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Canyon-Sram have announced the team’s squad for Sunday’s Tour of Flanders, with Elise Chabbey and Kasia Niewiadoma leading the way alongside Chloe Dygert as they search for the team’s first victory in the Belgian Classic.The trio will be accompanied in tackling the 163km Monument by teammates Tiffany Cromwell, Soraya Paladin, and Alice Towers as they take on the might of SD Worx-Protime and Lidl-Trek.Niewiadoma will be Canyon-Sram’s main contender for success, having finished among the top 10 five times in eight appearances, including a fifth place last year.She heads into the race off the back of a fourth place at…

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National Burrito Day is this week, and you don’t want to miss out on the deals for your favorite Mexican wrap.Here are some of the National Burrito Day savings this April 4 to take advantage of in Des Moines.Abelardo’s Mexican Fresh: $10 off orders of $25 or moreSelect Abelardo’s locations will be celebrating with a special deal only in its app. Users can save $10 on any order of $25 or more that contains at least one burrito with code burritoday24.Pancheros: 10,000 free burritos available nationwideThe Iowa-native Mexican-styled grill, Pancheros, is offering 10,000 free burritos. A unique code will be…

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Chipotle may have started the National Burrito Day celebration early, but there’s plenty of other restaurants serving up deals on Thursday, April 4.The cooked-up holiday hits on the first Thursday of April and usually means burrito lovers can choose from specials and promotions at many Mexican food chains. The burrito, which means “little donkey,” likely arose from the co-mingling of foods in Mexico with that of Europeans, who arrived after the Spanish conquest in the 16th century, wrote Jeffrey Pilcher, a professor of food history at the University of Toronto, in his book “Planet Taco: A Global History of Mexican Food.” Burros, or…

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Jack Smith has had enough.Late Monday, the special counsel responded to U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon’s bizarre recent order in the classified records case against Donald Trump, which asked the parties to propose jury instructions based on flagrantly wrong legal premises. Smith’s answer, in effect, was “I’m not playing.”Rather than take on Cannon’s cockamamie assignment, Smith laid out accurate jury instructions based on the actual charges and law.Cannon had ordered the parties to “engage with” the Trump team’s recurrent misinterpretation of the Presidential Records Act, which has no legal bearing on the case. Her order also depended on an account…

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BROADWAY (WABC) — New data from a trade association shows that Broadway ticket prices have reached a new all-time high.The Broadway League says average ticket prices last season averaged more than $128.The $5 increase for a ticket marked the most since before the pandemic.Experts blame rising production costs, celebrity headliners, and simple supply and demand. They also say people are more willing to pay top dollar for better seats.Per broadway.com, several shows including The Lion King, Wicked and Hamilton prices start anywhere from $115 to $125 without fees.———-* Get Eyewitness News Delivered * More Manhattan news* Send us a news…

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Photo: Dave Benett/Getty Images Happy secret wedding anniversary to Anya Taylor-Joy! If that sentence gives you whiplash, allow me to explain. After the actor reportedly married musician Malcolm McRae in a private ceremony in 2022, followed up by a second, non-secret Venetian wedding last fall, Taylor-Joy has now confirmed reports of her secret nuptials. “Two years ago, on April Fools, I secretly married my best friend in New Orleans,” the actor wrote in an Instagram post on Tuesday. “The magic of that day is ingrained in every cell of my being, forever.” In her post, Taylor-Joy wished McRae a “happy…

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The new World of Warcraft battle royale has taken players by storm, and Blizzard is not above repeating or iterating on the event in the future. World of Warcraft is open to bringing back Plunderstorm in the future, either as a direct repeat, or with new twists. According to Blizzard, the future of the popular new World of Warcraft game mode will rely on what fans want from it. Plunderstorm is a new battle royale game mode World of Warcraft introduced as a part of Patch 10.2.6. Players can compete solo, or in teams of two or three, with 59…

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Anya Taylor-Joy confirmed Monday that she got married — two years ago — and it’s no April Fools’ joke.“The Queen’s Gambit” and “Super Mario Bros. Movie” star shared details about her Big Easy nuptials on Instagram, posting images from the romantic day to mark her second wedding anniversary with her husband, musician Malcolm McRae.“Two years ago, on April Fools, I secretly married my best friend in New Orleans,” the 27-year-old wrote. “The magic of that day is ingrained in every cell of my being, forever.”“Happy second ( first ) anniversary my love…you’re the coolest,” she added. In a video clip,…

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NATO is debating a plan to provide more predictable military support to Ukraine in coming years as better armed Russian troops assert control on the battlefield, the organization’s top civilian official said Wednesday. “We strongly believe that support to Ukraine should be less dependent on short-term, voluntary offers and more dependent on long-term NATO commitments,” NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said before chairing a meeting of the alliance’s foreign ministers in Brussels.Earlier on Wednesday, Ukraine lowered the military conscription age from 27 to 25 to help replenish its depleted ranks after more than two years of war. A shortage of infantry…

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