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The unexpected announcement of a prime minister divides Haiti's newly created transitional council 05/01/2024 03:39pm • PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) ��� A surprise announcement that revealed Haiti���s new prime minister is threatening to fracture a recently installed transitional council tasked with choosing new leaders for the gang-riddled Caribbean country. Four of seven council members with voting powers said Tuesda Caitlin Clark's presence draws comparisons to two Birds as Indiana Fever contemplate playoff run 05/01/2024 03:38pm • Just a few minutes into the Indiana Fever's media day, general manager Lin Dunn was asked to compare Caitlin Clark to a pair of Birds ��� Sue, who Dunn drafted No. 1 overall in 2002, and Larry, who turned the NBA's Boston Celtics into an instant contender in 1979. Whether Clark's career takes off li 'A step back in time': America's Catholic Church sees an immense shift toward the old ways 05/01/2024 03:28pm • MADISON, Wis. (AP) ��� It was the music that changed first. Or maybe that���s just when many people at the pale brick Catholic church in the quiet Wisconsin neighborhood finally began to realize what was happening. The choir director, a fixture at St. Maria Goretti for nearly 40 years, was suddenly Georgia governor signs law requiring jailers to check immigration status of prisoners 05/01/2024 03:21pm • ATLANTA (AP) ��� Jailers in Georgia must now check the immigration status of inmates and apply to help enforce federal immigration law, under a bill that gained traction after police accused a Venezuelan man of beating a nursing student to death on the University of Georgia campus. Gov. Brian Kemp s Heavy rains in Brazil���s south kill at least 10 people, leave 21 missing, civil defense says 05/01/2024 03:20pm • RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) ��� Heavy rains in Brazil���s southern Rio Grande do Sul state have killed at least 10 people and left 21 missing since Monday, the country's civil defense said Wednesday. An additional 11 people were injured and more than 3,300 were forced to leave their homes due to damage caus Experts fear 'catastrophic' college declines thanks to botched FAFSA rollout 05/01/2024 02:36pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The last thing standing between Ashnaelle Bijoux and her college dream is the FAFSA form ��� a financial aid application that's supposed to help students go to college, but is blocking her instead. She has tried to submit it over and over. Every time, it fails to go through. � So you've lost weight using Wegovy. Does that mean you can stop taking it? 05/01/2024 02:30pm • Millions of Americans who have dropped pounds and boosted their health using popular obesity drugs like Wegovy are facing a new dilemma: What happens if they stop taking them? Many worry that they���ll regain weight and revert to old habits. In studies, people who paused the drugs put back on most o Golden Knights goalie Adin Hill will start Game 5 against the Stars 05/01/2024 02:19pm • The Golden Knights made a change at goalie, and Adin Hill will receive his first start of this year's NHL playoffs when Vegas visits the Dallas Stars for Wednesday night's Game 5. Logan Thompson started the first four games of the first-round series, which is tied at two games. Both goalies shared s 'A step back in time': America's Catholic Church sees an immense shift toward the old ways 05/01/2024 02:15pm • MADISON, Wis. (AP) ��� It was the music that changed first. Or maybe that���s just when many people at the pale brick Catholic church in the quiet Wisconsin neighborhood finally began to realize what was happening. The choir director, a fixture at St. Maria Goretti for nearly 40 years, was suddenly New era for pot regulation leaves old problem: Many cannabis companies can't find a bank 05/01/2024 02:12pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) ��� The Biden administration's move to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous but still controlled drug was hailed as a monumental step in reshaping national policy. But it might do little to ease a longstanding problem in the cannabis industry ��� a lack of loans, checking accoun Rollout of transgender bathroom law sows confusion among Utah public school families 05/01/2024 01:47pm • SALT LAKE CITY (AP) ��� Utah public schools have been rushing to prepare students and teachers as the state starts cracking down Wednesday on any school found not enforcing new bathroom restrictions for transgender people. Residents and visitors are required under state law to use bathrooms and chan Tottenham manager Postecoglou jokes he's moving to Sweden for a life without VAR 05/01/2024 01:40pm • LONDON (AP) ��� Tottenham manager Ange Postecoglou joked Wednesday that he would move to Sweden because of its refusal to adopt VAR technology. Most soccer leagues around the world use video assistant referees to determine offsides and other key calls. But Sweden is an outlier as the only one of Eur Hurricanes' depth proves critical to secure 2nd-round playoff matchup against the Rangers 05/01/2024 01:31pm • RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) ��� The Carolina Hurricanes are getting production throughout their lineup to start the NHL playoffs. They'll need it going forward if they're going to take down the Presidents' Trophy-winning New York Rangers. The Hurricanes closed out the New York Islanders in a first-round seri Bounce house swept up by wind kills one child and injures another 05/01/2024 01:30pm • One child was killed and another injured when a bounce house was swept up by wind in Casa Grande, Arizona, in what local authorities called "a tragic accident.��� Saturday's fatality occurred after a strong gust sent the inflatable toy house ���airborne into the neighboring lot" with several childre Sentencing postponed for Minnesota man who regrets joining Islamic State group 05/01/2024 12:47pm • MINNEAPOLIS (AP) ��� A Minnesota man who once fought for the Islamic State group in Syria but now expresses remorse for joining a ���death cult��� and has been cooperating with federal authorities will have to wait to learn how much prison time he faces after his sentencing hearing set for Wednesday