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1:57 PM on Thursday, April 2

The Belarus parliament has passed a bill to introduce punishments for people who promote LGBTQ+ causes, in an echo of similar laws that have been set up in neighboring ally Russia

1:26 PM on Thursday, April 2

Pope Leo XIV has restored the traditional Holy Thursday foot-washing ritual by washing the feet of 12 priests

1:21 PM on Thursday, April 2

Bruce Hornsby has a new album that looks back on his life with warmth, humor and deliberate weirdness

1:12 PM on Thursday, April 2

A late winter rainstorm that lashed southern Greece over the last 24 hours turned the sky a surreal red, felled trees and resulted in the death of one man

1:01 PM on Thursday, April 2

Michigan’s “Fab Five” will reunite during Saturday’s Final Four

12:49 PM on Thursday, April 2

Former Cy Young winner Trevor Bauer has signed with the Long Island Ducks of the Atlantic League and is scheduled to pitch opening night on April 21 for the minor league team

12:39 PM on Thursday, April 2

Congo has declared the end of a two-year mpox outbreak, which is believed to have caused over 2,200 deaths

12:37 PM on Thursday, April 2

Mississippi lawmakers have passed a bill that could imprison people for up to 10 years for distributing abortion-inducing medication

12:33 PM on Thursday, April 2

Lawyers for Mahmoud Khalil, the former Columbia University graduate student fighting deportation, have asked Judge Emil Bove to step aside from an appellate panel that could weigh in on his case because of Bove’s previous role as a top Justice Department official involved in investigating student protesters

12:07 PM on Thursday, April 2

Heather Morris has a new novel set during World War II in Nazi-occupied Paris

12:07 PM on Thursday, April 2

According to documents viewed by The Associated Press, a three-judge panel says the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court can potentially resume his duties following a sexual misconduct investigation

11:29 AM on Thursday, April 2

Kirk Cousins has agreed to a deal with the Las Vegas Raiders

10:53 AM on Thursday, April 2

Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen and actor and singer Hailee Steinfeld are proud parents of a baby girl

9:16 AM on Thursday, April 2

Italy's soccer federation president has resigned amid political pressure after the national team failed to qualify for a third consecutive World Cup

8:32 AM on Thursday, April 2

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7:57 AM on Thursday, April 2

McDonald’s is simplifying its value menu strategy

7:38 AM on Thursday, April 2

Reports of the death of Jonathan, the world’s oldest living land animal, have been greatly exaggerated

7:01 AM on Thursday, April 2

U.S. gas prices are climbing fast, and drivers are paying the highest pump prices since 2022 as the Iran war shakes oil markets

6:26 AM on Thursday, April 2

President Donald Trump has used his first major address since launching his war in Iran to assure Americans all his military objectives will be completed “shortly” and urge a skeptical electorate to give him more time

12:14 AM on Thursday, April 2

Britain has accused Iran of holding the global economy hostage as diplomats from over 40 countries discuss ways to press Tehran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz