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Venice’s La Fenice theater drops incoming music director after months of protests 04/27/2026 10:27am • MILAN (AP) — Venice’s renowned La Fenice opera house is breaking ties with contentious incoming music director Beatrice Venezi, who has ties to Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni, following months of protests by musicians. Venezi was due to take up the role this coming October. But general manager N Farmers in Vermont expected a sheep to have twins. She ended up having rare sextuplets 04/27/2026 10:24am • UNDERHILL, Vt. (AP) — Anne O'Connor just kept counting sheep, and it made her anything but sleepy. A sheep owned by O'Connor, who runs Clover & Bee Farm in Underhill, Vermont, with her husband, Gunnar, gave birth to a rare batch of six lambs earlier this month. The sextuplets and their mother College students are changing course in search of 'AI-proof' majors. But no one knows what they are 04/27/2026 10:12am • Two years ago, Josephine Timperman arrived at college with a plan. She declared a major in business analytics, figuring she'd learn niche skills that would stand out on a resume and help land a good job after college. But the rise of artificial intelligence has scrambled those calculations. The basi Haitians, Syrians aren't the only immigrants watching US Supreme Court arguments on temporary status 04/27/2026 10:11am • When the U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments on the Trump administration's plans to stop shielding Haitians and Syrians from deportation, people from more than dozen other countries will pay close attention, perhaps none more than an estimated 200,000 from El Salvador. Many Salvadorans have lived in Sports on TV for Tuesday, April 28 04/27/2026 10:10am • (All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Tuesday, April 28 BASKETBALL AFRICA LEAGUE 2 p.m. NBATV — JCA Kings Cote d’Ivoire vs. Club Africain Tunisia COLLEGE BASEBALL 7 p.m. ACCN — Coastal Carolina at North Carolina COLLEGE SOFTBALL 7 p.m. SECN — Florida St. at Florida Today in Sports - Colorado’s G Patrick Roy sets an NHL record with his 16th career playoff shutout 04/27/2026 10:10am • April 28 1923 — Wembley Stadium opens - Bolton Wanderers vs West Ham United (FA Cup). 1931 — Program for woman athletes approved for 1932 Olympics track & field. 1956 — Cincinnati Reds outfielder Frank Robinson hits his 1st of 586 HRs. 1957 — LPGA Western Open Women’s Golf, Montgomery Stopping Kvaratskhelia is key to Bayern's chances against PSG in Champions League semifinal 04/27/2026 10:10am • PARIS (AP) — Bayern Munich must find a way to stop Paris Saint-Germain winger Khvicha Kvaratskhelia when the sides meet in the first leg of their Champions League semifinal on Tuesday. Monaco, Chelsea and Liverpool could not. Kvaratskhelia has scored eight goals so far — including another fine s A Cessna aircraft crashes in South Sudan, killing all 13 passengers and the pilot, civil aviation authorities say 04/27/2026 10:05am • JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — A Cessna aircraft crashes in South Sudan, killing all 13 passengers and the pilot, civil aviation authorities say. Latino leaders surge into local office as Trump-era attacks fuel new urgency 04/27/2026 10:05am • Rhetoric dehumanizing immigrant and Latino communities may appear more open and in-your-face in the current political climate. But that has not been a barrier for Latinos seeking elective office or high-level roles in government. Voters are choosing an increasing number of nonwhite Hispanic leaders UFL Glance 04/27/2026 10:05am • All Times EDT UFL CONFERENCE W L T Pct PF PA Grains mixed, livestock higher 04/27/2026 09:45am • CHICAGO (AP) _ Grain futures were mixed in early trading Monday on the Chicago Board of Trade. May. corn lost 0.75 cent at $4.54 a bushel. May. wheat rose by 0.75 cent at $6.09 a bushel. May. oats rose by 0.25 cent at $3.23 a bushel. May. soybeans was down 1.75 cents at $11.62 a bushel. Beef was hig Virginia cannabis retail plan in limbo after lawmakers reject Spanberger changes 04/27/2026 09:38am • Five years after Virginia legalized simple adult possession of marijuana, lawmakers are at an impasse over how to finally stand up a legal retail market, after the General Assembly last week rejected more than 40 changes proposed by Gov. Abigail Spanberger and sent the legislation back to her desk. Energy shock ripples through kitchens, forests and conservation in Africa and South Asia 04/27/2026 09:25am • NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Before sunset, a blue flame used to spring to life in Brenda Obare’s kitchen with a quick turn of the knob as she started dinner. Now, her stove is often cold as she crouches over a charcoal burner, coaxing a smoky fire to cook for her family outside her tin-roofed home in Citizens: Q1 Earnings Snapshot 04/27/2026 09:24am • PHILADELPHIA (AP) — PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Citizens Holding Co. (CIZN) on Monday reported net income of $1.9 million in its first quarter. The bank, based in Philadelphia, said it had earnings of 33 cents per share. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring gains, came to 28 cents per share. The bank po Marathon milestone shattered: Sabastian Sawe breaks the fabled 2-hour barrier by 30 seconds 04/27/2026 09:08am • LONDON (AP) — A pair of African distance runners took down what was once among the most unthinkable records in sports on Sunday, shattering the long-unapproachable two-hour barrier in the 26.2-mile (42.2-kilometer) marathon. Sabastian Sawe of Kenya won the London Marathon in 1 hour, 59 minutes