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NAIA approves transgender policy limiting women's sports to athletes whose biological sex is female

The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics, the governing body for mostly small colleges, announced a policy Monday that essentially bans transgender athletes from women's sports. The NAIA'...

Apr 08, 2024

Palestinians returning to Khan Younis after Israeli withdrawal find an unrecognizable city

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) - Streams of Palestinians filed into the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis on Monday to salvage what they could from the vast destruction left in the wake of Israel's of...

Apr 08, 2024

Trump declines to endorse a national abortion ban and says it should be left to the states

NEW YORK (AP) - Former President Donald Trump said he believes abortion should be left to the states in a video released Monday morning outlining his position after months of mixed messages and specul...

Apr 08, 2024

Vatican blasts sex change surgery, surrogacy and gender theory as grave threats to human dignity

VATICAN CITY (AP) - The Vatican on Monday declared sex change operations and surrogacy as grave threats to human dignity, putting them on par with abortion and euthanasia as practices that violate God...

Apr 08, 2024

South Carolina finishes perfect season with NCAA championship, beating Clark and Iowa 87-75

CLEVELAND (AP) - Dawn Staley and South Carolina completed their perfect season, ending Caitlin Clark's historic college career with an 87-75 win over Iowa in the NCAA championship game Sunday. With St...

Apr 07, 2024

Drone attack on Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant significantly increases accident risk, IAEA head says

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - The head of the U.N.'s atomic watchdog agency said Sunday a drone attack on one of six nuclear reactors at the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant "significantly i...

Apr 07, 2024

Russia declares federal emergency in the flood-hit Orenburg region as evacuation efforts continue

MOSCOW (AP) - Russia's government has declared on Sunday flood-hit areas in the Orenburg region a federal emergency, state media reported. The floods, caused by rising water levels in the Ural River, ...

Apr 07, 2024

Led by Castle and Clingan, defending champ UConn returns to NCAA title game, beating Alabama 86-72

GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) - UConn kept its bid to repeat as national champion intact by surviving its first true test of the NCAA Tournament, getting 21 points from freshman Stephon Castle while clamping d...

Apr 06, 2024

Canada's Zach Edey and Purdue power their way into NCAA title game, beating N.C. State 63-50

GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) - Purdue kept its March Madness dream alive while snuffing out North Carolina State's, getting 20 points and 12 rebounds from Canada's Zach Edey in a 63-50 victory Saturday that p...

Apr 06, 2024

A close ally of populist prime minister tops a pro-Western diplomat to become Slovakia’s president

BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) - A close ally of populist Prime Minister Robert Fico beat a pro-Western career diplomat to become Slovakia's new president, and succeed Zuzana aputov, the country's first fe...

Apr 06, 2024