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Russia's most famous icon handed over from museum to church despite protests

Russia's most famous icon handed over from museum to church despite protests

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian Orthodox believers celebrated Trinity Sunday with Russia's most famous icon transferred from a museum to Moscow's main cathedral despite the keepers' vociferous protests.
Las Vegas ballpark pitch revives debate over public funding for sports stadiums

Las Vegas ballpark pitch revives debate over public funding for sports stadiums

CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Gov. Joe Lombardo wants to help build Major League Baseball's smallest ballpark, arguing that the worst team in baseball can boost Las Vegas, a city striving to call itself a sports mecca.
Wisconsin Republicans look for rebound, Democrats stay on offensive as 2024 fights loom

Wisconsin Republicans look for rebound, Democrats stay on offensive as 2024 fights loom

MADISON, Wis.
What led Capitol Police to stop a youth performance of the ‘Star-Spangled Banner’

What led Capitol Police to stop a youth performance of the ‘Star-Spangled Banner’

Video of a children’s choir singing the national anthem in the U.S. Capitol, only to be unceremoniously cut off by police, spread across social media on Friday.
DeSantis signs Bible, Pence hops on motorcycle at 'Roast and Ride' event in Iowa

DeSantis signs Bible, Pence hops on motorcycle at 'Roast and Ride' event in Iowa

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Amid plates of sliced pork, statement-making leather ensembles and piles of political T-shirts, eight Republican presidential hopefuls descended on Iowa to pitch themselves to voters and, in Mike Pence's case, hop on a motorcy
Haley says US forces 'need to align' with countries including Russia; campaign says she misspoke

Haley says US forces 'need to align' with countries including Russia; campaign says she misspoke

COLUMBIA, S.C.
Death toll from Senegal protests rises to 15 as opposition supporters clash with police

Death toll from Senegal protests rises to 15 as opposition supporters clash with police

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The number of people killed in days of clashes between Senegalese police and supporters of opposition leader Ousmane Sonko has now risen to 15, including two security officers, the government said on Saturday.
Ukraine says inspections found nearly a quarter of its air-raid shelters locked or unusable

Ukraine says inspections found nearly a quarter of its air-raid shelters locked or unusable

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Concerns around civilian safety spiked in Ukraine on Saturday, as officials announced that an inspection had found nearly a quarter of the country’s air-raid shelters locked or unusable, just days after a woman in Kyiv allegedly
Biden signs debt ceiling bill that pulls US back from brink of unprecedented default

Biden signs debt ceiling bill that pulls US back from brink of unprecedented default

WASHINGTON (AP) — With just two days to spare , President Joe Biden signed legislation on Saturday that lifts the nation’s debt ceiling , averting an unprecedented default on the federal government’s debt.
Protesters back on the streets of Belgrade as president ignores calls to stand down

Protesters back on the streets of Belgrade as president ignores calls to stand down

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Tens of thousands of people rallied in Serbia’s capital on Saturday for a fifth time in a month, following two mass shootings that shook the nation , even as the country’s populist president rejected any responsibility for the