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• March Madness: Tennessee-FAU pits White brothers in Sweet 16

  22-03-2023 23:56 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  The White family text chain is relatively quiet right now. No talking trash. No picking sides. Just a handful of “good luck” sentiments before arguably the biggest basketball game involving […]
  
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• Mississippi sets tighter restrictions on absentee ballots

  22-03-2023 23:53 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi will set tighter restrictions on who can gather other people’s absentee ballots, under a bill that Gov. Tate Reeves signed Wednesday. The Republican governor said […]
  
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• Brian Dutcher’s Aztecs meeting March Madness expectations

  22-03-2023 23:49 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  SAN DIEGO (AP) — Brian Dutcher will always be known as the guy who spent all those years at Steve Fisher’s side, winning the NCAA title at Michigan in 1989 […]
  
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• Coaches’ sons Hurley and Musselman to meet in Sweet 16

  22-03-2023 23:47 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — Every day he wasn’t out recruiting or away at a game, Bill Musselman wrote a message on his son’s school lunch bag. Effort, energy, enthusiasm. The […]
  
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• 120 leaders invited to Biden’s 2nd Summit for Democracy

  22-03-2023 23:47 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration has extended invitations to 120 global leaders for next week’s Summit for Democracy, including to representatives from eight countries that weren’t invited to the […]
  
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• ‘Nobody’s perfect,’ Foreign Minister Mélanie Joly says as MPs chide Afghan evacuation

  22-03-2023 23:46 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  OTTAWA – Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly says it was “a messy situation” trying to airlift Afghans who helped Canadian soldiers out of the country when the Taliban took over […]
  
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• On eve of record, Ronaldo a ‘better man’ after United ordeal

  22-03-2023 23:45 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Cristiano Ronaldo, on the eve of becoming the player with the most appearances with a national team in men’s soccer, said his difficult second spell with […]
  
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• NTSB: Pilot error in crash killing diet guru Gwen Shamblin

  22-03-2023 23:44 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A small plane crash in Tennessee that killed weight-loss guru Gwen Shamblin Lara and six others likely happened when her husband piloting the plane — actor […]
  
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• Otieno family attorneys push back against officers’ defense

  22-03-2023 23:43 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — As a video was released publicly this week showing sheriff’s deputies and employees of a Virginia mental hospital pinning Irvo Otieno to the floor, attorneys for […]
  
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• Vikings agree to terms with ex-Rams WR Powell, LB Reeder

  22-03-2023 23:38 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  EAGAN, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota Vikings agreed to terms Wednesday with two free agents: wide receiver Brandon Powell and linebacker Troy Reeder. The contracts were pending completion of their […]
  
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• ‘He’s a unicorn’: Canucks star defenceman Hughes continues to grow his game

  22-03-2023 23:27 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  VANCOUVER – There’s little Quinn Hughes does on the ice that shocks his Vancouver Canucks teammates anymore. At 23 years old, the American defenceman has already smashed records, and he […]
  
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• Terriers, Pistons favoured in MJHL East

  22-03-2023 23:24 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  The MJHL post-season begins Friday and only one thing is certain: the Portage Terriers, hosts of the Centennial Cup, have their spot guaranteed at the national junior A championship, slated for May 11-21 at Stride Place.
  
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• Roger Clemens will be an analyst for ESPN on opening day

  22-03-2023 23:23 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  Roger Clemens will be an analyst for ESPN when the defending World Series champion Houston Astros host the Chicago White Sox on opening day. Clemens made four appearances on last […]
  
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• Training program for people facing employment barriers resurrected with provincial funds

  22-03-2023 23:21 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  A training program that teaches trade skills to people facing employment barriers has received a provincial funding boost, months after it was shuttered.
  
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• Jill Biden: It’s time for men to step up for women’s rights

  22-03-2023 23:21 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — First lady Jill Biden on Wednesday used a Women’s History Month event at the White House to call on men to step up and fight to protect […]
  
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• Uniquely New Orleans mayoral recall effort fails

  22-03-2023 23:20 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Because it happened in New Orleans, an effort to oust the mayor over typical big city complaints — high crime rates, slacking services, alleged misuse of […]
  
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• AP sources: Notre Dame closing deal with PSU’s Shrewsberry

  22-03-2023 23:20 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  Notre Dame is finalizing a deal to make Penn State’s Micah Shrewsberry its new men’s basketball coach, two people with direct knowledge of the situation told The Associated Press on […]
  
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• North Carolina House passes bill limiting racial teachings

  22-03-2023 23:17 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina’s Republican-controlled House passed a previously vetoed proposal Wednesday to restrict how teachers can discuss certain racial topics that some lawmakers have equated to “ […]
  
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• IOC’s Bach defends Russia stance amid pro-Ukraine protest

  22-03-2023 23:17 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  ESSEN, Germany (AP) — International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach defended his organization’s efforts to create a pathway for Russian and Belarusian athletes to return to competition in a speech […]
  
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• Bacot says he’s returning for 5th season at North Carolina

  22-03-2023 23:17 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina forward Armando Bacot is returning to play a fifth season for the Tar Heels. Bacot announced his decision Wednesday, giving North Carolina fans […]
  
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• $300M NJ statehouse renovation wraps up as governor moves in

  22-03-2023 22:58 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey’s statehouse building, part of which dates to the 1700s and was called a fire trap, is once again open after a renovation spanning almost […]
  
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• Lynx Air announces summer service between Toronto and Kelowna, Hamilton and Vancouver

  22-03-2023 22:54 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  CALGARY – Budget airline Lynx Air announced it’s launching two new routes for the summer, one from Hamilton to Vancouver and one from Toronto to Kelowna, B.C. The Calgary-based airline […]
  
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• Tunsil looks to lead Texans after signing 3-year extension

  22-03-2023 22:50 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  HOUSTON (AP) — The Houston Texans don’t yet know who their quarterback will be next season and beyond. But whoever it is will be well protected with left tackle Laremy […]
  
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• Carberry desperate to find doctor as ER threatened

  22-03-2023 22:47 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  Residents of a town in western Manitoba are bracing for the closure of their emergency department, which they fear could be permanent, beginning this fall.
  
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• Bipartisan support emerges for Senate railroad safety bill

  22-03-2023 22:46 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A bipartisan consensus that Congress should act to toughen regulations on railroads emerged Wednesday as senators heard fresh testimony on the fiery hazardous train derailment last month […]
  
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• Oil exec held for 5 years in Venezuela sues Citgo for $100M

  22-03-2023 22:44 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  HOUSTON (AP) — One of the Citgo oil executives who was held for nearly five years in Venezuela has sued his company for $100 million, alleging it conspired in his […]
  
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• Ex-women’s prison warden gets 6 years for inmate sex abuse

  22-03-2023 22:44 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — The former warden of an abuse-plagued federal women’s prison in the San Francisco Bay Area was sentenced Wednesday to nearly six years in prison for sexually […]
  
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• Chelsea beats Lyon in 1st leg of Women’s Champions League QF

  22-03-2023 22:42 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  LYON, France (AP) — Guro Reiten’s first-half goal helped Chelsea beat Lyon 1-0 to put the London club a step closer to the semifinals of the Women’s Champions League on […]
  
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• Police-reported hate crimes rise again, as pandemic worsens discrimination: StatCan

  22-03-2023 22:40 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  OTTAWA – New figures released by Statistics Canada show hate crimes reported to police continued to spike across the country in the second year of the pandemic as people were […]
  
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• Nurse overtime at rural authorities through the roof: data

  22-03-2023 22:38 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  Manitoba nurses who work for two rural health authorities recorded more than 132,000 overtime hours in 2022.Figures released by the Manitoba NDP show nurses in Southern Health and Interlake-Eastern worked 73,291 and 59,227 hours of overtime, respectively, during the first eight months of 2022.The jump in overtime hours put both health authorities on track to finish the year with a 36 per cent increase in overtime use compared to 2020, the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic.
  
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• Liberals introduce legislation to create a corporate ownership registry

  22-03-2023 22:20 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  OTTAWA – The federal Liberals are moving ahead with plans to create an ownership registry after promising to increase transparency about who owns and controls corporations. Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne […]
  
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• NYC guards lead Michigan State, K-State to Sweet 16 at MSG

  22-03-2023 22:11 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Stories of New York City point guards have an almost mythical quality. There are Hall of Famers and trailblazers such as Bob Cousy and Nate “Tiny” […]
  
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• What to know about new research on coffee and heart risks

  22-03-2023 22:09 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  Coffee lovers — and their doctors — have long wondered whether a jolt of java can affect the heart. New research published Wednesday finds that drinking caffeinated coffee did not […]
  
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• Nadel to miss start of 29th season as lead on Rangers radio

  22-03-2023 22:08 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Hall of Fame broadcaster Eric Nadel said Wednesday he will miss the start of his 29th season as the lead voice on Texas Rangers radio broadcasts […]
  
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• Michigan GOP slammed for comparing gun reform to Holocaust

  22-03-2023 22:05 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The Michigan Republican Party has received backlash from political leaders on both sides of the aisle for posts on social media Wednesday that compared the Holocaust […]
  
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• Alberta teen’s death inquiry to find solutions to protect children at risk: Judge

  22-03-2023 21:59 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  CALGARY – An Alberta education official told a fatality inquiry Wednesday that different rules were in place in 2013 that allowed a malnourished 15-year-old Calgary boy who died of sepsis […]
  
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• Portland Thorns open new NWSL season looking to defend title

  22-03-2023 21:46 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  PORTLAND THORNS 2022 RECORD AND FINISH: 10-3-9, won the NWSL title over the Kansas City Current. COACH: Mike Norris. FILE - Portland Thorns forward Sophia Smith holds the MVP trophy […]
  
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• Doctors may miss how addiction patients cheat drug tests

  22-03-2023 21:42 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  Doctors often use urine tests to make sure patients taking medication for opioid addiction are sticking with treatment. A new study suggests they may be missing some cheaters. Nearly 8% […]
  
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• AP source: Browns get WR Moore from Jets for draft pick

  22-03-2023 21:33 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  CLEVELAND (AP) — The Browns found the offensive speed they need. Adding another playmaker for quarterback Deshaun Watson, Cleveland acquired wide receiver Elijah Moore in a trade from the New […]
  
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• Alberta information commissioner to investigate Kearl tailings leak notifications

  22-03-2023 21:29 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  EDMONTON – Alberta’s information commissioner says she will investigate the province’s energy regulator over how the public was notified about oilsands tailings pond releases at Imperial Oil’s Kearl mine. Diane […]
  
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• Report: Killer of Jesuits in Mexico found shot to death

  22-03-2023 21:25 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  MEXICO CITY (AP) — The sister of a drug gang leader accused of murdering two Jesuit priests last year has identified a body found shot to death in northern Mexico […]
  
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• Family lawyer: Police shooting caught on video was execution

  22-03-2023 21:22 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) — The lawyer for the family of a man fatally shot by police after he allegedly stole a pair of sunglasses from a Virginia shopping mall called […]
  
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• Bichette, Varsho homer and Berrios pitches five solid innings as Jays beat Orioles

  22-03-2023 21:22 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  DUNEDIN, Fla. – Bo Bichette and Daulton Varsho hit solo homers, Jose Berrios pitched five solid innings and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Baltimore Orioles 2-1 in spring training […]
  
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• Senators press Moderna CEO on COVID-19 vaccine price hike

  22-03-2023 21:21 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  Moderna’s CEO on Wednesday defended a plan to more than quadruple the company’s COVID-19 vaccine price, but he also said the drugmaker will work to ensure patients continue paying nothing […]
  
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• Appeals court sides with Justice Dept. in Trump lawyer fight

  22-03-2023 21:21 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  A federal appeals court on Wednesday directed a lawyer for Donald Trump to turn over to prosecutors documents in the investigation into the former president’s retention of classified documents at […]
  
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• Ex-Haitian mayor found liable in killings charged with fraud

  22-03-2023 21:18 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  BOSTON (AP) — A former Haitian mayor was criminally charged Wednesday with lying on his application to become a legal resident of the U.S., just one day after he was […]
  
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• Astros star Altuve has surgery on broken thumb, a WBC injury

  22-03-2023 21:18 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  Houston Astros star Jose Altuve had surgery Wednesday on his broken right thumb, an injury that occurred in the World Baseball Classic and will significantly delay the second baseman’s 2023 […]
  
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• Ed Cooley takes over at Georgetown with lofty aspirations

  22-03-2023 21:17 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Ed Cooley’s task at Georgetown is to bring a once-storied program back to prominence in a competitive conference that has three teams still part of March Madness […]
  
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• Yemen: Fighting kills 16, endangering peace efforts

  22-03-2023 21:14 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Renewed fighting has erupted in a strategic province in central Yemen, killing at least 16 forces, security and health officials said Wednesday. The flare-up of violence […]
  
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• Analysis: China’s sway over Russia grows amid Ukraine fight

  22-03-2023 21:06 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  MOSCOW (AP) — It was a revealing moment during Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s tightly scripted visit to Moscow: Standing in the doorway of the Grand Kremlin Palace, he told Russian […]
  
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