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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Florida, Alabama and Mississippi launched emergency preparations ahead of the arrival of Subtropical Storm Alberto, a slow-moving system expected to cause wet misery across the eastern U.S. Gulf Coast over the holiday weekend. Source

Joshua Holt, who travelled to Venezuela from Utah in 2016 to marry a Spanish-speaking Mormon woman but soon found himself jailed and later branded the CIA's top spy in Latin America, has been set free by the anti-American Maduro government. Source

A midair brawl on an American Airlines flight from the U.S. Virgin Islands to Miami was captured on video by one of the flight’s passengers. The incident, which happened last Wednesday, allegedly began when a flight attendant refused to serve more alcohol to a passenger who has since been identified as Jason Felix. Source

An Edmonton man who was gored by a wild bison says he’s fortunate the animal only pierced his rear and not a vital organ. "Although it was a bad situation, I feel pretty lucky," Craig Neilson told CTV Edmonton. Source

GLEN CARBON, Ill. - Authorities in southwestern Illinois say a suspect is in custody after swastikas were found spray-painted on several homes and dozens of grave markers at a nearby cemetery. Edwardsville police announced on Facebook that a 34-year-old man was apprehended on Saturday. Source

WASHINGTON -- U.S. President Donald Trump accused The New York Times on Saturday of inventing a source for a story who, in fact, was a White House official conducting a briefing for reporters under the condition that the official not be named. Source

Irish voters overwhelmingly came out to repeal a 35-year-old constitutional ban on abortions Friday, with 66.4 per cent casting “yes” ballots in the historic referendum. An untold number of those votes were cast by young Irish women currently living abroad, like Ciara Coogan, who travelled home from where she works in France to participate. Source

Morgan Freeman says he likes to compliment people to make them feel at ease around him, but that he has never sexually assaulted women. The Academy Award-winning actor is fighting back against charges of bad behaviour made by multiple women in a CNN report this week. Source

Real Madrid won its third consecutive Champions League title with a 3-1 victory over Liverpool in Kiev on Saturday. Gareth Bale scored a brace for Los Merengues, including the go-ahead bicycle kick after entering as a substitute. Source

A poutine festival in Toronto is at odds with a popular chain after it offered discounted eats during the festival rather than participate in it. The Toronto Poutine Fest runs from May 24-27 at Yonge-Dundas Square in downtown Toronto. Source