24-06-2024 21:12 via winnipegfreepress.com
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — The Memphis Music Hall of Fame inducted its inaugural class of 25 luminaries at a rousing ceremony 12 years ago, honoring legends spanning generations and genres, from Elvis Presley to ZZ Top to Three 6 Mafia. In later years, dozens of other musicians who recorded, taught and performed in Memphis secured their place in the Hall of Fame in this cradle of blues, soul and rock ‘n’ roll — Justin Timberlake, Tina Turner, Carla Thomas, to name a few. This
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Olympic champion Athing Mu’s appeal denied after tumble at US track trials
25-06-2024 16:40 via winnipegfreepress.com
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Track officials denied an appeal by 800-meter Olympic champion Athing Mu, who got tangled in a pack of runners and fell at the U.S. trials, denying […]
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‘Sing Sing’ screens at Sing Sing, in an emotional homecoming for its cast
25-06-2024 16:30 via winnipegfreepress.com
OSSINING, N.Y. (AP) — Clarence “Divine Eye” Maclin is standing inside Sing Sing Correctional Facility for the first time since he was inmate here 12 years ago. In this very […]
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UK’s gambling watchdog says 5 more police officers allegedly placed bets on election date
25-06-2024 16:22 via winnipegfreepress.com
LONDON (AP) — Britain’s gambling watchdog has alleged that five more police officers placed bets related to the timing of the country’s July 4 national election, the Metropolitan Police said […]
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Chanel goes to the opera in a gleaming but designer-less couture collection
25-06-2024 16:17 via winnipegfreepress.com
PARIS (AP) — The show must go on, with aplomb. Chanel’s latest couture display Tuesday was a finely executed collection channeling theatricality. Few Parisian fashion houses can fill the Paris […]
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Consumer confidence in U.S. falls in June as Americans fret about near-term prospects
25-06-2024 16:13 via winnipegfreepress.com
American consumers lost some confidence in June as expectations over the near-term future fell again. The Conference Board, a business research group, said Tuesday that its consumer confidence index fell […]
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Doctors treat thousands of heatstroke victims in southern Pakistan as temperatures soar
25-06-2024 16:11 via winnipegfreepress.com
KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — A days-long intense heatwave has disrupted normal life in Pakistan, especially in its largest city, Karachi, where doctors treated thousands of victims of heatstroke at various […]
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UN World Food Program decries looting and burning of its warehouse in western Myanmar combat zone
25-06-2024 16:07 via winnipegfreepress.com
BANGKOK (AP) — The United Nations’ World Food Program on Tuesday strongly condemned the looting of food supplies and burning of one of its warehouses in a war-torn area in […]
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Vuelta champ Sepp Kuss ruled out of Tour de France because of COVID-19
25-06-2024 16:06 via winnipegfreepress.com
BRUSSELS (AP) — Spanish Vuelta champion Sepp Kuss has not sufficiently recovered from a COVID-19 infection and won’t take part in the Tour de France, his team said on Tuesday. […]
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Mustafa becomes first two-time winner of Prism Prize for Canadian music video
25-06-2024 16:01 via winnipegfreepress.com
TORONTO – Mustafa Ahmed is making history as the first artist to win the Prism Prize twice. The Sudanese-Canadian musician and director, who performs simply as Mustafa, earned this year’s […]
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Van Aert, Evenepoel to lead Belgium men’s road cycling team at Paris Olympics
25-06-2024 16:00 via winnipegfreepress.com
BRUSSELS (AP) — One-day races specialist Wout van Aert and two-time world champion Remco Evenepoel will lead Belgium’s men’s team in road cycling at the Paris Olympics. Both riders will […]
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Hunting for discounts and deals? Don’t forget to check perks through your workplace
25-06-2024 16:00 via winnipegfreepress.com
Everyone loves a deal, but many Canadians either forget or don’t realize they can find discounts through their workplace. “There really are a lot [of perks] that employees just don’t […]
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Bruins trade 2023 Vezina Trophy winner Linus Ullmark to Senators for 1st-round pick and 2 players
25-06-2024 15:40 via winnipegfreepress.com
BOSTON (AP) — The Boston Bruins traded 2023 Vezina Trophy winning goaltender Linus Ullmark to the Ottawa Senators on Monday in exchange for the Senators’ 2024 first-round draft pick, forward […]
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Alabama man accused of killings in 2 states enters not guilty pleas to Oklahoma murder charges
25-06-2024 15:31 via winnipegfreepress.com
SALLISAW, Okla. (AP) — An Alabama man accused in a string of killings in Oklahoma and Alabama has pleaded not guilty to two Oklahoma killings. The pleas were entered on […]
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UN-backed contingent of foreign police arrives in Haiti as Kenya-led force prepares to face gangs
25-06-2024 15:25 via winnipegfreepress.com
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — The first U.N.-backed contingent of foreign police arrived in Haiti on Tuesday, nearly two years after the troubled Caribbean country urgently requested help to quell a […]
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Spain eliminates sales tax on olive oil to help consumers cope with skyrocketing prices
25-06-2024 15:18 via winnipegfreepress.com
MADRID (AP) — Spain will temporarily eliminate the sales tax on olive oil to help consumers cope with skyrocketing prices, the government said Tuesday. Spain is the world’s leading producer […]
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Top European rights court says Russia responsible for breaching rights in Crimea after 2014 takeover
25-06-2024 15:16 via winnipegfreepress.com
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Europe’s top human rights court ruled Tuesday that Russia was responsible for a string of human rights violations in Crimea since overrunning and later illegally […]
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Here’s a list of May inflation rates for Canadian provinces
25-06-2024 15:13 via winnipegfreepress.com
OTTAWA – Canada’s annual inflation rate was 2.9 per cent in May, Statistics Canada says. Here’s what happened in the provinces (previous month in brackets): — Newfoundland and Labrador: 2.6 […]
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Who is Julian Assange, the polarizing founder of the secret-spilling website WikiLeaks?
25-06-2024 14:47 via winnipegfreepress.com
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — He emerged on the information security scene in the 1990s as a “famous teenage hacker” following what he called an “ itinerant minstrel childhood” beginning […]
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Real Madrid captain Nacho leaving the club a few weeks after lifting Champions League trophy
25-06-2024 14:38 via winnipegfreepress.com
MADRID (AP) — Real Madrid captain Nacho Fernández is ending his career with the club less than a month after lifting the Champions League trophy in London. Madrid announced Nacho’s […]
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Britain’s King Charles III welcomes the visiting Japanese emperor and empress
25-06-2024 14:37 via winnipegfreepress.com
LONDON (AP) — King Charles III welcomed the Japanese emperor and empress for a state visit that began on Tuesday, offering the best in pomp and circ*mstance as the U.K. […]
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More than 500 people have been charged with federal crimes under the gun safety law Biden signed
25-06-2024 14:32 via winnipegfreepress.com
WASHINGTON (AP) — More than 500 people — some linked to transnational cartels and organized crime rings — have been charged with gun trafficking and other crimes under the landmark […]
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Stanley Cup winning Maurice still rooting for Jets
25-06-2024 14:22 via winnipegfreepress.com
Paul Maurice is one classy champion. It turns out reaching hockey’s ultimate summit — which he did in dramatic fashion on Monday night in Florida for the first time in […]
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South Sudan says its 6M antelope make up world’s largest land mammal migration, but poaching on rise
25-06-2024 14:11 via winnipegfreepress.com
BADINGILO and BOMA NATIONAL PARKS, South Sudan (AP) — Seen from the air, they ripple across the landscape — a river of antelope racing across the vast grasslands of South […]
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Albanian appeals court upholds prison term for Greek minority mayor, raising tensions with Athens
25-06-2024 14:09 via winnipegfreepress.com
TIRANA, Albania (AP) — An Albanian appeals court on Tuesday upheld a two-year prison sentence for an elected mayor of the country’s Greek minority, in a move expected to further […]
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Former Georgia officials say they’re teaming up to defend the legitimacy of elections
25-06-2024 14:07 via winnipegfreepress.com
ATLANTA (AP) — Four prominent former officials in Georgia, which has been a major front in disinformation over the democratic process, are joining a group that says it will try […]
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On heartland roads, and a riverboat, devout Catholics press on with two-month nationwide pilgrimage
25-06-2024 14:01 via winnipegfreepress.com
STEUBENVILLE, Ohio (AP) — “Bye bye, Jesus!” a child called out as the riverboat chugged away from shore into the Ohio River, a solemn bell tolling amid the thrumming of […]
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French side Reims hires Slovenian Luka Elsner as its new coach
25-06-2024 13:56 via winnipegfreepress.com
REIMS, France (AP) — French club Reims hired Luka Elsner as its new coach on Tuesday. The club announced the 41-year-old Slovenian’s arrival in a video on X without immediately […]
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Korean Air, Malaysia Airlines flights disrupted by pressurization problems
25-06-2024 13:54 via winnipegfreepress.com
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A Korean Air flight to Taiwan was forced to return to Incheon airport west of Seoul after a sudden depressurization on the plane, a Boeing […]
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Afghans celebrate their men’s cricket team reaching first Twenty20 World Cup semifinals
25-06-2024 13:53 via winnipegfreepress.com
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghans in their thousands took to the streets to celebrate their men’s national cricket team reaching the Twenty20 World Cup semifinals for the first time on […]
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