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Caitlin Clark fever races through Indy to overshadow Pacers and Indianapolis 500 05/16/2024 07:21pm • INDIANAPOLIS (AP) ��� Caitlin Clark had yet to even be drafted by the Indiana Fever before fans openly called for her to be given an honorary role at the Indianapolis 500. She's been a resident of Indianapolis for just about a month and is already one of the biggest stars in the city with a full-si Transgender girl faces discrimination from a Mississippi school's dress code, ACLU says 05/16/2024 06:59pm • JACKSON, Miss. (AP) ��� A transgender girl from Mississippi���s Gulf Coast who wanted to wear a dress to a regional band event was discriminated against when her school insisted she follow a dress code based on her sex assigned at birth, according to a new civil rights complaint. The American Civil Judge dismisses lawsuit by Georgia court candidate who sued to keep talking about abortion 05/16/2024 06:31pm • ATLANTA (AP) ��� A federal judge on Thursday rejected a lawsuit by a former Democratic congressman running for Georgia state Supreme Court who claimed a state agency was unconstitutionally trying to block him from talking about abortion. U.S. District Judge Michael Brown ruled John Barrow didn't hav Texas judge orders new election after GOP lawsuit challenged 2022 election result in Houston area 05/16/2024 02:40pm • HOUSTON (AP) ��� A Texas judge has ruled in favor of a Republican candidate challenging the results in a 2022 judicial race and ordered that a new election be held in the nation���s third-most populous county, a Democratic stronghold that���s been beset by GOP efforts to dictate how ballots are cast Slovak authorities charge 'lone wolf' with assassination attempt on the prime minister 05/16/2024 02:03pm • BANSKA BYSTRICA, Slovakia (AP) ��� Slovak authorities charged a man Thursday with attempting to assassinate Prime Minister Robert Fico, saying he acted alone in a politically motivated attack that left the longtime leader in serious but stable condition. Fico���s pro-Russia views have contributed to Who is Robert Fico, the populist Slovak prime minister wounded in a shooting? 05/16/2024 11:45am • BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) ��� Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico was shot multiple times after a political event Wednesday afternoon, an episode of violence that punctuated his decades-long career in politics. A hospital official where Fico was being treated said on Thursday that he was in serious but Afro-Cuban drums, Muslim prayers, Buddhist mantras: Religious diversity blooms in once-atheist Cuba 05/16/2024 10:39am • HAVANA (AP) ��� The 1959 Castro-led revolution installed an atheist, Communist government that sought to replace the Catholic Church as the guiding force in the lives of Cubans. But 65 years later, religion seems omnipresent in Cuba, in dazzling diversity. The bells toll on Catholic churches and th Afro-Cuban drums, Muslim prayers, Buddhist mantras: Religious diversity blooms in once-atheist Cuba 05/16/2024 08:22am • HAVANA (AP) ��� The 1959 Castro-led revolution installed an atheist, Communist government that sought to replace the Catholic Church as the guiding force in the lives of Cubans. But 65 years later, religion seems omnipresent in Cuba, in dazzling diversity. The bells toll on Catholic churches and th Congress aims to exert control over DC crime with new bill 05/16/2024 08:15am • A year after Congress blocked D.C.'s revised criminal code, complaining it was soft on crime, the House has gone a step further by passing its own D.C. crime bill. The House passed the D.C. CRIMES Act on Wednesday with 225 votes, garnering support from Republicans as well as 18 Democrats. Propone How Cannes works, from the standing ovations to the juries to the Palm Dog 05/15/2024 05:05pm • CANNES, France (AP) ��� The Cannes Film Festival is hallowed ground in cinema but understanding its unique landscape can be confounding. The C��te d���Azur festival, which kicked off Tuesday, is a 10-day ballet of spectacle and film where even the photographers wear tuxedos, standing ovations are ti Judge quickly denies request to discard $38 million verdict in New Hampshire youth center abuse case 05/15/2024 04:15pm • CONCORD, N.H. (AP) ��� The judge who oversaw a landmark trial about New Hampshire���s youth detention center has refused to discard the $38 million verdict, saying the facility���s leadership ���either knew and didn���t care or didn���t care to learn the truth��� about endemic physical and sexual ab Editorial Roundup: United States 05/15/2024 12:36pm • Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: May 11 The New York Times on college campus protests Protesting the world���s wrongs has been a rite of passage for generations of American youth, buoyed by our strong laws protecting free speech and free assembly. Yet the students and India's parliament has fewer Muslims as strength of Modi's party grows 05/15/2024 07:23am • MALAPPURAM, India (AP) ��� Preventing Muslim migrants from gaining citizenship. Revoking the semi-autonomy of the country���s only Muslim-majority region. Building a Hindu temple where a violent mob razed a mosque. These were political triumphs for Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the past decade, Thai prime minister promises investigation after activist died in detention 05/15/2024 05:39am • BANGKOK (AP) ��� Thailand���s prime minister on Wednesday offered his condolences to the family of a young activist who died in detention after a monthslong hunger strike, amid a public debate on the country���s justice system. Netiporn ���Bung��� Sanesangkhom, 28, died on Tuesday after suffering ca A monarchy reform activist in Thailand dies in detention after a monthslong hunger strike 05/15/2024 01:32am • BANGKOK (AP) ��� A young activist in Thailand who went on a hunger strike after being jailed for advocating reform of the country���s monarchy system died Tuesday in a prison hospital, officials said. The death sparked fresh calls for reviewing the judicial process that allows political offenders ac