Saturday say they came away victorious after the monument to Edward Cornwallis was covered in a tarp. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darren Calabrese
Hit for-profit New Mexico art venue seeks out tiny investors
Authorities: Hospital lab break-in prompts hazmat response
Texas funeral held for American beaten to death in Greece
Review: 2017 Sentra SR Turbo is a more refined sport-compact
Connor Gottfried: ‘Hard work is fun. That might sound nerdy, but that’s what I love’
Entrepreneur Conner Gottfried who likes to mountain bike in Calgary, Alberta, June 28, 2017.
School officials worry Illinois flooding may impact classes
Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner, left, pauses near hundreds of sandbags and the flooded McClure Avenue, back left, with Lake County Board Chairman Aaron Lawlor and IEMA Director James Joseph, right, Friday, July 14, 2017 in Gurnee, Ill. Illinois officials said Friday some 6,800 buildings have been affected by "unprecedented" flooding north of Chicago, and the damage is expected to worsen this weekend as water flows down rivers into the state from Wisconsin. (Paul Valade/Daily Herald via AP)
Small plane clips house near Swiss capital, crashes
Scholar traces origins of Midwest 'flyover country' derision
Hawaiian Airlines expands surfboard policy after complaints
Debate over use of jumbo bomber as wildfires rage in West
This May 5, 2016, photo provided by Global Supertanker Services shows a Boeing 747 making a demonstration water drop at Colorado Springs Airport in Colorado Springs, Colo. The company with the 747 retardant bomber that can drop nearly 20,000 gallons (75,000 liters) on wildfires says federal officials are keeping it grounded, putting homes and ground-based firefighters at risk. Officials with Global SuperTanker filed a protest with the U.S. Forest Service in June 2017 contesting a contract limiting firefighting aircraft to 5,000 gallons. (Hiroshi Ando/Global Supertanker Services via AP)
Rival groups clash in Syria's rebel-packed Idlib
B.C. towns brace for wildfire evacuation orders as weather turns
A wildfire burns on a mountain behind a home in Cache Creek, B.C., in the early morning hours of July 8.
White House pitches health bill to skeptical US governors
Oklahoma Republican Gov. Mary Fallin and South Dakota Republican Gov. Dennis Daugaard, left, laugh as Fallin addresses a plenary session entitled "The Workforce of Tomorrow" on the third day of the National Governors Association's meeting Saturday, July 15, 2017, in Providence, R.I. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)
Chess legend Kasparov picks St. Louis competition for return
In this June 18, 2014, photo, World Chess Champion Garry Kasparov, right, and Rex Sinquefield, founder and president of the Board of Directors of the St. Louis Chess Club, kick-off the first-ever Congressional Chess Match at the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington. Kasparov, who has been retired from competitive play since 2005, is returning to competition on Aug. 14-19, 2017, at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of St. Louis. (Photo by Paul Morigi/Invision for Invision for Saint Louis Chess Club/AP Images)
Fight over copper mining in northern Minnesota heats up
FILE - In this Oct. 4, 2011,file photo, a prospecting drill rig bores into the bedrock near Ely, Minn., in search of copper, nickel and precious metals that Twin Metals Minnesota LLC, hopes to mine near the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in northeastern Minnesota. The fight over whether to allow copper-nickel mining near the Boundary Waters Canoe Area of northeastern Minnesota is shifting to St. Paul. The U.S. Forest Service is opening a new set of public meetings on its proposal to bar minerals exploration and development on more than 234,000 acres near the pristine wilderness for up to 20 years. The first meeting is Tuesday, July 25, 2017, in St. Paul. (AP Photo/Steve Karnowski, File)
Sinkhole stops growing after swallowing 2 houses in Florida
Debris is strewn about from a partially collapsed home in Land O' Lakes, Fla. on Friday, July 14, 2017.A sinkhole that started out the size of a small swimming pool and continued to grow has swallowed a home in Florida and severely damaged another. (Alessandra da Pra/Tampa Bay Times via AP)
Simon Pagenaud takes first pole position of the season at Honda Indy Toronto
James Hinchcliffe zooms around the track in the third practice session for the Honda Indy, in Toronto on Saturday, July 15, 2017. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn
Defunct Missouri academy can't pay faculty
US Embassy: No need for diplomatic status for Russian centre
In this photo taken Sunday, Nov. 20, 2016, a Serbian army officer walks in front of Soviet made heavy cargo plane Ilyushin Il-76 on the tarmac at the Constantine the Great Airport, near a "Russian-Serbian Humanitarian Center" in the town of Nis, Serbia. The U.S. embassy in Belgrade says in a statement obtained Saturday, July 15, 2017 by The Associated Press, there is no need to grant a diplomatic status to the Russian staff of a controversial facility in Serbia that some consider a spy base but Moscow insists is a disaster relief center. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)
Drought in High Plains the worst some farmers have ever seen
In this July 13, 2017, photo, farmer John Weinand surveys a wheat field near Beulah, N.D., that should be twice as tall as it is. Drought in western North Dakota this summer is laying waste to crops _ some of which won't even be worth harvesting. (AP Photo/Blake Nicholson)
New Canadians lead the country’s tennis push
NewsAlert: Swiss star Federer wins men's singles title at Wimbledon.
Rwandan academic gets life in jail for 1994 genocide
At The Turn: Handmade in Halifax, leather covers turn heads worldwide
2 Penn State ex-officials begin jail terms in Sandusky case
This undated photo provided by the Centre County Correctional Facility on Saturday, July 15, 2017 shows former Penn State University vice president Gary Schultz. Schultz and former Penn State University athletic director Tim Curley reported to the Pennsylvania prison on Saturday to serve sentences for how they responded to a 2001 complaint about Jerry Sandusky showering with a boy. (Centre County Correctional Facility via AP)
Chechen leader invokes damnation for gay persecution claims
FILE - In this file photo dated Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2016, Chechen regional leader Ramzan Kadyrov smiles before an international friendly soccer match between Russia and Romania in Grozny, Russia. Chechnya's strongman leader in a new interview, released on Friday, July 14, 2017, has harshly denounced claims that the Russian republic has tortured and killed gay men, denying that there are even any homosexual men in his region. (AP Photo/Denis Tyrin, File)
Tuskegee Syphilis Study descendants to seek settlement money
In this Tuesday, April 4, 2017 photo, an unidentified man walks past the Tuskegee Human and Civil Rights Multicultural Center in Tuskegee, Ala. The Trump administration is opposing a bid to use unclaimed money from a legal settlement to fund the museum, which includes exhibits honoring victims of the government's infamous Tuskegee syphilis study. (AP Photo/Jay Reeves, File)
Georgia elections chief plans changes after security issues
FILE - In this Nov. 2, 2010 file photo, Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp speaks in Atlanta. The state's top elections official stood out by refusing help from the Department of Homeland Security in August 2016 amid national concerns about the integrity of U.S. elections. His assurances have threatened to become a liability as he runs for governor after new details emerged about major security mistakes at the center managing Georgia's election technology. Kemp announced Friday, July 14, 2017, that he plans to bring the center's operations in-house within a year. (AP Photo/John Amis, File)
6 Congo rangers safe; US journalist, 3 others still missing
Fernanda a major hurricane in Pacific, far from land
Military cyber operations headed for revamp after long delay
FILE - In this May 9, 2017, file photo, U.S. Cyber Command and the National Security Agency Director Adm. Mike Rogers testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. U.S. officials say the Trump administration, after months of delay, is finalizing plans to revamp the nation's military command for defensive and offensive cyber-operations. The plan would eventually split it from the intelligence-focused National Security Agency in hopes of intensifying America's ability to wage cyber war against the Islamic State group and other foes. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)
Christian teenager detained in Pakistan for blasphemy
Israel reopens Jerusalem holy site after deadly assault
Israeli border police officers stand guard outside the Damascus Gate in Jerusalem's Old City, Saturday, July 15, 2017. On Friday, three Palestinian assailants opened fire from a sacred site inside the Old City, known to Muslims as the Noble Sanctuary and to Jews as the Temple Mount, killing two Israeli police officers before being shot dead. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)
Astronaut Buzz Aldrin rolling out the red carpet for Mars
FILE - In this Oct. 22, 2014, file photo, Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin, the second person to walk on the Moon, speaks on the campus of Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Mass. Aldrin is hosting a gala for his nonprofit space education foundation, ShareSpace Foundation, at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., on Saturday, July 15, 2017. The event will raise money and commemorate the 48th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)
Spain rescues 19 migrants from Algeria in Mediterranean
This B.C. inmate has waited 34 years to clear his name. These women might help him do it
Robyn Batryn of Maple Ridge, B.C., holds up a picture of Phillip Tallio, who has been in prison for 34 years, accused of raping and killing his 22-month-old cousin in 1983. He and his supporters say he’s innocent, and now his case is being appealed.
Major insurance groups call part of health bill 'unworkable'
France wades into Qatar row, urges end to punitive measures
In this photo provided by the Saudi Press Agency, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, right, receives French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian in Jiddah, Saudi Arabia on Saturday, July 15, 2017. Le Drian is the latest diplomat to visit the Gulf to try and help find a solution to the crisis between Qatar and Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt, which cut ties with the small Gulf nation in early June. (Saudi Press Agency via AP)
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Family scatters jailed Chinese Nobel laureate’s ashes in sea
A man mourns late Chinese Nobel Peace laureate Liu Xiaobo outside the Chinese liaison office in Hong Kong, Friday, July 14, 2017. As tributes rolled in Friday to mourn China's most famous political prisoner, a newspaper published by the ruling Communist Party dismissed Liu as a pawn of the West whose legacy will soon fade. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
The Latest: France urges Qatar's neighbours to ease blockade
Honolulu high-rise fire leaves three dead
Smoke billows from a high-rise apartment building in Honolulu, Friday, July 14, 2017. Dozens of firefighters are battling the multiple-alarm fire at Marco Polo apartments that Honolulu Fire Department spokesman Capt. David Jenkins said started on the 26th floor and has spread to other units. (AP Photo/Audrey McAvoy)
Romania: 11 Hungarian tourists rescued from mountain
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