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Voice-cloning technology bringing a key Supreme Court moment to 'life' 05/15/2024 09:59am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Seventy years ago on Friday, no one outside of the U.S. Supreme Court building heard it when Chief Justice Earl Warren announced the historic Brown v. Board of Education decision on school desegregation. Now, through the use of an innovative voice-cloning technology, it is becoming As Melinda French Gates leaves the Gates Foundation, many hope she���ll double down on gender equity 05/15/2024 09:42am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Melinda French Gates is already one of the biggest philanthropic supporters of gender equity in the United States and is now poised to put another $12.5 billion toward intractable problems like closing the gender pay gap and increasing women's political participation, her grantees United Methodists scrap their anti-gay bans. A woman who defied them seeks reinstatement as pastor 05/15/2024 09:11am • Twenty years ago, Beth Stroud was defrocked from her beloved job as a United Methodist pastor in Philadelphia. In a church trial, she was found guilty of violating ���Christian teaching��� because she had acknowledged living in a committed relationship with another woman. Earlier this month, delegat 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, UN agency authorizes second vaccine against dengue amid outbreaks in the Americas 05/15/2024 07:02am • GENEVA (AP) ��� The World Health Organization on Wednesday authorized a second dengue vaccine, a move that could provide protection for millions worldwide against the mosquito-borne disease that has already sparked numerous outbreaks across the Americas this year. In a statement on Wednesday, the U Young South Koreans are increasingly drawn to Buddhism via social media-savvy influencers 05/15/2024 06:09am • SEOUL (AP) ��� A South Korean deejay dressed as a Buddhist monk bounced up and down on stage while playing electronic music and shouting: ���This too shall pass!��� The performance brought cheers from a crowd of thousands at an annual lantern-lighting festival over the weekend to celebrate the Buddh CNX plans $1.5B hydrogen fuels plant at Pittsburgh airport, but wants federal tax credit to build it 05/15/2024 05:26am • HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) ��� Natural gas producer CNX Resources said it plans to build a $1.5 billion facility at Pittsburgh's airport to make hydrogen-based fuels, but only if President Joe Biden���s administration allows coal mine methane to qualify for tax credits that are central to the Democrat's p Final Preakness at Pimlico before rebuilding stirs nostalgia mixed with relief for needed fixes 05/15/2024 05:22am • BALTIMORE (AP) ��� Preakness days in recent years have featured water and plumbing miscues. A large section of the grandstand at Pimlico Race Course has been rendered unusable because it's condemned, and much of the rest of the storied but decaying track is a relic to the sport of king's heyday many Loudoun Co. proposes 16 delayed-start days next year to allow teachers to meet training requirements 05/15/2024 04:33am • Loudoun County Public Schools in Virginia is considering adding 16 delayed-start days to the calendar for the 2024-25 school year, as part of a plan to give teachers more time to complete critical trainings. The proposal, which Superintendent Aaron Spence presented to the school board Tuesday nig 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 Tovar homers as the Rockies beat the Padres 6-3 for their season-high 6th straight win 05/15/2024 01:22am • SAN DIEGO (AP) ��� Ezequiel Tovar homered and the Colorado Rockies beat Dylan Cease and the San Diego Padres 6-3 on Tuesday night, extending their win streak to a season-high six games. Tovar, Ryan McMahon and Elehuris Montero each had two hits as last-place Colorado improved to 4-2 against San Dieg South Africa braces for what may be a milestone election. Here is a guide to the main players 05/15/2024 01:05am • CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) ��� After 30 years of dominating South African politics, the ruling African National Congress will face its toughest election this month as most opinion polls predict it will lose its parliamentary majority for the first time. Once admired under the leadership of Nelson Greene pitches 7 sharp innings, Reds beat Diamondbacks 6-2 after ugly loss 05/15/2024 01:05am • PHOENIX (AP) ��� Hunter Greene pitched seven effective innings, Will Benson hit a two-run homer and the Cincinnati Reds bounced back from a difficult loss with a 6-2 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Tuesday night. Arizona handed the reeling Reds a 6-5 loss on Monday night on Kevin Newman���s two Alanna Smith scores career-high 22 points as the Lynx beat the new-look Storm 83-70 05/15/2024 12:54am • SEATTLE (AP) ��� Alanna Smith scored 16 of her career-high 22 points in the first half, Napheesa Collier scored seven of her 20 points during a decisive fourth-quarter run, and the Minnesota Lynx beat the Storm 83-70 on Tuesday night, spoiling the Seattle debuts of Skylar Diggins-Smith and Nneka Ogw Stock market today: Asian markets follow Wall Street higher ahead of U.S. key inflation update 05/15/2024 12:46am • HONG KONG (AP) ��� Asian stocks were mostly higher on Wednesday after a rally on Wall Street that took the Nasdaq composite index to a record high. A report Tuesday showed that prices remain stubbornly high at the wholesale level in the United States, before many price changes are passed along to c