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Report questions the Mounties in a probe examining the Nova Scotia mass shootings

Friday, March 31, 2023

A public inquiry recommends that the government rethink the Royal Canadian Mounted Police's central role in the country's policing.

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A patch marks the spot — for players debuting in Major League Baseball

Friday, March 31, 2023

Major League Baseball announced that players making their first appearances will wear debut patches on their jerseys. The patch will appear on different places of a sleeve.

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Turkey's parliament clears the way for Finland to join NATO

Thursday, March 30, 2023

All 276 lawmakers present voted in favor of Finland's application. The action lifted the last hurdle in the way of the Nordic country's long-delayed accession into the Western military alliance.

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Judge's ruling undercuts U.S. health law's preventive care

Thursday, March 30, 2023

A federal judge in Texas who previously ruled to dismantle the Affordable Care Act struck down a key part of the law. Opponents say the ruling jeopardizes preventive care for millions of Americans.

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Mexico investigates 8 workers and officials over the fatal fire at a migrant facility

Thursday, March 30, 2023

Authorities said Wednesday that they're looking into the actions of eight people for possible misconduct at the detention center, where a fire killed 39 men.

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9 people are dead after Army helicopters crash during a training mission in Kentucky

Thursday, March 30, 2023

Fort Campbell says the two HH-60 Black Hawk helicopters, part of the 101st Airborne Division, crashed around 10 p.m. Wednesday in Trigg County, Kentucky. The crash is under investigation.

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A ferry fire in the Philippines leaves more than 30 dead, a governor says

Thursday, March 30, 2023

A ferry carrying about 250 passengers and crew caught fire in the southern Philippines and 31 people drowned or died in the blaze and were discovered later, a provincial governor said Thursday.

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Disney World board picked by DeSantis says predecessors stripped them of power

Wednesday, March 29, 2023

Board members picked to oversee the governance of Disney World said their predecessors pulled a fast one on them by passing restrictive covenants that strip the new board of many of its powers.

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Tech leaders urge a pause in the 'out-of-control' artificial intelligence race

Wednesday, March 29, 2023

A group of prominent computer scientists and other tech industry notables are calling for a 6-month pause to ponder the risks of powerful technology that spawned a successor to ChatGPT.

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Visitors flock to see Michelangelo's David sculpture after school uproar in Florida

Wednesday, March 29, 2023

Tourists , many American, flooded a museum in Florence, Italy, to see the Renaissance masterpiece after a Florida school forced its principal to resign over complaints about a lesson on the statue.

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Seattle and Justice officials seek to end most oversight of city's police

Wednesday, March 29, 2023

U.S. Justice Department and Seattle officials seek an end to most federal oversight of the city's police department, saying its sustained reform efforts are a model for other cities.

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Men plead guilty after being accused of stuffing fish with weights at tournament

Wednesday, March 29, 2023

Two men accused of stuffing fish with lead weights and fish fillets in an attempt to win thousands of dollars in an Ohio fishing tournament last fall have pleaded guilty to charges including cheating.

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Wisconsin school bans Miley Cyrus-Dolly Parton duet from class concert

Wednesday, March 29, 2023

Administrators at Heyer Elementary School in Waukesha stopped a class from performing a Miley Cyrus-Dolly Parton duet promoting LGBTQ acceptance because the song "could be perceived as controversial."

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A startup says it made a jumbo meatball using the genetic sequence of the mammoth

Tuesday, March 28, 2023

The meatball is a one-off and has not been tasted, even by its creators, nor is it planned to be put into production. Instead, it was intended to get people talking about the future of meat.

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A Maryland court reinstates Adnan Syed's conviction and orders a new hearing

Tuesday, March 28, 2023

His conviction has been reinstated, but he will not be taken back into custody. An appellate court said another court did not give the victim's family enough time to attend a hearing in person.

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An Afghan girls' education activist has been arrested, the U.N. says

Tuesday, March 28, 2023

Matiullah Wesa is the founder and president of Pen Path — a local nongovernmental group that travels across Afghanistan with a mobile school and library. He was reportedly detained on Monday.

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Honda recalls more than 330,000 vehicles due to a side-view mirror issue

Tuesday, March 28, 2023

Heating pads behind the mirrors may not be bonded properly, which could lead to the mirror glass falling out. The recalled vehicles include recent-model Odysseys, Passports, Pilots and Ridgelines.

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A new wave of pension protest breaks out in France as police brace for violence

Tuesday, March 28, 2023

Fears that violence could mar the demonstrations against President Macron's unpopular pension reforms has led to deployment of 13,000 officers, nearly half of them concentrated in the French capital.

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Warming-fueled supercells will hit the southern U.S. more often, a study warns

Tuesday, March 28, 2023

America will probably get more killer tornado- and hail-spawning supercells as the world warms, according to a new study that also warns the lethal storms will edge eastward to strike more frequently.

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At least 16 people were killed in a landslide in central Ecuador

Monday, March 27, 2023

The landslide in Alausí, about 137 miles south of the capital, Quito, affected an estimated 500 people and 163 homes. Rescuers frantically searched for survivors.

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