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Michigan to face UConn for NCAA men's basketball title after overpowering Arizona
Michigan overpowered Arizona early and humbled the ‘Cats all night long, turning the Final Four meeting billed as the Game of the Year into a 91-73 Wolverines highlight reel Saturday night in Indianapolis. Source link
PWHL game at Madison Square Garden sets U.S. pro women's hockey attendance record
The PWHL has another professional women’s hockey attendance record in the U.S., with the game between the New York Sirens and Seattle Torrent at Madison Square Garden on Saturday night drawing a crowd of 18,006. Source link
Councillors, advocates concerned over Vancouver's human rights plan ahead of FIFA World Cup
A motion from Coun. Pete Fry and Coun. Lucy Maloney last week said that the existing draft human rights plan doesn’t have clear metrics or targets to ensure no unhoused people are displaced due to the three-week-long soccer tournament. Source link
On Easter, Pope Leo urges world leaders to end wars, conquest
Pope Leo urged global leaders in his Easter message on Sunday to end the conflicts raging across the world and abandon any schemes for power, conquest or domination. Source link
Israeli airstrike kills 4 Palestinians in Gaza, medics say
An Israeli airstrike killed four Palestinians in the northern Gaza Strip on Sunday, local health authorities said, in the latest violence to overshadow a fragile ceasefire amid a new push by mediators to bolster the agreement. Source link
Rural municipalities call on Alberta government to open grizzly bear hunt
The Rural Municipalities of Alberta organization is advocating for the provincial government to legalize grizzly bear hunting in light of what Cardston County calls increased reports of negative human-bear interactions. Source link
Record number of bald eagles tallied in annual Kings County count
A group of volunteers participating in the annual bald eagle count in Kings County saw over 600 of the birds, a record for the nearly 50-year-old survey. Source link
Ban on rescue dogs from countries at risk of spreading rabies to remain, CFIA says
The federal government says a ban on the import of rescue dogs into Canada will remain in place until further notice due to rabies concerns. Animal advocacy groups say the restrictions — which were brought in more than three years ago and originally meant to be temporary — are preventing healthy animals from legitimate international […]
Injectable peptides touted as new fountain of youth. But the science isn't there
Crocodile dung. Tapeworms. Raw meat facials. Yes, at some point in history these wildly popular — and wildly unproven — treatments were how people tried to stay young. Right now, plenty of influencers will tell you that injectable peptides are the answer. But the scientists? Not so much. Source link
Project Hail Mary and Artemis II's launch reflect a long parallel between NASA and Hollywood
Artemis II’s launch and Project Hail Mary’s stunning success reflect a long line of films about space — films that similarly released alongside real life space-exploration projects, or increased public fascination with the subject. Source link