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Month: March 2024

New Jersey high school goes on legal offensive to overturn game it lost on blown call

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — A New Jersey high school that lost a state basketball tournament game when referees wrongly overturned a buzzer-beating basket has asked the state’s education commissioner to intervene. Manasquan initially was declared the winner over Camden in Tuesday’s Group 2 semifinal game. But the call was soon overturned after the referees discussed

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Gazans face widespread starvation, pressures mount to restore UN relief funding after Canada, allies halt payments

By Judy Trinh Click here for updates on this story     OTTAWA (CTV Network) — Canada is facing increasing pressure from humanitarian advocates and Muslim and Arab Canadians to restore funding to UNRWA, the UN aid organization for Palestinian refugees, as mass starvation looms in Gaza. More than two million Gazans are on the precipice of

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Oscar nominee Lily Gladstone’s mission to end violence against Native American women and girls

By Julia Chan, CNN (CNN) — In the run-up to Hollywood’s biggest night, Lily Gladstone, breakout star of the Martin Scorsese-directed epic “Killers of the Flower Moon,” is spotlighting a cause close to her heart as she makes history. Gladstone is the first Native American woman to be nominated for a lead actress Academy Award. In the film, she plays

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Ukraine’s Zelenskyy visits Turkey, where Erdogan is expected to press for negotiations to end war

By AYSE WIETING and SUZAN FRASER Associated Press ISTANBUL (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is in Istanbul meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. A Turkish government official says Erdogan is expected to press for negotiations to end the war, now in its third year. NATO-member Turkey has sought to balance its close relations

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