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• Funeral set for Roger Fortson, the Black U.S. Air Force member killed in his home by Florida deputy

  17-05-2024 06:12 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  STONECREST, Ga. (AP) — A funeral will be held Friday for a Black U.S. Air Force senior airman who was shot and killed in his Florida home by a sheriff’s […]
  
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• Spain proposes law to improve online safety for children, including virtual restraining orders

  04-06-2024 15:15 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Spain’s government has proposed a law to protect children from online threats that includes virtual restraining orders for felons, a higher age for opening social media […]
  
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• Online streaming services must now pay into fund for Canadian news, content

  04-06-2024 15:13 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  OTTAWA – Online streaming services like Netflix and Spotify are being told they must start contributing money toward local news and the production of Canadian content. The Canadian Radio-television and […]
  
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• Gold and gunfire: Italian artist Cattelan’s latest satirical work is a bullet-riddled golden wall

  04-06-2024 15:06 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The first thing that strikes you, arriving in the gallery that houses artist Maurizio Cattelan’s latest satirical work, is the gleam. The brilliant gleam of 64 […]
  
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• Muhammad Ali’s childhood home is for sale in Kentucky after being converted into a museum

  04-06-2024 15:02 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The pink house where Muhammad Ali grew up dreaming of boxing fame — and where hundreds of fans gathered for an emotional send-off as his funeral […]
  
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• Advocacy group Women in Capital Markets changing name to VersaFi

  04-06-2024 14:53 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  TORONTO – Advocacy group Women in Capital Markets is changing its name to VersaFi. The group says the move reflects the organization’s commitment to accelerating progress for gender equity across […]
  
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• Romania’s culture minister asks Louis Vuitton to acknowledge a traditional blouse inspired items

  04-06-2024 14:45 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Romania’s minister of culture says she will ask French luxury fashion house Louis Vuitton to acknowledge that a traditional Romanian blouse directly inspired items in one […]
  
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• Yes, you can have a tidy native-plant garden. Here are some tips

  04-06-2024 14:39 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  For decades, native plants were relegated to the “weed” section of many American gardeners’ minds. Most nurseries didn’t stock them. But that’s slowly changing. Native plants provide food and shelter […]
  
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• Paris Olympics: Opening athlete parade on a river, not in a stadium, tops list of innovations

  04-06-2024 14:30 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  GENEVA (AP) — Exactly 100 years since the Olympics were last staged in Paris, and 128 years since its modern revival in Athens, the Summer Games can still deliver fresh […]
  
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• A volcano erupts on a central Philippine island, sending hundreds into evacuation centers

  04-06-2024 14:27 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A volcano belched a plume of ash and steam into the night sky in the central Philippines in a powerful explosion that sent more than 700 […]
  
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• Book Review: ‘When the Sea Came Alive’ expands understanding of D-Day invasion

  04-06-2024 13:54 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  Writing about the Allied invasion of Normandy, Garrett M. Graff is treading onto familiar history with his latest book. From books by historian Stephen Ambrose to films like Steven Spielberg’s […]
  
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• Marotta named new Inter Milan president as American fund Oaktree’s era begins in earnest

  04-06-2024 13:51 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  MILAN (AP) — Inter Milan’s new American owner Oaktree appointed veteran director Giuseppe Marotta as the club’s president on Tuesday as the investment firm began its reign in earnest. Marotta […]
  
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• Keith Urban, Doja Cat, Big Sean, Gwen Stefani and more to perform at iHeartRadio Music Festival

  04-06-2024 13:46 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Big Sean, Camila Cabello, Doja Cat, Hozier, Keith Urban, Gwen Stefani, New Kids on the Block and Paramore are among the performers this fall at the […]
  
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• Syria says no dialogue with Turkey before Ankara announces plans to withdraw its troops

  04-06-2024 13:39 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syria’s foreign minister said Tuesday that any dialogue between Syria and Turkey should follow Ankara’s announcement that it will withdraw its troops from all Syrian territories […]
  
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• Coco Gauff returns to the French Open semifinals by defeating Ons Jabeur. Iga Swiatek could be next

  04-06-2024 13:15 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  PARIS (AP) — Coco Gauff came back to defeat Ons Jabeur 4-6, 6-2, 6-3 at the French Open on Tuesday to reach the semifinals at a third consecutive Grand Slam […]
  
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• Coco Gauff and defending champion Iga Swiatek will meet in the French Open semifinals

  04-06-2024 13:15 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  PARIS (AP) — Coco Gauff and defending champion Iga Swiatek will meet in the French Open semifinals after victories Tuesday. No. 3 seed Gauff came back to defeat Ons Jabeur […]
  
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• Georgia and ‘Kvaradona’ will play their first European Championship as divisions deepen at home

  04-06-2024 13:08 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  The nation of Georgia has been racked by protests and political turmoil but there’s one cause that almost everyone supports: the national soccer team. Led by Napoli winger Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, […]
  
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• North Korea’s trash balloons deepen tensions with the South. Here’s what’s happening between rivals

  04-06-2024 12:37 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Animosities between North and South Korea are rising sharply again over an unusual cause: The North’s rubbish-carrying balloons. In the past week, North Korea floated […]
  
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• Marcell Jacobs succeeded Usain Bolt as Olympic 100-meter champion. He still flies ‘under the radar’

  04-06-2024 12:35 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  ROME (AP) — Hardly anyone outside of Italy had heard of Marcell Jacobs before he succeeded Usain Bolt as the Olympic 100 meter champion in Tokyo. Three injury-filled years have […]
  
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• Spanish court summons the prime minister’s wife for questioning in a corruption probe

  04-06-2024 12:33 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  MADRID (AP) — A Spanish investigative judge has summoned the wife of Spain’s prime minister to give testimony as part of a probe into allegations that she used her position […]
  
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• Spanish court summons prime minister’s wife in corruption probe. Government denounces smear campaign

  04-06-2024 12:33 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — A Spanish investigative judge has summoned the wife of Spain’s prime minister to give testimony as part of a probe into allegations that she used her […]
  
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• A military training plane crashes in central Turkey, killing its 2 pilots

  04-06-2024 12:11 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A military plane crashed during training on Tuesday, killing its two pilots on board, Turkey’s defense ministry announced. The SF-260D training plane crashed into an agricultural […]
  
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• Sharing a bond of ski racing, 2 Canadian Olympians have remained fast friends for nearly 80 years

  04-06-2024 12:01 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  This wasn’t just a dinner between two friends of nearly 80 years. It was a rare and unexpected opportunity to catch up in person last November at the Canadian Ski […]
  
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• Edmonton Oilers’ penalty killers holding up their side of the special teams ledger

  04-06-2024 12:00 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  Move over, Edmonton Oilers power play. The penalty killers are in the spotlight. The Oilers reached their first Stanley Cup final in 18 years in no small measure to a […]
  
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• Indonesia’s Mount Ibu erupts, spewing red lava, thick ash and dark clouds into the sky

  04-06-2024 11:58 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia’s Mount Ibu spewed red lava and thick grey ash clouds that towered 5,000 meters (16,400 feet) into the sky during a two-minute eruption Tuesday morning. […]
  
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• Body of a 5th victim is recovered from a submerged car after flooding in Germany

  04-06-2024 11:33 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  BERLIN (AP) — A woman’s body has been recovered from a car that sank into floodwater in Bavaria, police said Tuesday, bringing the confirmed death toll in flooding across southern […]
  
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