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- Lexington Herald-Leader
Fierceness is the favorite for 2024 Kentucky Derby. How often does the favorite win?
How have race-time favorites historically fared in the Run for the Roses?
- Associated Press
Expanding clergy sexual abuse probe targets New Orleans Catholic church leaders
Authorities have expanded an investigation of clergy sexual abuse in the Roman Catholic Church in New Orleans to include senior church officials suspected of shielding predatory priests for decades and failing to report their crimes to law enforcement. Louisiana State Police carried out a sweeping search warrant last week at the Archdiocese of New Orleans, seeking a long-secreted cache of church records and communications between local church leaders and the Vatican about the church's handling of clergy sexual abuse.
- Associated Press
Nonstop Mideast coverage of Israel-Hamas war pauses for protests and police action at US schools
After weeks of nonstop coverage of destruction and death in the Gaza Strip, media across the wider Middle East have latched onto the demonstrations roiling American university campuses over the Israel-Hamas war. For some, the protests and what they described as a heavy-handed police crackdown on them represent the double standards of life in the United States — which routinely calls on nations to respect dissent and free speech. The coverage included nearly breathless reporting from Iranian state television, which aired live video from the protests and police actions.
