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Malaysia cuts short music fest after British band slams anti-gay laws, singer kisses male bandmate

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia’s government Saturday cut short a music festival after the lead singer of British band The 1975 slammed the country’s anti-gay laws and kissed a male bandmate during their performance. Communications and Digital Minister Fahmi Fadzil slammed Matty Healy’s conduct late Friday at the start of the Good Vibes Festival

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Tracking limited rain chances this weekend

TODAY: Temperatures climb into the mid-80s under partly skies. Spotty showers and isolated thunderstorms are possible late this afternoon, but most will stay dry. TOMORROW: Sunday is a rinse-and-repeat forecast with a slight chance for afternoon showers, and temperatures reaching the 90s. Still expect plenty of dry time over the weekend! EXTENDED: Conditions look drier

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California school board adopts social studies textbooks that include gay rights after warnings from governor

By Melissa Alonso and Taylor Romine, CNN (CNN) — A Southern California school board on Friday adopted a social studies curriculum that includes gay rights that was approved by parents and teachers after initially rejecting it. “Fortunately, now students will receive the basic materials needed to learn,” said Gov. Gavin Newsom in a statement following

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Massive protests take place against mob assaults on women in India’s remote northeastern state

By ASHOK SHARMA and SHONAL GANGULY Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Thousands of people including mostly women have held a massive sit-in in India’s violence-wracked northeastern state of Manipur demanding the immediate arrest of those involved in the harrowing mob assaults on two women who were paraded naked. Religious and women organization leaders addressed

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Bulgaria agrees to send heavy military equipment to Ukraine for the first time since the invasion

SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Bulgaria has agreed to provide the Ukrainian army with some 100 armored personnel carriers, marking a turnaround in its policy on sending military equipment for the country’s battle against the Russian invasion. The parliament in Sofia late Friday approved by 148 votes to 52 the government’s proposal to make the first

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Russian strikes kill at least 8 civilians as fierce fighting continues in Ukraine’s south and east

By FELIPE DANA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian attacks on 11 regions across Ukraine overnight killed at least eight civilians and wounded others, authorities said Saturday, as fierce fighting continues in Ukraine’s attempts to dislodge Russian forces from territory they have occupied. The regional prosecutor’s office in the eastern Donetsk region said that

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Sick of hearing about record heat? Scientists say those numbers paint the story of a warming world

By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer The summer of 2023 is behaving like a broken record about broken records. Nearly every major climate-tracking organization proclaimed June the hottest June ever. Then July 4 became the globe’s hottest day, albeit unofficially, according to the University of Maine’s Climate Reanalyzer. It was quickly overtaken by July 5

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Protesters try to storm Baghdad’s Green Zone over the burning of Quran and Iraqi flag in Denmark

By ALI JABAR and JARI TANNER Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — Tensions flared again in Iraq on Saturday over a series of recent protests in Europe involving the desecration of the Quran, Islam’s holy book, which sparked a debate over the balance between freedom of speech and religious sensitivities. Hundreds of protesters attempted to storm

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A former University of Georgia staffer injured in fatal car crash files lawsuit against school athletic association and others

By Steve Almasy, Dawn Sawyer and Carrington Peavy, CNN (CNN) — A former recruiting analyst for the University of Georgia Athletic Association who was badly injured in an auto accident in January has filed a lawsuit against the athletics association and others. The lawsuit says Victoria Bowles “suffered multiple debilitating injuries,” including broken bones and

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