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RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — The U.N.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic Rep. Jamaal Bowman was charged Wednesday with a misdemeanor for triggering a fire alarm as lawmakers scrambled to pass a funding bill before a government shutdown deadline in September.

SANTIAGO — Maggie Mac Neil hit the motherlode in Santiago, Chile. The swimmer's fifth gold medal Wednesday was the most by a Canadian athlete at a single Pan American Games. The 23-year-old from London, Ont.

COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. — Canada's Dan Shulman and Jacques Doucet are among the finalists for the Hall of Fame's Ford C. Frick Award for excellence in baseball broadcasting. Joe Buck, Gary Cohen, Joe Castiglione, Tom Hamilton, Ernie Johnson Sr.

The fourth-ranked Canadian women's rugby team has lost 11 straight to top-ranked England, including three defeats in the last year. Most recently Canada was beaten 50-24 and 29-12 by the Red Roses in September in Exeter and London, respectively.

VANCOUVER — The Vancouver Whitecaps begin their playoffs against the same opponent they faced to end their season. Vancouver heads down to California to take on Los Angeles FC on Saturday as part of a best-of-three series in the MLS playoffs.

OTTAWA — Ontario Provincial Police are warning that a medium-sized wildcat has escaped from an animal sanctuary in Bonnechere Valley, Ont., about 130 kilometres west of Ottawa. Police say the African serval cat could attack livestock and pets.

TORONTO — Ontario's big cities say they could lose out on millions of dollars in provincial funding for housing-related infrastructure due to factors beyond their control, unless the government makes a simple change to the criteria.

TORONTO — Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland agreed to convene a meeting with the finance ministers to discuss Alberta's proposal to withdraw from the Canada Pension Plan.

TORONTO — Former fashion mogul Peter Nygard told a jury Wednesday that "under no circumstances" could someone get locked inside his private suite at his company's Toronto building, as there were several exit options.