• The Canadian Press

    Sports scoreboard for Friday, April 19, 2024

    Friday's Games NBA Play-In Tournament Miami 112 Chicago 91 New Orleans 105 Sacramento 98 --- MLB Interleague Toronto 5 San Diego 1 Cincinnati 7 L.A. Angels 1 Philadelphia 7 Chicago White Sox 0 Boston 8 Pittsburgh 1 Houston 5 Washington 3 Atlanta 8 Texas 3 Seattle at Colorado, ppd. American League N.Y. Yankees 5 Tampa Bay 3 Cleveland 10 Oakland 2 Kansas City 9 Baltimore 4 Detroit 5 Minnesota 4 National League Chicago Cubs 8 Miami 3 Milwaukee 2, St. Louis 1 (10 innings) N.Y. Mets 9 L.A. Dodgers 4

  • The Canadian Press

    Senate passes reauthorization of key US surveillance program after midnight deadline

    WASHINGTON (AP) — After its midnight deadline, the Senate voted early Saturday to reauthorize a key U.S. surveillance law after divisions over whether the FBI should be restricted from using the program to search for Americans’ data nearly forced the statute to lapse. The legislation approved 60-34 with bipartisan support would extend for two years the program known as Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. It now goes to President Joe Biden’s desk to become law. White House n

  • Reuters

    Tesla cuts US prices of Models Y, X, S by $2,000

    Tesla cut the U.S. prices of its Model Y, Model X and Model S vehicles by $2,000 each on Friday, days after the first-quarter deliveries of the world's most valuable automaker missed market expectations. Elon Musk's electric-vehicle (EV) maker lowered the prices for its Model Y base variant to $42,990, while the long-range and performance variants are now priced at $47,990 and $51,490, respectively, according to its website. Tesla North America also said in a post on X said it would end its referral program benefits in all markets after April 30.