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• Drake-Kendrick Lamar feud: What does the law say about defamatory lyrics?

  15-05-2024 15:27 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
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• Community colleges offer clean energy training as climate-related jobs expand across America

  15-05-2024 15:36 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  DANVILLE, Illinois (AP) — On the south side of Chicago, students learn to work on Rivian electric pickup trucks and SUVs through a new technician program at Olive-Harvey College. About […]
  
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• Toronto Argonauts move quarterback Chad Kelly to suspended list

  15-05-2024 15:32 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  GUELPH, Ont. – The Toronto Argonauts placed quarterback Chad Kelly on the suspended list Tuesday while Canadian defensive back Josh Hagerty was among seven players released by the CFL club. […]
  
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• The jurors in Trump’s hush money trial are getting a front row seat to history — most of the time

  15-05-2024 15:31 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  A gag order. The House Speaker turning up outside court. Angry denouncements of the judge overseeing the case. Some of the most explosive moments in Donald Trump’s hush money trial […]
  
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• Statistics Canada says manufacturing sales down 2.1% at $69.9B in March

  15-05-2024 15:24 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  OTTAWA – Statistics Canada says manufacturing sales fell 2.1 per cent to $69.9 billion in March as sales of petroleum and coal products and motor vehicles fell. The agency says […]
  
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• How big food companies can do more to create healthier food environments

  15-05-2024 15:23 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
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• A promising new study could lead to a reduction in symptoms of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)

  15-05-2024 15:23 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
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• PGA CHAMPIONSHIP ’24: What golf was talking about the last time at Valhalla

  15-05-2024 15:17 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A look back at the trending topics in golf the last time the PGA Championship was held at Valhalla in 2014: Tiger Woods nearly a no-show […]
  
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• Caitlin Cronenberg’s ‘Humane’: Dystopian satire questions ecological disaster and compassion

  15-05-2024 15:14 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
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• Surrey, B.C., shows the rest of Canada what not to do when breaking away from the RCMP

  15-05-2024 15:11 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
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• Kroos criticizes match officials for offside call in Bayern-Madrid semifinal

  15-05-2024 14:49 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  BERLIN (AP) — Real Madrid midfielder Toni Kroos criticized match officials for their controversial offside call which benefited his team against Bayern Munich during the Champions League semifinals. Bayern defender […]
  
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• Retail sales were unchanged in April from March as inflation and interest rates curb spending

  15-05-2024 14:43 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Retail sales in April were unchanged from March as inflation continued to sting and elevated interest rates made taking on debt more burdensome. The number following […]
  
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• If you’ve tried meditating but can’t sit still, here’s how – and why – to try again

  15-05-2024 14:38 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  The first time Marcelle Hutchins sat down to meditate, she put on a guided session, relaxed her shoulders and tried to close her eyes. She lasted two minutes. “I had […]
  
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• On the eve of his visit to China, Putin says Russia is prepared to negotiate over Ukraine

  15-05-2024 14:37 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  BEIJING (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin says his regime is prepared to negotiate over the conflict in Ukraine in an interview with Chinese media on the eve of visit […]
  
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• Mosque attack in Nigeria’s north injures at least 24 people, including children

  15-05-2024 14:25 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — At least 24 worshippers, including four children, were injured in northern Nigeria’s Kano state after a man attacked the mosque where they were praying early Wednesday […]
  
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• Yemen’s Houthi rebels acknowledge attacking a US destroyer that shot down missile in the Red Sea

  15-05-2024 14:22 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Yemen’s Houthi rebels on Wednesday claimed targeting a U.S. Navy destroyer and a commercial ship in the Red Sea. However, the attack on the […]
  
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• Impaired drivers in Ontario to face tougher penalties including lifetime suspension

  15-05-2024 14:21 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  TORONTO – Ontario’s Progressive Conservative government is set to announce new legislation that would impose stiffer penalties on those convicted of driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs. The […]
  
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• Biden challenges Trump to 2 debates but won’t participate in nonpartisan commission’s debates

  15-05-2024 14:19 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Wednesday said he will not participate in fall presidential debates sponsored by the nonpartisan commission that has organized them for more than three […]
  
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• United Methodists scrap their anti-gay bans. A woman who defied them seeks reinstatement as pastor

  15-05-2024 14:11 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  Twenty years ago, Beth Stroud was defrocked from her beloved job as a United Methodist pastor in Philadelphia. In a church trial, she was found guilty of violating “Christian teaching” […]
  
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• ‘Furiosa’ speeds into the Cannes Film Festival

  15-05-2024 13:51 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  CANNES, France (AP) — Start your engines. “Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga” rolls into the Cannes Film Festival on Wednesday, returning George Miller’s dystopia-on-wheels to the Croisette promenade and launching […]
  
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• Bayern gives contracts to trio of promising teenagers

  15-05-2024 13:28 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  MUNICH (AP) — Bayern Munich is rewarding three promising youth players with their first professional contracts. Croatian midfielder Lovro Zvonarek (19), who scored in his first start for Bayern in […]
  
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• AtkinsRéalis Q1 profit and revenue up from year ago, raises nuclear business outlook

  15-05-2024 13:19 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  MONTREAL – AtkinsRéalis reported its first-quarter profit attributable to shareholders rose to $45.5 million as its revenue increased nearly 20 per cent compared with a year ago. The company formerly […]
  
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• Report: Welding at water slide caused huge fire in Sweden that killed one person

  15-05-2024 13:16 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A welding operation sparked a huge fire in February at a water park that was under construction at one of Sweden’s biggest amusement centers, causing the […]
  
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• Canadian historian Michael Ignatieff wins Spain’s Princess of Asturias Award for Social Sciences

  15-05-2024 13:15 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  MADRID (AP) — Canadian historian and writer Michael Ignatieff has won Spain’s Princess of Asturias Award for Social Sciences for his “critical reflections on the major conflicts of our time,” […]
  
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• Pakistan test-fires a new rocket system developed by its military, the army says

  15-05-2024 13:06 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s military said it successfully test-fired Wednesday a short-range, indigenously developed rocket system meant to boost its ability to deter any offensive action from archenemy and neighbor […]
  
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• UN agency authorizes second vaccine against dengue amid outbreaks in the Americas

  15-05-2024 13:03 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  GENEVA (AP) — The World Health Organization on Wednesday authorized a second dengue vaccine, a move that could provide protection for millions worldwide against the mosquito-borne disease that has already […]
  
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• Bethel-Thompson, Ford forging QB partnership at Elks training camp

  15-05-2024 13:00 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  EDMONTON – It has all the ingredients of an awkward partnership. But, so far, the Edmonton Elks’ quarterbacking tandem of McLeod Bethel-Thompson and Tre Ford are doing and saying all […]
  
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• Paris garbage collectors lift strike threat ahead of Olympic Games

  15-05-2024 12:52 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  PARIS (AP) — Paris garbage collectors have lifted the strike notice that threatened to leave the French capital facing piles of rubbish during the Olympic Games. Paris City Hall said Wednesday it had sealed a deal with the workers and that the strike notice covering several days in May and a period from July to Sept. 8 had been lifted. The Paris Olympic Games will take place July 26-Aug. 11, followed by the Aug. 28-Sept. 8 Paralympics. “An increase in the allowance system has been ap
  
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• Slovakia plans to build a new nuclear reactor

  15-05-2024 12:39 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — Slovakia’s government approved a plan on Wednesday to build another nuclear reactor in a country that relies heavily on nuclear electricity generation. The new reactor, with […]
  
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• F1 driver Alex Albon signs a multiyear contract extension with Williams

  15-05-2024 12:36 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  GROVE, England (AP) — Formula One driver Alex Albon has ended speculation about his future by signing a multiyear contract extension with Williams. The F1 team made the announcement on […]
  
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