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Judge hits the tiebreaking single in 9th as Yankees rally to avoid sweep with 6-4 win over Blue Jays
Aaron Judge broke a 4-all tie with a two-run single in the ninth inning, Juan Soto and Giancarlo Stanton hit solo home runs and the New York Yankees rallied to beat the Toronto Blue Jays 6-4 on Wednesday, avoiding their first sweep of the season. Daulton Varsho hit two home runs for the Blue Jays, but Toronto’s four-game winning streak was snapped. Blue Jays manager John Schneider was ejected by plate umpire Ryan Wills for arguing in the bottom of the ninth.
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Esteury Ruiz homers and the A’s beat the Cardinals 6-3 to avoid a sweep
Esteury Ruiz homered for the second time in three games since being recalled from Triple-A, and the Oakland Athletics beat the St. Louis Cardinals 6-3 on Wednesday to avoid a three-game sweep. Ruiz drove in two runs, scored twice and stole a base. The A’s, who have announced plans to play in Sacramento from 2025-27 while a new ballpark is built in Las Vegas, have had an average attendance of 6,244 through their first 13 home games.
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Sask. mayor calls on federal, provincial governments to fund firefighting infrastructure
The mayor of Strasbourg, Sask., says the small town's fire services are in crisis.Strasbourg is about 83 kilometres north of Regina. The current fire hall is falling apart, according to Mayor Kelvin Schapansky.He said the town needs around $2 million for a new fire hall big enough to deal with modern trucks and $450,000 for a new truck equipped to help with forest fires."That's the trouble, we cannot afford these kinds of things," said Mayor Kelvin Schapansky.Schapansky is calling for the federa
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VideoBiden honors uncle who he says was shot down during WWII in an area known to have 'cannibals'
President Joe Biden misstated key details Wednesday about his uncle's death in World War 2 when he suggested Ambrose Finnegan, Jr. may have fallen victim to cannibalism after his plane was shot down over New Guinea.
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Arizona Republicans again block effort to repeal 1864 near-total abortion ban
After decrying state supreme court ruling on ban with no exceptions for rape or incest, lawmakers ensure its potential to take effect
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Republican AGs attack Biden's EPA for pursuing environmental discrimination cases
Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody and 22 other GOP officials asked the EPA Tuesday to stop using civil rights laws to investigate actions and policies that result in harm to Black people or other minority groups — even unintentionally — more than white residents. The petition is unlikely to convince the Biden administration to back away from an issue EPA Administrator Michael Regan has taken pains to highlight.
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Crown wants judge removed from child abuse cases involving youth advocacy centre
A Calgary judge should be disqualified from presiding over trials involving children who are the alleged victims of abuse in cases where the Luna Child and Youth Advocacy Centre has been involved, according to an all-staff email directive issued by the chief Crown prosecutor. The directive was sent by Peter Mackenzie earlier this month following the trial of a man accused of sexually assaulting and choking a teenage girl.During the March 25 trial, the alleged victim was allowed to testify remote
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