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Texas Tech System leader cancels academic programs “centered on” sexual orientation, gender identity
Texas Tech University System’s chancellor on Friday ordered campuses to phase out academic programs “centered…
UK report lays bare ‘catastrophic’ missed chances before stabbings at girls’ dance class
LONDON (AP) — A mass killing by a British teenager who fatally stabbed three girls…
California ski resort extends its season after a major spring snowstorm
MAMMOTH LAKES, Calif. (AP) — A spring storm dumped more than than 3.5 feet (1…
Waiting for kidney and pancreas transplants, Heat equipment manager remains focused on work
MIAMI (AP) — Rob Pimental is standing at his desk inside his office, getting through…
Suspect arrested after North Carolina woman reports she was set on fire at home
ROSEBORO, N.C. (AP) — A suspect was arrested Monday after a North Carolina woman with…
Project 2025 author Paul Dans drops primary challenge to Lindsey Graham in South Carolina
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Paul Dans, a chief architect of Project 2025, has shuttered his…
Hollywood heavyweights voice ‘unequivocal opposition’ to Paramount-Warner merger in open letter
NEW YORK (AP) — More than a thousand movie stars, writers, directors and other Hollywood…
As Michigan falls further behind, some ask: Time to overhaul high school?
Michigan’s high-school graduation rate reached a new high last year, but test scores indicate only…
Senegal has first conviction under law toughening punishment for homosexual acts
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — A court in Senegal has issued the first conviction under a…
UN concerned as opposition retakes a strategic town in South Sudan
JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — The U.N. has expressed concern over violence in the strategic…
Iran war has some US water utilities facing a fluoride shortage
It’s not just gas prices: Some U.S. water utilities are reporting the Middle East war…
Iranian American soccer fans are torn between pride and protest as the World Cup nears
STONY BROOK, N.Y. (AP) — With Iran qualifying for the World Cup, Arad Ershad had…
A baby born in a tent on a Beirut roadside struggles to survive, her family displaced by war
BEIRUT (AP) — All that newborn Shiman knows of the world is a flimsy tent…
Rory McIlroy a Masters champion again and the chase is on for more majors
AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Rory McIlroy went from becoming the sixth player with the career…
Péter Magyar says he’d speak with Putin if called, and ask him to end the killing in Ukraine
BUDAPEST (AP) — Hungarian election winner Péter Magyar said on Monday that he would talk…
Magyar wants to take over as Hungary’s prime minister as early as May 5
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungary’s election winner, Péter Magyar, called Monday on the country’s president…
Ethiopian Orthodox Christians in Washington mark Easter with prayer, joyful family celebrations
WASHINGTON (AP) — Dressed head to toe in white, hundreds of Ethiopian Orthodox Christians packed…
Ovechkin response to fans’ request for 1 more year: ‘I’ll think about it’
WASHINGTON (AP) — If this was indeed the final home game of Alex Ovechkin’s sensational…
People spray water to celebrate the Thai New Year during the Songkran water festival, in photos
The Songkran water festival is a celebration held annually at the start of the Thai…
Bodies of 2 workers found days after partial collapse at parking garage being built in Philadelphia
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The bodies of two workers trapped when a stairwell roof collapsed at…
Ethiopian Orthodox Christians in Washington mark Easter with prayer, joyful family celebrations
WASHINGTON (AP) — Dressed head to toe in white, hundreds of Ethiopian Orthodox Christians packed…
In their words: How leaders reacted to Viktor Orbán’s defeat in Hungary’s election
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungary’s Viktor Orbán had such an outsize global influence that his…
A trial in a tent draws crowds as Uganda debuts mobile court for man accused of killing 4 kids
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — The trial of a Ugandan man accused of killing four children…
Photos from Hungary’s election, as voters end Viktor Orbán’s 16-year rule
Hungarian voters ousted long-serving Prime Minister Viktor Orbán in Sunday’s parliamentary election after 16 years…