6 m. ago Akie Iwai wins Portland Classic, joins twin sister Chisato as rookie LPGA champ

PORTLAND, Ore. — Akie Iwai joined twin sister Chisato as a rookie LPGA Tour winner Sunday at Columbia Edgewater, closing with a 6-under 66 for a four-stroke victory in The Standard Portland Classic. Akie Iwai capped the bogey-free round with birdies on the final two holes, running in an 18-footer on the last before Chisato […]

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15 h. ago DEAR ABBY: Brother’s many good deeds get punished by his sisters

DEAR ABBY: I am a 67-year-old man who has two sisters. Recently, I was at my younger sister “Mitzi’s” house, installing some blinds. While there, I received a phone call from my girlfriend. (We have been together nine months, after my wife passed last year.) My girlfriend and I were discussing finances, including the topic […]

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39 h. ago Ohioans came out strong for Trump — now they’re bracing for his tariffs

COLUMBUS — In 1837, two brothers-in-law living in Ohio — one a candle maker, the other a soap maker — merged their businesses to form what later became the multinational juggernaut Procter & Gamble. Nearly two centuries later, the company — which makes everything from toothpaste to diapers — could be the canary in the […]

Economics

39 h. ago DEAR ABBY: Woman wishes to acknowledge kindness after tragic loss

DEAR ABBY: Four months ago, my 15-year-old oldest child was killed in a car accident. It has been really hard. My husband and I are doing our best to take care of our younger children and put our lives back together.   One thing I don’t know what to do about is all the mail […]

Events

53 h. ago Liverpool honours late star Diogo Jota in emotional Premier League curtain

Liverpool honoured Diogo Jota on Friday with a series of tributes as the Premier League season got off to an emotional start at Anfield. Jota died last month at the age of 28 alongside his brother Andre Silva when their Lamborghini went off the road in the accident in northern Spain. Just 11 days prior […]

Sport

60 h. ago Macron vows to punish antisemitic ‘hatred’ after memorial tree cut down

Paris (AFP) — The cutting down of an olive tree planted in memory of a young French Jewish man tortured to death in 2006 stirred outrage in France on Friday, with President Emmanuel Macron vowing punishment over an act of antisemitic “hatred”. Politicians across the political spectrum condemned the act as an attack against the […]

Politics

3 d. ago What’s a Blue Jays TV rally killer? Another Apple game on Friday to bounce Sportsnet coverage

The Blue Jays are the hottest ticket in town and it’s not even close — now that the red-hot, first-place team is riding a sellout streak of 13 consecutive games at the Rogers Centre and is drawing massive ratings numbers for their corporate sister, Sportsnet. Buck Martinez is back, adding another welcome and familiar touch […]

Sport

3 d. ago Rick Hillier says feds must help former translator’s family escape Taliban: ‘We can do better’

The retired general, a former chief of the defence staff, said it would be appalling if Canada failed to help the ex-translator's sister

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3 d. ago Top Japanese fighter retires to support comatose boxer brother

A Japanese boxer is retiring to support his brother who has been in a coma since a bout in May, as the sport in the country reels from the deaths of two fighters. Former WBC strawweight champion Yudai Shigeoka’s brother Ginjiro collapsed after a fight in Osaka three months ago and underwent emergency brain surgery. […]

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4 d. ago Pair of shaggy Highland cattle making their debut at the Toronto Zoo

The nine-month-old brothers are Scottish Highland cattle, with long, woolly, reddish coats and fringe over their eyes. 

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4 d. ago Pair of shaggy Highland cattle making their debut at Toronto Zoo

Two delightfully shaggy new faces will be on display at the Toronto Zoo starting on Friday. The nine-month-old brothers are Scottish Highland cattle, with long, woolly, reddish coats and fringe over their eyes. The zoo’s manager of wildlife care, Marc Brandson, says the two were born and raised at an Ontario farm before moving to […]

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4 d. ago Colossal Biosciences’ female ‘dire wolf’ meets her brothers for first time

The biology research company brought the two males, Romulus and Remus, together in one habitat with the female, Khaleesi, to watch them meet for the first time.

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4 d. ago DEAR ABBY: Husband’s hazy new habit has wife eyeing the exit

DEAR ABBY: My husband is going to be 70 next month. He is in good physical shape but has taken up smoking marijuana every day. He says he is addicted. I have told him how much I hate that he uses dope. He quits for a while and then goes back to it.   We […]

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5 d. ago DEAR ABBY: Husband refuses to accept wife’s imminent passing

DEAR ABBY: I was diagnosed with colon cancer five years ago. After two surgeries and three hospital stays, I recovered. The experience made me realize at 62 that it was time to downsize. I moved my husband and myself into a smaller, one-storey home in a lovely retirement community. I have now been diagnosed with […]

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6 d. ago The Jonas Brothers know what their audience wants — to be kids again

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. – Near the end of the Jonas Brothers concert on Sunday at MetLife Stadium, Nick Jonas started ruminating about how grateful he was for everyone who helped him and his brothers, Joe and Kevin, succeed in the music industry. Their parents. Many people in attendance that night, which was the kickoff show […]

Society

6 d. ago Remains of Antarctic explorer found 66 years after he went missing

Dennis Bell's remains were sent for testing at King’s College London, where they were matched with DNA samples from his brother and sister.

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6 d. ago Stifling heat forecast in Ontario, Quebec, Atlantic provinces and parts of B.C.

Another day of punishing heat and humidity is expected to hit Ontario, Quebec and the four Atlantic provinces.

Culture

7 d. ago Judge rips into 'entitled, ungrateful' B.C. man who lied to steal brothers' A&W franchise

A B.C. Supreme Court judge slams man’s testimony, saying he 'lied repeatedly and unrelentingly'

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7 d. ago Judge rips into 'entitled, ungrateful' B.C. man who lied to strip profits from brothers' A&W franchise

A B.C. Supreme Court judge slams man’s testimony, saying he 'lied repeatedly and unrelentingly'

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8 d. ago DEAR ABBY: Closeted man tells gay friend to tone it down for relatives

DEAR ABBY: I’m an older gay male with many gay friends, but I have never come out to family, although I’m confident most of them know or suspect my sexual orientation.   I invited my cousin and her husband to a small get-together before an event here in the city near my house. I also […]

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