• Associated Press

    Semien goes deep and García steals home as Bochy's Rangers beat Giants 7-2 to avoid series sweep

    Marcus Semien retaliated from a pitch to the head with a two-run homer, Adolis García stole home and the Texas Rangers avoided being swept by manager Bruce Bochy's former team with a 7-2 win over the San Francisco Giants on Sunday. The first pitch thrown by Giants starter Keaton Winn was a 94.5 mph fastball that knocked Semien's helmet off his head. Semien was OK and eventually scored, and when he batted again in the second inning went deep on the next pitch he saw, an 86.4 mph slider, to put Texas up 5-0.

  • CBC

    Province announces funding for new Ottawa-area schools

    Several of Ottawa's school boards are getting significant investments to build new schools in the city's suburbs. By far the largest pot of money announced last week by the Ontario government will go to the Ottawa Catholic School Board (OCSB), which is receiving more than $117 million to be divided among four school-related projects. The board is getting $87 million for the creation of a high school and elementary school in the Fernbank area, both of which are meant to address the "rapidly growi

  • Associated Press

    Jamie Chadwick becomes first woman to win Indy NXT race since 2010

    Jamie Chadwick became the third woman to win an Indy NXT race and the first to accomplish the feat on a road course when she led for all 20 laps Sunday at Road America. Indy NXT is the final step on the ladder system of open-wheel racing for drivers working their way up to the IndyCar series. “Honestly overwhelmed,” Chadwick said.