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• Pope Benedict XVI’s aide acknowledges criticism over memoir

  19-03-2023 20:02 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  ROME (AP) — The longtime secretary to Pope Benedict XVI acknowledged Sunday that his tell-all memoir, published in the days after Benedict’s death, had been criticized for casting Pope Francis […]
  
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• MMF opens doors at Main Street transitional housing project

  21-03-2023 02:44 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  The Manitoba Métis Federation celebrated the grand opening of a 20-unit transitional Housing First program building in Winnipeg on Monday.
  
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• Knicks’ Julius Randle with 52 points in 3 quarters vs Wolves

  21-03-2023 02:37 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Julius Randle has a career-high 52 points in three quarters, the first 50-point game for a New York Knicks player since Carmelo Anthony set the franchise […]
  
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• March Madness: Van Lith and Louisville pummel Texas

  21-03-2023 02:21 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Hailey Van Lith scored 21 points and No. 5 Louisville rolled over No. 4 Texas 73-51 on the Longhorns’ home court Monday night to send the […]
  
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• Tennessee House OKs narrow abortion exemption bill

  21-03-2023 02:19 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee’s GOP-dominant House on Monday advanced legislation that would add a narrow exemption to the state’s strict abortion ban, despite concerns raised by Democrats and medical […]
  
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• Biden signs measure nullifying DC criminal code revisions

  21-03-2023 02:17 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Monday signed into law legislation nullifying the recent overhaul of the District of Columbia criminal code, but the fight between Congress and local […]
  
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• New law has Wyoming at forefront of abortion pill bans

  21-03-2023 02:13 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Wyoming has pushed to the front of state efforts to prohibit the most common type of abortion by instituting the nation’s first explicit ban on pills […]
  
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• Alabama suspends freshman defensive back after drug arrest

  21-03-2023 02:04 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — Alabama freshman defensive back Tony Mitchell has been suspended from the team following his arrest on a drug charge. Crimson Tide coach Nick Saban said Monday […]
  
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• March Madness! Siegrist leads Villanova into Sweet 16

  21-03-2023 01:57 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  VILLANOVA, Pa. (AP) — Maddy Siegrist scored 31 points and sent the winningest team in Villanova history into the Sweet 16 for the second time in program history with a […]
  
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• Former NFL MVP Cam Newton to throw at Auburn’s Pro Day

  21-03-2023 01:52 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  Cam Newton wants another shot. The 2015 NFL Most Valuable Player announced in a spirted social media post that he’ll be throwing for pro scouts at Auburn’s Pro Day on […]
  
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• Einarson’s Team Canada on a heater at World Women’s Curling Championship

  21-03-2023 01:52 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  After a disappointing 8-7 loss to the United States on Sunday, Team Canada’s Kerri Einarson has bounced back in a big way.
  
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• Russia to hold UN meeting on Ukraine kids taken to Russia

  21-03-2023 01:46 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Russia plans to hold an informal meeting of the U.N. Security Council in early April on what it said is “the real situation” of Ukrainian children […]
  
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• QB Joshua Dobbs returning to Browns as Watson’s backup

  21-03-2023 01:44 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  CLEVELAND (AP) — Joshua Dobbs is back with the Browns as a backup. The free agent quarterback, who spent most of last season with Cleveland, agreed Monday to a one-year […]
  
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• NDP, Tories clash in house over birth control

  21-03-2023 01:36 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  Reproductive rights advocates are seeking to make free access to birth control a provincial election issue, while the party currently in power had no comment Monday.
  
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• 2 missing Florida boaters found dead in lake near Legoland

  21-03-2023 01:31 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  WINTER HAVEN, Fla. (AP) — Authorities say they recovered the bodies of two boaters Monday afternoon, nearly two days after they went missing following an accident on a central Florida […]
  
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• Two men who lost fingers crossing into Canada become Canadian citizens

  21-03-2023 01:26 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  WINNIPEG – Razak Iyal was given a warm embrace as he officially became a Canadian citizen, more than six years after nearly freezing to death walking across the Canada-United States […]
  
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• New rules for foreign waterfowl hunters seek ‘level playing field’

  21-03-2023 01:21 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  Manitoba sportsmen are smiling — and American counterparts fuming — after the provincial government introduced new rules for private and public land accessibility for resident and foreign waterfowl hunters.
  
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• Cruise wants to test self-driving vehicles across California

  21-03-2023 01:17 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  DETROIT (AP) — General Motors’ Cruise autonomous vehicle unit on Monday asked California for permission to test the cars across the entire state. The GM subsidiary already is running an […]
  
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• Six defeat Whale 3-0 in Game 3 showdown to punch ticket to PHF title game in Arizona

  21-03-2023 01:14 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  TORONTO – The Toronto Six, who were one overtime goal away on Saturday from elimination in the Premier Hockey Federation playoffs, are heading to Arizona this weekend to play for […]
  
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• March Madness rout as Lady Vols reach 2nd straight Sweet 16

  21-03-2023 01:10 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Reserves Sara Puckett and Jillian Hollingshead led five Lady Vols in double figures with 13 points apiece as fourth-seeded Tennessee routed No. 12 seed Toledo 94-47 […]
  
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• Teacher shot by 6-year-old describes challenging recovery

  21-03-2023 01:04 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A Virginia teacher who was shot and wounded by her 6-year-old student said she has had four surgeries and is going through a challenging recovery. Speaking […]
  
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• Review says London police racist, misogynistic, homophobic

  21-03-2023 01:04 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  LONDON (AP) — London police have lost the confidence of the public because of deep-seated racism, misogyny and homophobia, according to an independent review commissioned after a young woman was […]
  
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• Falcons address CB by signing Hughes, re-signing Armstrong

  21-03-2023 01:02 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. (AP) — The Atlanta Falcons bolstered their group of cornerbacks on Monday by signing Mike Hughes to a one-year deal and re-signing Cornell Armstrong. Hughes, 26, set […]
  
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• ‘Zero notification’: construction road closure vexes Exchange District shop owners

  21-03-2023 01:00 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  Some business owners in the Exchange District are raising questions about the way Winnipeggers are notified of work-related street closures, saying they weren’t informed before barricades went up outside their shops.
  
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• The art of Indigenous truth and joy

  21-03-2023 01:00 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  Marie-Anne Redhead is wearing the most sensational earrings.
  
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• No fun in watching and waiting

  21-03-2023 01:00 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  ST. LOUIS — The hardest part about suffering back-to-back injuries for Pierre-Luc Dubois wasn’t the work to get back on the ice. That, of course, wasn’t easy, with a rehab regimen that required working alone with support staff, along with all the other challenges that come with getting back up to game speed.
  
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• NDP steering clear of Tories’ budget trap, keeping eye on fall’s election prize

  21-03-2023 01:00 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  The Progressive Conservative government has laid a trap. The NDP does not appear ready to walk into it.
  
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• MPI hiring driving instructor for expensive new Nova

  21-03-2023 01:00 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  Manitoba Public Insurance is hiring a new consultant to oversee its $290 million project to move Autopac services online after the province’s consumer watchdog rapped the Crown corporation for a lack of control over spending.
  
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• Bill 35 step toward teacher transparency

  21-03-2023 01:00 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  Through a simple online search, Manitobans can find out whether their doctor, lawyer, nurse, pharmacist, physiotherapist or veterinarian has a history of impropriety. These are just a few of the occupations held to account through professional complaint and discipline registries designed to protect the public.
  
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• Top 10 historic Sierra snow seasons

  21-03-2023 00:58 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  RENO, Nev. (AP) — Here is a list of the Top 10 Sierra winters with the most snow in the 77 years since the UC-Berkeley Central Sierra Snow Lab started […]
  
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