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'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 Caitlin Clark attendance boon: Some WNBA teams look for bigger arenas when the Fever come to town 05/01/2024 02:46pm • WNBA teams have started making moves to capitalize on the popularity of Caitlin Clark. Some are booking bigger venues for when Clark and the Indiana Fever come to town. The Las Vegas Aces and Washington Mystics have moved their games against the Fever to bigger arenas. The numbers Clark generated in Hurricanes avoid major injury for DeAngelo and close in on getting Pesce back for Rangers series 05/01/2024 02:33pm • The Carolina Hurricanes have avoided a major injury concern for defenseman Tony DeAngelo while veteran blue-liner Brett Pesce is nearing a return from a lower-body injury suffered in the second game of the NHL playoffs. Team president and general manager Don Waddell said Wednesday that Pesce has she Ancestral lands of the Muscogee in Georgia would become a national park under bills in Congress 05/01/2024 02:20pm • ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia's congressional delegation introduced legislation Wednesday to protect some of the ancestral lands of the Muscogee tribe as a national park and preserve. The proposed Ocmulgee Mounds Park and Preserve would be Georgia's first national park. The area along the Ocmulgee River '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 Student protests take over some campuses. At others, attention is elsewhere 05/01/2024 01:45pm • BOSTON (AP) — Boston College students held a protest rally against the Israel-Hamas war last week. Bullhorns were banned, lest the noise disturb studying for finals. Tents weren't allowed. Students who'd been arrested at other Boston campus protests were barred. After an allotted hour, the studen US says it will return to Chad for talks to keep troops in the country 05/01/2024 01:42pm • ACCRA, Ghana (AP) — The U.S. military plans to return to Chad within a month for talks about revising an agreement that allows it to keep troops based there, an American general said Wednesday. The U.S. said last month it was withdrawing most of its contingent of about 100 troops from Chad after t 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 Estimated cost of World Cup matches in Vancouver has doubled since 2022 05/01/2024 12:42pm • VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — The estimated cost of staging matches at BC Place Stadium during the 2026 World Cup has more than doubled over the past two years to $483 million to $581 million Canadian ($351 million to $422 million U.S,). An estimate in March 2022 was $260 million Canadian ($3 Encuesta CNN | La mayoría de los estadounidenses aún se opone a la revocación de Roe, pero no hay unanimidad sobre legislación del aborto 05/01/2024 12:31pm • (CNN) -- Casi dos años después de la decisión de la Corte Suprema que revocó el caso Roe vs. Wade, los estadounidenses siguen oponiéndose ampliamente a la sentencia, según una nueva encuesta de CNN realizada por SSRS. Pero en medio de una campaña presidencial en la que los principales candida Some North Carolina abortion pill restrictions are unlawful, federal judge says 05/01/2024 12:13pm • RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Some of North Carolina government's restrictions on dispensing abortion pills, such as requiring that doctors to prescribe and provide the drug to the patient in person, are unlawful because they frustrate the goal of Congress to use federal regulators to ensure the drug is di Los retos del próximo presidente de Panamá: problemas sociales, económicos y ambientales 05/01/2024 11:59am • (CNN) -- El próximo presidente de Panamá, cargo por el que ocho candidatos competirán este domingo, tendrá que asumir grandes retos, al ritmo de una ciudadanía que protagonizó protestas masivas en junio de 2022 por el alto costo de la vida, así como en octubre y noviembre de 2023 por un contr Pro tips for turning meh guacamole into great guacamole, for Cinco de Mayo and beyond 05/01/2024 11:57am • Americans have been having a love affair with avocados in recent years. Especially in guacamole. According to the California Avocado Commission, some 81 million pounds of avocados are consumed in the U.S. during Cinco de Mayo, the annual celebration of Mexican American culture that falls on May 5. B Former students of the for-profit Art Institutes are approved for $6 billion in loan cancellation 05/01/2024 11:38am • WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration on Wednesday said it will cancel $6 billion in student loans for people who attended the Art Institutes, a system of for-profit colleges that closed the last of its campuses in 2023 amid accusations of fraud. Saying the chain lured students with “pervas What marijuana reclassification means for the United States 05/01/2024 11:19am • WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration is moving toward reclassifying marijuana as a less dangerous drug. The Justice Department proposal would recognize the medical uses of cannabis, but wouldn't legalize it for recreational use. The proposal would move marijuana from the “