24-06-2024 23:48 via winnipegfreepress.com
CHICAGO (AP) — Ed Burke, the longest-serving City Council member in Chicago history, was sentenced to two years in prison Monday for squeezing developers who needed his help for permits. […]
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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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