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Pope apologizes after being quoted using vulgar term about gay men in talk about ban on gay priests 05/28/2024 02:24pm • VATICAN CITY (AP) ��� Pope Francis apologized Tuesday after he was quoted using a vulgar and derogatory term about gay men to reaffirm the Catholic Church���s ban on gay priests. The ruckus that ensued underscored how the church���s official teaching about homosexuality often bumps up against the un New Jersey and wind farm developer Orsted settle claims for $125M over scrapped offshore projects 05/28/2024 02:15pm • ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) ��� Danish wind farm developer Orsted will pay New Jersey $125 million to settle claims over the company's cancellation of two offshore wind farms last year ��� a little over a third of what the company once was required to pay. The state's Board of Public Utilities said Tue Malta's ex-leader and others plead not guilty in a hospital fraud scandal that is roiling politics 05/28/2024 01:22pm • VALLETTA, Malta (AP) ��� Malta���s former prime minister, Joseph Muscat, and other former top officials pleaded not guilty in court Tuesday to charges in a hospital corruption scandal that is roiling the Mediterranean island nation as it prepares for European Parliament elections. The case involves The grass isn't always greener: The rise in the 'boomerang' employee 05/28/2024 12:55pm • During the pandemic, there was a surge in professionals who changed jobs in what became known as the "Great Resignation." Now some regret it. A new survey of professionals who have recently changed jobs found 48% would consider returning to their former employee ��� up 8% from a similar survey la Voter outreach groups targeted by new laws in several GOP-led states are struggling to do their work 05/28/2024 12:41pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� During the presidential election four years ago, the Equal Ground Education Fund hired over 100 people to go door-to-door and attend festivals, college homecomings and other events to help register voters across Florida. Their efforts for this year's elections look much different Who is getting part of Melinda French Gates' $1 billion in donations to support women and girls? 05/28/2024 11:36am • Melinda French Gates announced Tuesday that she plans to donate $1 billion over the next two years to organizations supporting women and girls around the world. French Gates will leave the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, which she co-founded with her ex-husband Bill Gates, next week and receive No reported bird flu cases in Maryland so far; CDC preps for potential higher human risk 05/28/2024 11:35am • No cases of avian flu have been reported in Maryland this year, but recent reports of two incidents of cattle-to-human transmission of the disease have health and agriculture officials in the state on alert. ���It goes back to prevention. The goal is to not have this infection in Maryland,��� sai Recovery of Brazil's Spix's macaw, popularized in animated 'Rio' films, threatened by climate change 05/28/2024 11:21am • CURACA, Brazil (AP) ��� All Spix���s macaws are majestically blue in the blazing sun of Brazil's Northeast, but each bird is distinct to Candice and Cromwell Purchase. As the parrots soar squawking past their home, the couple can readily identify bird No. 17 by its smooth feathers and can tell No. 1 T-Mobile to buy almost all of U.S Cellular in deal worth $4.4 billion with debt 05/28/2024 11:09am • T-Mobile is buying U.S. Cellular's wireless operations and certain spectrum assets in a deal valued at $4.4 billion, and further consolidating the industry. T-Mobile would get more than 4 million new customers and control of U.S. Cellular���s wireless operations and about 30% of spectrum assets acr South Africa's opposition parties make a final call for historic change the day before election 05/28/2024 10:59am • CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) ��� South African opposition parties made a final appeal to voters Tuesday as the country faces the possibility of a landmark change in its young democracy. At the heart of Wednesday's national election is the question of whether South Africans will deliver their biggest All change! Premier League undergoes postseason managerial upheaval with Maresca set for Chelsea 05/28/2024 10:57am • Liverpool has already made the change. Chelsea is closing in on its new guy. Manchester United has yet to decide whether to stick or twist. There is unprecedented managerial upheaval in the English Premier League at the moment, with five of the top 11 teams potentially having new coaches at the star Spain, Norway and Ireland formally recognize a Palestinian state as EU rift with Israel widens 05/28/2024 10:53am • BARCELONA, Spain (AP) ��� Spain, Norway and Ireland formally recognized a Palestinian state on Tuesday in a coordinated effort by the three Western European nations to add international pressure on Israel to soften its response to last year���s Hamas-led attack. Israel condemned the diplomatic move, Taiwan's legislature passes changes seen as favoring China, reducing president's power 05/28/2024 10:19am • TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) ��� Taiwan���s opposition-controlled legislature passed changes on Tuesday that are seen as favoring China and diminishing the power of the island's president, sparking protests by thousands of people. The changes pushed by the opposition Nationalist Party and its allies would g Sports on TV for Wednesday, May 29 05/28/2024 10:00am • (All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Wednesday, May 29 AUSTRALIAN RULES FOOTBALL (MEN���S) 5:30 a.m. (Thursday) FS2 ��� AFL: Carlton at Port Adelaide BASKETBALL AFRICA LEAGUE 11 a.m. NBATV ��� Rivers Hoopers Basketball Club vs. Al Ahly Ly Sporting Club, Semifinal, Kigali, Scorned umpire ��ngel Hern��ndez, who unsuccessfully sued MLB for racial discrimination, retires 05/28/2024 09:55am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Longtime umpire ��ngel Hern��ndez, who unsuccessfully sued Major League Baseball for racial discrimination, is retiring immediately. During a career that lasted more than three decades, the 62-year-old Hern��ndez was often derided by players, managers and fans for missed calls a