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Zimbabwe authorities mix charm with force in an attempt to shore up the world���s newest currency 05/26/2024 01:25am • HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) ��� The introduction of the world's newest currency in April inspired a reggae artist to record a song praising the ZiG, or Zimbabwe Gold. The catchy tune, titled ���Zig Mari,��� received generous play on state television and radio. The musician, Ras Caleb, received a car and A 19th century flag disrupts leadership at an Illinois museum and prompts a state investigation 05/26/2024 01:25am • SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) ��� The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum is once again under the spotlight after a manager failed to consult a collections committee before purchasing a 21-star flag whose description as a rare banner marking Illinois' 1818 admission to the Union is disputed. Th The dreams of a 60-year-old beauty contestant come to an abrupt end in Argentina 05/26/2024 12:54am • BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) ��� A 60-year-old woman saw her dreams of becoming the oldest Miss Universe contestant in history melt away in a haze of sequins and selfies Saturday at Argentina���s annual beauty pageant. Alejandra Marisa Rodr��guez, a hopital legal adviser whose entry into the competi Oklahoma St. makes easy work of SEC-bound Oklahoma in 9-3 Big 12 championship win 05/26/2024 12:35am • ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) ��� Nolan Schubart went 2 for 4 at the plate and hit a three-run home run over the centerfield wall in the seventh inning to help propel Oklahoma State to the Big 12 championship with a 9-3 win over top-seed Oklahoma on Saturday. Lane Forsythe went 3-for-5 for the second-seeded Va. Attorney General Miyares challenging heavy truck emissions rule and other federal proposals 05/25/2024 11:48pm • Joining 23 conservative-led states��� efforts, Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares has signed on to legal challenges to new federal rules designed to advance emission reductions and address what scientists say is causing extreme weather events. Miyares has challenged several rules, including Palacio scores first goal in final minute as Real Salt Lake ties Dallas 3-3 to up unbeaten run to 11 05/25/2024 11:25pm • FRISCO, Texas (AP) ��� Nelson Palacio scored his first career goal in the eighth and final minute of second-half stoppage time and Real Salt Lake rallied from three goals down in the second half to a 3-3 draw with FC Dallas on Saturday night, extending the club's unbeaten run to 11. Real Salt Lake ( Steer and Benson homer and the Reds get another solid start from Greene in a 3-1 win over Dodgers 05/25/2024 11:02pm • CINCINNATI (AP) ��� Spencer Steer and Will Benson homered, Hunter Greene pitched six innings of one-run ball and the Cincinnati Reds dealt the Los Angeles Dodgers a season-high fourth straight loss, securing the weekend series with a 3-1 victory Saturday night. After outlasting the Dodgers 9-6 on F Sean Baker's 'Anora' wins Palme d'Or, the Cannes Film Festival's top honor 05/25/2024 08:03pm • Sean Baker's ���Anora,��� a comic but devastating Brooklyn odyssey about a sex worker who marries the son of a wealthy Russian oligarch, won the Cannes Film Festival's top award, the Palme d'Or. The win Saturday for ���Anora��� marked a coronation for Baker, the 53-year-old indie filmmaker of ���The 4 years after George Floyd's death, Congress struggles with police reform 05/25/2024 07:14pm • ▶ Watch Video: 4 years on from George Floyd's murder, police reform efforts remain stalled in Washington Four years after George Floyd was murdered by a Minneapolis police officer, momentum in Washington to pass sweeping reform in the Minnesota man's name has a Alex Kirilloff slugs 3-run homer in the 8th, leads Twins past Rangers 5-3 for 4th straight victory 05/25/2024 06:13pm • MINNEAPOLIS (AP) ��� Alex Kirilloff hit a three-run homer in the bottom of the eighth inning to lead the Minnesota Twins to a 5-3 victory over the Texas Rangers on Saturday. Kirilloff, who also hit a go-ahead home run in the Twins��� series-opening victory over the World Series champions on Friday n NASCAR-Xfinity BetMGM 300 Results 05/25/2024 05:48pm • Saturday At Charlotte Motor Speedway Concord, N.C. Lap length: 1.50 miles (Start position in parentheses) 1. (30) Chase Elliott, Chevrolet, 200 laps, 0 points. 2. (10) Brandon Jones, Chevrolet, 200, 42. 3. (16) Sammy Smith, Chevrolet, 200, 39. 4. (13) Sam Mayer, Chevrolet, 200, 40. 5. (11) AJ Allmen Madrid draws with Betis with likely starters for Champions League final and Kroos says farewell 05/25/2024 05:47pm • BARCELONA, Spain (AP) ��� Real Madrid drew with Real Betis 0-0 on Saturday in its last warmup game before facing Borussia Dortmund in the Champions league final. Madrid wrapped up the Spanish league title three weeks ago, and since then coach Carlo Ancelotti has rotated his lineups to rest his start Republican-appointed University of Wisconsin regent refuses to step down when term ends 05/25/2024 04:23pm • MADISON, Wis. (AP) ��� A conservative University of Wisconsin regent says he won���t step down when his term ends this month. Then-Gov. Scott Walker, a Republican, appointed Robert Atwell to the Board of Regents in May 2017. His seven-year term ends this month. Atwell sent an email to Universities South Africa's 4 big political parties begin final weekend of campaigning ahead of election 05/25/2024 03:58pm • JOHANNESBURG (AP) ��� South Africa's four main political parties began the final weekend of campaigning Saturday before a possibly pivotal election that could bring the country's most important change in three decades. Supporters of the African National Congress, which has been in the government eve Boston RHP Garrett Whitlock says his season is over with elbow surgery on horizon 05/25/2024 03:31pm • BOSTON (AP) ��� Boston Red Sox right-hander Garrett Whitlock said his season is over and he's expected to have his right ulnar collateral ligament repaired with an internal brace. The 27-year-old Whitlock, who had Tommy John surgery when he was in the New York Yankees' farm system in 2019, said the