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• King Charles III to travel to France for UK ceremonies marking the 80th anniversary of D-Day

  17-05-2024 19:07 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  LONDON (AP) — King Charles III plans to travel to France next month for British ceremonies marking the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings, while skipping the larger international event […]
  
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• Loblaw’s participation in grocery code ‘a big step in the right direction’: Trudeau

  17-05-2024 19:19 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says with the biggest Canadian grocer now on board, the grocery code of conduct is much more likely to succeed. On Thursday, Loblaw said it would […]
  
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• US, international volunteer doctors trapped in Gaza hospital by Israeli assault

  17-05-2024 19:16 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  CAIRO (AP) — The 35 American and other international doctors came to Gaza in volunteer teams to help one of the territory’s few hospitals still functioning. They brought suitcases full […]
  
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• Man accused of setting Denver house fire that killed 5 in Senegalese family set to enter plea

  17-05-2024 19:16 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  DENVER (AP) — A man accused of setting a house fire that killed five members of a Senegalese family in 2020 in a case of misplaced revenge was set to […]
  
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• Witness’s medical emergency forces Skibicki trial adjournment

  17-05-2024 19:14 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  A trial for confessed serial killer Jeremy Skibicki was adjourned Friday morning after one of two expected witnesses suffered a medical emergency. The trial will resume Tuesday with police testimony […]
  
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• Cancer drug pollution is a growing global concern

  17-05-2024 19:13 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  This article was originally published on The Conversation, an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts. Disclosure information is available on the original site. ___ […]
  
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• CFL to implement two minor rules modifications in time for 2024 season

  17-05-2024 19:12 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  The CFL will implement adjustments to its rules on low block and command centre intervention in 2024. Backfield players, regardless of their position at the snap, can now cross the […]
  
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• Scottie Scheffler, from the course to jail and back: what to know about his PGA Championship arrest

  17-05-2024 19:08 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Two-time Masters champion Scottie Scheffler was arrested after police say he dragged an officer while trying to get around the scene of a fatal accident Friday […]
  
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• Porto fined $1.6M by UEFA and threatened with one-season European ban over unpaid debts

  17-05-2024 19:07 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  GENEVA (AP) — Two-time European champion Porto was fined 1.5 million euros ($1.6 million) by UEFA on Friday and threatened with a one-year ban from European competitions because of unpaid […]
  
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• John Daly withdraws from the PGA Championship with a thumb injury

  17-05-2024 18:50 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Former champion John Daly withdrew from the PGA Championship on Friday with what he said was a thumb injury. He shot 82 in the first round […]
  
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• Chicago Tribune staffers’ unequal pay lawsuit claims race and sex discrimination

  17-05-2024 18:49 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Tribune is being sued by some of its staffers, who say they and other women and Black journalists are being paid less than their white […]
  
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• Argentine subway commuters see fares spike overnight by 370%

  17-05-2024 18:46 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentine commuters in Buenos Aires on Friday were hit by an abrupt 360% increase in subway fares, one of the most dramatic price hikes in […]
  
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• California’s scenic Highway 1 to Big Sur opens to around-the-clock travel as slide repair advances

  17-05-2024 18:44 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  BIG SUR, Calif. (AP) — A section of California’s scenic Highway 1 leading to the famous Big Sur coast reopened to around-the-clock traffic Friday after stabilization of a storm-triggered rockslide […]
  
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• Zverev produces a comeback win over Tabilo to earn a spot in the Italian Open final

  17-05-2024 18:42 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  ROME (AP) — For about an hour, Alexander Zverev had no answer to the rocket-like forehands and perfectly placed drop shots that Alejandro Tabilo kept producing. The fifth-ranked Zverev kept […]
  
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• Iran arrests 260 people, including 3 European citizens, for spreading ‘satanism and nudity’

  17-05-2024 18:42 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iranian police have arrested more than 260 people, including three European citizens, on suspicion of spreading satanism, the state-run IRNA news agency reported Friday. […]
  
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• In Cannes, Francis Ford Coppola talks Trump, self-financing ‘Megalopolis’ and why he has no regrets

  17-05-2024 18:40 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  CANNES, France (AP) — Much attention has been paid to the $120 million of his own fortune that Francis Ford Coppola put up to make the futuristic epic “Megalopolis,” but […]
  
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• Canadian rugby forward Tyson Beukeboom to earn record 68th cap against New Zealand

  17-05-2024 18:32 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  Veteran forward Tyson Beukeboom will lead Canada out against New Zealand on Sunday as she enters the Canadian rugby record book. It marks the 68th career cap for the 33-year-old […]
  
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• Is Man City likable? Guardiola laughs it off with 4th straight Premier League title in sight

  17-05-2024 18:31 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Pep Guardiola is focused on winning Sunday, not on whether his team is likable. Manchester City just needs to beat West Ham at Etihad Stadium on […]
  
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• The last pandas at any US zoo are expected to leave Atlanta for China this fall

  17-05-2024 18:30 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  ATLANTA (AP) — The last U.S. zoo with pandas in its care expects to say goodbye to the four giant bears this fall. Zoo Atlanta is making preparations to return […]
  
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• What’s open, closed this May long weekend

  17-05-2024 18:27 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  May long weekend — and the unofficial start to summer — will see many Manitobans off of work and relaxing with friends and family Monday. Victoria Day recognizes the birthday […]
  
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• Toronto city councillor Jaye Robinson has died, her office says

  17-05-2024 18:23 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  Toronto city councillor Jaye Robinson has died. A statement from her office says the councillor for Don Valley West died Thursday surrounded by family members. Robinson was first elected in […]
  
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• Kenyan runner Kwemoi banned 6 years for blood doping and stripped of Olympics, world champs results

  17-05-2024 18:20 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  MONACO (AP) — Kenyan 10,000-meter runner Rodgers Kwemoi was banned for six years on Friday for suspected blood doping 18 times and disqualified from Olympics and world championships races. Track […]
  
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• Memphis man gets 80 years in prison for raping a woman a year before jogger’s killing

  17-05-2024 18:17 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee man was sentenced to 80 years in prison Friday for raping a woman a year before he was charged with kidnapping and killing a […]
  
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• A college puts the ‘cat’ into ‘education’ by giving Max an honorary ‘doctor of litter-ature’ degree

  17-05-2024 18:16 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  CASTLETON, Vt. (AP) — A Vermont university has bestowed the honorary degree of “doctor of litter-ature” on Max the cat, a beloved member of its community, ahead of students’ graduation […]
  
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• Djokovic gets late wild card to Geneva Open in bid for more clay action before Roland Garros

  17-05-2024 18:12 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  GENEVA (AP) — Novak Djokovic is a surprise entry for the Geneva Open, the last men’s warmup for the French Open. The top-ranked Djokovic got the last wild card on […]
  
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• Last student who helped integrate the University of North Carolina’s undergraduate body has died

  17-05-2024 18:11 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Ralph Kennedy Frasier, the final surviving member of a trio of African American youths who were the first to desegregate the undergraduate student body at North […]
  
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• Philippines arrests Australian suspect, reportedly the father of a rugby star, for drugs trafficking

  17-05-2024 18:08 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  MANILA, Philippines (AP) — One of Indonesia’s most-wanted drug suspects has been arrested in the Philippines after an international manhunt and efforts were underway to have the suspect extradited to […]
  
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• Pennsylvania school district’s decision to cut song from student concert raises concerns

  17-05-2024 18:08 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  ROARING SPRING, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania school district’s decision to remove a song from a recent student choral concert has divided the community and spurred a review by a […]
  
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• Feyenoord coach Arne Slot says he will be the Liverpool manager next season

  17-05-2024 18:08 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  ROTTERDAM, Netherlands (AP) — Feyenoord coach Arne Slot said Friday he will be Liverpool’s next manager, replacing Jurgen Klopp. Liverpool had already reportedly agreed to pay Feyenoord about 11 million […]
  
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• IIU clears police in two deaths last summer

  17-05-2024 17:54 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  Manitoba’s police watchdog has cleared officers in the deaths of two men after separate incidents last summer. One of the incidents happened Sept. 2. Police were called about a shirtless […]
  
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