The Canadian Press

2 days ago | thecanadianpressnews.ca | Gary Fields |Ayanna Alexander

PITTSBURGH (AP) - At Perry Traditional Academy, students took time out from classes on a recent Thursday to listen quietly in the school auditorium while a small group of their classmates questioned the four candidates running in Pittsburgh's upcoming mayoral primary. The topics covered an array of issues important to the teens: policing, school funding and youth involvement in their administrations.

3 days ago | thecanadianpressnews.ca | Bob Lentz

FLOURTOWN, Pa. (AP) - Sepp Straka seized the lead with a par on the 16th hole and shot a 2-under 68, outdueling Shane Lowry on Sunday in the final round of the Truist Championship at Philadelphia Cricket Club for his second victory of the season. After Lowry missed the green with his tee shot at the 212-yard, par-3 16th, Straka hit to approximately 30 feet. Lowry chipped out of the heavy rough but failed to convert a 6-foot par putt, falling a shot behind.

3 days ago | thecanadianpressnews.ca | Pat Graham

DENVER (AP) - The Colorado Rockies have fired Bud Black, the winningest manager in franchise history, after a 7-33 start that's one of the worst in Major League Baseball history. Colorado promoted third base coach Warren Schaeffer to be the interim manager, the team announced Sunday after a 9-3 win over San Diego. That victory wasn't enough to save Black's job after the Rockies lost 21-0 to the Padres on Saturday. They also fired bench coach Mike Redmond.

3 days ago | thecanadianpressnews.ca | Tales Azzoni

MADRID (AP) - Barcelona took a huge step Sunday to securing the Spanish league title with a 4-3 win over Real Madrid - despite Kylian Mbappé's hat trick in a mesmerizing 'clasico' - and opened a seven-point lead over its second-placed rival with three matches remaining. Raphinha scored twice, and Lamine Yamal and Eric García added a goal each for Barcelona, which trailed 2-0 after Mbappé scored in the fifth and 14th minutes at Montjuic stadium.

4 days ago | thecanadianpressnews.ca | Llazar Semini

TIRANA, Albania (AP) - Prime Minister Edi Rama is seeking a fourth term as Albania's prime minister in a general election on Sunday, after taking on his political nemesis in a boisterous campaign dominated by the country's uphill effort to join the European Union. Rama's Socialist Party says it can deliver EU membership in five years, sticking to an ambitious pledge while battling conservative opponents with public recriminations and competing promises of pay hikes.