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In a photo provided by Fair Grounds Race Course, Tiztastic with Joel Rosario aboard wins the 112th running of the Louisiana Derby horse race at Fair Grounds Race Course in New Orleans, Saturday, March 22, 2025. (Amanda Hodges Weir/Hodges Photography/Fair Grounds via AP)

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Tiztastic wins the $1 million Louisiana Derby and qualifies for the Kentucky Derby
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Sat,03/22/25-7:02PM , 149 Reads
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Tiztasitic galloped past three horses down the stretch to win the $1 million Louisiana Derby by two lengths on Saturday, earning the Steve Asmussen-trained horse enough Kentucky Derby qualifying points to enter the opening race of the Triple Crown.
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Pope Francis appears at a window of the Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic in Rome, Sunday, March 23, 2025, where he has been treated for bronchitis and bilateral pneumonia since Feb. 14. (AP Photo/Riccardo De Luca)

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Timeline of Pope Francis' longest hospital stay as he returns home to Vatican
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Sat,03/22/25-1:46PM , 42 Reads
ROME (AP) — Pope Francis returned home to the Vatican on Sunday after he was hospitalized for five weeks with a life-threatening bout of pneumonia.
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Venezuelan migrants deported from the United States deplane at the Simon Bolivar International Airport in Maiquetia, Venezuela, Feb. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Cristian Hernandez, File)

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Venezuela to resume repatriation of migrants after deal with US, official says
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Sat,03/22/25-1:20PM , 84 Reads
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela will once again accept repatriation flights from the United States carrying its deported nationals after reaching an agreement with the U.S., a Venezuelan official said on social media Saturday.
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