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Catholic women’s groups protest Vatican’s gay union stance

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BERLIN — Five Catholic women's organizations in German-speaking areas have released an open letter calling for the Vatican to reverse its position that priests...

Holcomb signs police reform, school funding bills into law

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INDIANAPOLIS — Bills aimed at increasing police accountability and ensuring Indiana’s public schools receive full funding for all students during the coronavirus pandemic were...

Pink cake on canals: Amsterdam celebrates same-sex weddings

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AMSTERDAM — A huge inflatable pink cake with candles spouting rainbow flames glided through the Amsterdam canals Thursday as the Dutch capital celebrated the...

Coin firm pays it forward after Georgia man paid in pennies

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MARIETTA, Ga. — A global company has stepped in to solve quite a “coinundrum” for a Georgia man. ...

UK: Black adviser quits government in wake of racism report

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LONDON — The most senior Black adviser to U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson has resigned, the government said Thursday, the day after a report...

Players hear ‘a lot of talk’ from Emmert about Title IX, NIL

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A trio of men's basketball players asked NCAA President Mark Emmert during a video call Thursday to abide by, and enforce, Title IX gender...

In AP survey, ADs raise worries about women’s college sports

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INDIANAPOLIS — To hear many of those in charge of Division I programs tell it, the state of play for women's sports could get...

George Soros to give $500M to Bard College in New York

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NEW YORK — Billionaire philanthropist George Soros has committed $500 million to a private liberal arts college in New York, which the school called...

UN condemns Palm Sunday `terrorist act’ on Indonesian church

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UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. Security Council late Tuesday condemned a bombing at an Indonesian church on Palm Sunday as a “cowardly terrorist attack”...

Turkish high court rejects bid to close opposition party

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ANKARA, Turkey — Citing procedural deficiencies, Turkey’s highest court on Wednesday rejected an indictment by a top prosecutor seeking to disband the country’s opposition...