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Missouri to hold special session on aid for tornado victims plus Chiefs and Royals stadiums
By Canadian Press on May 27th, 2025
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri lawmakers are to kick off a special session Monday to consider aid for tornado victims and a package of financial incentives aimed at keeping the Kansas City Chiefs and Royals from leaving the state for new or improved facilities in neighboring Kansas. Gov. Mike Kehoe announced the special session ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Defence questions hockey player on interactions with complainant at bar
By Canadian Press on May 27th, 2025
A former member of Canada’s world junior hockey team testifying at the sexual assault trial of five of his ex-teammates faced questions today on his interactions with the complainant before the alleged incident. Court has seen security video from a bar where the complainant first met several players earlier that night. In some clips, Brett ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Caitlin Clark to miss at least two weeks with left quad strain as Fever sitting at .500 in standings
By Canadian Press on May 27th, 2025
The Indiana Fever will be without star guard Caitlin Clark for at least two weeks as she deals with a strained left quad. The reigning Rookie of the Year was injured while playing against New York on Saturday. If Clark does end up returning in two weeks, that would put her on target to be ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Real Madrid great Raúl ending his academy role to coach elsewhere
By Canadian Press on May 27th, 2025
MADRID (AP) — Real Madrid great Raúl González is leaving his role as a coach in the club’s youth academy. The 47-year-old Raúl spent seven years in the academy and coached several youth teams in the 2018-19 season. He helped the under-19s win the Youth League in 2020. “Raúl has informed the club of his ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Mexico’s Del Toro just barely maintains Giro lead in 16th stage after Carapaz attacks
By Canadian Press on May 27th, 2025
SAN VALENTINO, Italy (AP) — Mexican rider Isaac Del Toro just barely maintained his Giro d’Italia lead during the grueling 16th stage Tuesday, when 2019 champion Richard Carapaz of Ecuador was the big mover in the overall standings. When Carapaz, who also won gold at the 2020 Olympics, attacked on the finishing climb in the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Driver arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after Liverpool soccer parade tragedy
By Canadian Press on May 27th, 2025
LIVERPOOL, England (AP) — A 53-year-old British man who injured 65 people when his car rammed into a crowd of Liverpool soccer fans celebrating their team’s Premier League championship was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder, police said Tuesday. The driver was also being held on suspicion of dangerous driving and driving on drugs, Detective ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Mary Lou Retton, US gymnastics icon who survived health scare, arrested in WVa on suspicion of DUI
By Canadian Press on May 27th, 2025
FAIRMONT, W.Va. (AP) — American gymnastics icon Mary Lou Retton faces a misdemeanor charge of driving under the influence following her arrest in her West Virginia hometown. Fairmont police stopped Retton on May 17 following a report about a person in a Porsche driving erratically. According to the criminal complaint, Retton smelled of alcohol and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!EA Sports names WRs Ryan Williams, Jeremiah Smith as College Football 26 cover athletes
By Canadian Press on May 27th, 2025
Alabama’s Ryan Williams and Ohio State’s Jeremiah Smith are the cover athletes for EA Sports College Football 26, the video-game developer announced Tuesday. The electric sophomore wide receivers were picked for the second edition of the franchise’s reboot. Last year’s game was the first in 11 years and was among the best-selling video games in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ex-Arsenal playmaker Tomáš Rosický out of hospital after unspecified heart problem
By Canadian Press on May 27th, 2025
PRAGUE (AP) — Former Arsenal midfielder Tomáš Rosický was hospitalized in an intensive care unit last week for an unspecified heart-related problem. Sparta Prague said Rosický, its 44-year-old sport director, was hospitalized last Tuesday and released at the end of last week. No surgery was needed and he was recovering at home. The club said ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!65 people injured after Liverpool car ramming. Driver suspected of attempted murder
By Canadian Press on May 27th, 2025
LIVERPOOL, England (AP) — A 53-year-old British man who injured 65 people when he plowed his vehicle into a crowd of Liverpool soccer fans celebrating their team’s Premier League championship has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder, police said Tuesday. The driver was also being held on suspicion of dangerous driving and driving on ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!England pacer Gus Atkinson injured and will miss ODI series with the West Indies
By Canadian Press on May 27th, 2025
LONDON (AP) — England fast bowler Gus Atkinson was ruled out of the one-day international series against the West Indies with a right hamstring strain on Tuesday. Atkinson was in clear discomfort during the closing stages of the innings victory over Zimbabwe in the one-off test at Trent Bridge last weekend, bowling only three overs ... Read More »
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