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MEXICO CITY - Canadian qualifier Leylah Annie Fernandez has reached the quarterfinals at the Mexican Open. The 17-year-old Fernandez toppled eighth-seeded Nao Hibino of Japan 6-3, 6-0 on Wednesday in ...

MONTREAL - The Montreal Alouettes signed veteran American receiver Naaman Roosevelt on Wednesday. Roosevelt became a CFL free agent Feb. 11. The five-foot-11, 195-pound Roosevelt spent the previous fi...

NEW YORK - A new coronavirus case in California could be the first in the U.S. that has no known connection to travel abroad or another known case, a possible sign the virus is spreading in a U.S. com...

MILWAUKEE - An employee opened fire Wednesday at one of the nation's largest breweries in Milwaukee, killing five fellow workers before taking his own life, police said. The assailant who attacked the...

CAIRO - Rival Libyan politicians met on Wednesday for U.N.-sponsored political talks in Geneva aimed at ending the latest round of fighting over the country's capital, Tripoli. Yet just hours later, t...

COLUMBUS, Ohio - The Columbus Blue Jackets ditched their eight-game losing streak - and lost two more players to injuries. Emil Bemstrom scored 4:35 into overtime, and the banged-up Blue Jackets beat ...

MONTREAL - The Montreal Impact advanced to the quarterfinal of the CONCACAF Champions League with a 0-0 draw against Costa Rica's Deportivo Saprissa in the second leg of the round of 16 on Wednesday. ...

VICTORIA - Traffic was moving Wednesday night on a major highway in the Victoria area after a protest blocked the road earlier in the day. About 100 people were blocking the Patricia Bay Highway Wedne...

BEIJING - South Korea and China each reported hundreds more virus cases Thursday as the new illness persists in the worst-hit areas and spreads beyond borders. South Korea reported 334 more cases, bri...

NEW YORK - U.S. health officials warned Tuesday that the burgeoning coronavirus is certain to spread more widely in the country at some point, even as their counterparts in Europe and Asia scrambled t...