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FILE - Isabel Diaz Ayuso speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in Madrid, Spain, April 26, 2021. A Spanish judge has opened an investigation for alleged fraud and false documentation against the sentimental partner of Madrid's powerful rightwing regional president, Isabel Diaz Ayuso. Ayuso, who is seen as a possible future party leader and prime minister candidate, has come under fire in recent months on several fronts but news reports of treasury investigations into alleged tax fraud by her partner has led opposition parties to call for her immediate resignation. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue, File)

Powerful Spanish regional leader under pressure as court investigates her partner’s tax affairs

A Spanish judge has opened an investigation into alleged fraud and false documentation against the partner of Madrid’s powerful rightwing regional president, Isabel Díaz Ayuso, who has recently faced a wave of calls to resign over several controversies.

FILE - In this handout photo taken from video provided by the Moscow City Court on Feb. 2, 2021, Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny shows a heart symbol while standing in a defendants' cage during a hearing in the Moscow City Court in Moscow, Russia. President Vladimir Putin says he supported an idea to release Navalny in a prisoner exchange just days before the man who was his biggest foe died. (Moscow City Court via AP, File)

EU slaps sanctions on Russian justice officials blamed for jailing Alexei Navalny

The European Union has imposed sanctions on the Russian justice and prison officials responsible for jailing opposition leader Alexei Navalny.

Sports on TV for Mar. 23 - 24

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Today in Sports - Wayne Gretzky scores 802nd goal, passes Gordie Howe as top scorer in NHL history

Today in Sports, March 23 - Wayne Gretzky scores 802nd goal, passes Gordie Howe as top scorer in NHL history

Sports on TV for Mar. 25 - 31

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New finance minister says Pakistan will seek a long-term IMF loan to stabilize the economy

Pakistan’s newly appointed finance minister says the country plans to seek a long-term loan from the International Monetary Fund to help stabilize the country’s ailing economy after the end of the IMF’s current $3 billion bailout package.

A view of Nike's designed St George's Cross on the back of the collar of the new England shirt at St. George's Park, Burton upon Trent, England, Friday March 22, 2024. England's new men's soccer team shirt is out and it's causing a bit of a stir. And it's not just the price that's vexing some. The decision by Nike to change the color of the St. George’s Cross on the new shirt from the traditional red and white has even prompted the prime minister and the man who is favored to succeed him to make their displeasure known. (Mike Egerton/PA via AP)

Nike’s new England men’s soccer shirt is causing a stir with its recolored flag

The decision by Nike to change the color of the St. George’s Cross on the new England men’s soccer shirt from the traditional red and white is causing controversy.

FILE - A passer-by walks through a portion of the Cass Recreational Complex, in Boston, Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2024, that has been turned into a temporary shelter site for families experiencing homelessness. The Massachusetts Senate has approved limits on how long homeless families can stay in emergency state shelters, Thrusday, March 21, as part of an $850 million plan to fund the system at the center of the migrant crisis. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)

Amid migrant crisis, Massachusetts debates how best to keep families housed

The Massachusetts Senate has approved limits on how long homeless families can stay in emergency state shelters as part of an $850 million plan to fund the system that has been at the center of the migrant crisis.

FILE - Georgia's Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, right, celebrates after scoring his side's second goal during the Euro 2024 group A qualifying soccer match between Georgia and Scotland at the Boris Paichadze National Stadium in Tbilisi, Georgia, on Nov. 16, 2023. The country of Georgia is preparing for the biggest soccer match in its history. Having its best player back should help. Napoli forward Khvicha Kvaratskhelia had to sit out Thursday March 21, 2024 Euro 2024 qualifying playoff game against Luxembourg because of a one-game suspension. It didn't matter as his teammate Budu Zivzivadze stepped up to score both goals in a 2-0 win after a crucial red card for Luxembourg. (AP Photo/Tamuna Kulumbegashvili, File)

Kvaratskhelia set to return as Georgia chases Euro 2024 dream against Greece

The country of Georgia is preparing for the biggest soccer match in its history. Having its best player back should help.

Singer/songwriter Kristin Hayter poses for a portrait before a concert at The Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever, Friday, Feb. 16, 2024, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)

Reverend Kristin Michael Hayter blurs lines between reality, performance and research with ‘Saved!’

The bones that embody an album can take many shapes. They may tell a story, follow a genre or provide a soundtrack to a film.

Japanese Emperor Naruhito, right, and Empress Masako visit the victims of the deadly Jan. 1 earthquakes, at a junior high school in Suzu, Ishikawa prefecture, Japan Friday, March 22, 2024. (Kyodo News via AP)

Japanese emperor and empress visit towns hit by Jan. 1 quake and console thousands of homeless

Japan’s Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako have visited towns in the north-central region of Noto to pray for victims of the deadly New Year’s Day earthquake and console thousands of homeless living in evacuation centers.

April’s total solar eclipse promises to be the best yet for experiments

April’s total solar eclipse promises to be a scientific bonanza, thanks to new spacecraft _ and cosmic chance.

3 people are dead, several missing after migrant boat runs into trouble off southeastern Spain

Authorities say a boat carrying a group of migrants ran into trouble off the coast of southeastern Spain killing at least three people and several others were believed missing.

Chicago police officer wounded, man dead after gunfire exchanged during traffic stop, police say

Police say a Chicago police officer was wounded and a 26-year-old man was killed in an exchange of gunfire during a traffic stop.

FILE - A woman smeared with colors celebrates Holi, the Hindu festival of colors, in Mumbai, India, Tuesday, March 7, 2023. (AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade, File)

What is Holi, the Hindu festival of colors and how is it celebrated?

Holi is the Hindu festival of colors, which is celebrated to mark the start of spring in India, Nepal and the diaspora. The festival typically falls in March.

FILE - Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks after voting in Florida's primary election in Palm Beach, Fla., Tuesday, March 19, 2024. Trump’s return to the stock market could be right around the corner. All eyes are on a vote Friday by shareholders of Digital World Acquisition Corp., a shell company that is looking to merge with the former president’s media business. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, File)

What is Truth Social, Donald Trump’s social media platform?

Former President Donald Trump launched his social media platform, Truth Social, in early 2022, after he was banned from major sites such as Facebook and the former Twitter following the Jan. 6 insurrection.

FILE - This is the front grill of a 2020 Chrysler 300 on display at the 2020 Pittsburgh International Auto Show Thursday, Feb.13, 2020 in Pittsburgh. Stellantis is recalling nearly 285,000 Dodge and Chrysler sedans, Friday, March 22, 2024, because the side air bag inflators can explode with too much force and hurl metal fragments at drivers and passengers. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)

Stellantis recalls nearly 318,000 cars to replace side air bags that can explode and hurl shrapnel

Stellantis is recalling nearly 318,000 Dodge and Chrysler sedans worldwide because the side air bag inflators can explode with too much force and hurl metal fragments at drivers and passengers.

FILE - Aston Martin driver Sebastian Vettel of Germany burns the tires as he finished his last race in career at the Formula One Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates on, Nov.20, 2022. Four-time Formula 1 champion Sebastian Vettel is getting back behind the wheel. Vettel is joining Porsche as a test driver on its Le Mans program and says “we will then see what happens next.” (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili, File)

F1 champion Sebastian Vettel gets back behind the wheel with Porsche to test a Le Mans car

Four-time Formula 1 champion Sebastian Vettel is getting back behind the wheel. Vettel is joining Porsche as a test driver on its Le Mans program and says “we will then see what happens next.”

Andy Sullivan goes ‘ballistic’ in shooting 9-under 63 for share of lead at Singapore Classic

English golfer Andy Sullivan has made six birdies and an eagle in a stunning nine-hole stretch during his second round at the Singapore Classic to shoot 9-under 63 and take a share of the lead in the European tour event.

Women take part in a protest against a government plan to change the management of drinking water, in the oasis of Figuig, Morocco, Friday, March 8, 2024. Regional leaders in Morocco met Thursday, March 21, 2024 with residents of an oasis where many have staged protests over a water management plan. Thousands in the eastern Moroccan town of Figuig have demonstrated against their municipal council’s plan to to transition drinking water management to a regional multi-service agency. (AP Photo)

A Moroccan town protests water management plans

Regional and local leaders in Morocco met this week with residents of an oasis where many have staged protests over a water management plan.

Switzerland's Marco Odermatt celebrates at the finish area of an alpine ski, men's World Cup super-G race, in Saalbach, Austria, Friday, March 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Alessandro Trovati)

Ski star Odermatt seals World Cup super-G title as teammate Rogentin leads Swiss sweep of podium

Standout skier Marco Odermatt earned another World Cup crystal globe Friday on a stellar day for the Swiss team in the Austrian sunshine.

FILE - Then-Shadow Home Secretary Diane Abbott addresses anti-Brexit supporters in London, Oct. 19, 2019. Police say they are investigating whether the largest donor to Britain’s Conservative government committed a crime when he reportedly said a Black member of Parliament made him “want to hate all Black women” and that she “should be shot.” West Yorkshire police said Friday that they are investigating the allegedly racist remarks that businessman Frank Hester made in 2019 about Diane Abbott. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali, File)

Police investigate allegedly racist remarks by biggest donor to Britain’s Conservative government

Police say they are investigating whether the largest donor to Britain’s Conservative government committed a crime when he reportedly said a Black member of Parliament made him “want to hate all Black women” and that she “should be shot.”

FILE - An employee shows a growing cannabis or hemp plant in a box at the Cannabis Museum in Berlin, Germany, Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2023. The German government’s plan to liberalize rules on cannabis has cleared its final parliamentary hurdle, clearing the way for the possession of limited amounts of marijuana to be decriminalized on April 1, 2024. In a second step, “cannabis clubs” that will be allowed to grow the substance for members’ personal use will be allowed to start work on July 1. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, File)

Germany’s plan to liberalize cannabis rules clears its final parliamentary hurdle

The German government’s plan to liberalize rules on cannabis has cleared its final parliamentary hurdle, paving the way for the possession of limited amounts of marijuana to be decriminalized on April 1.

FILE - Slovak Prime Minister Peter Pellegrini delivers a speech at the National Museum in Prague, Czech Republic, on Nov. 17, 2019. Pellegrini, who currently serves as Parliament's speaker, leads a field of nine candidates ahead of the first round of the Slovakia's presidential election which will be held on Saturday March 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek, File)

An ally of Slovakia’s populist prime minister is favorite to win the presidential election

Peter Pellegrini, a close ally of populist Prime Minister Robert Fico, is considered a favorite in the race for the largely ceremonial post of Slovakia’s president.

FILE - Turkish and Russian soldiers patrol near the town of Darbasiyah, Syria, on Nov. 1, 2019. Syria’s civil war has entered its 14th year on Friday March 15, 2024, a somber anniversary in a long-frozen conflict. The country is effectively carved up into areas controlled by the Damascus government, various opposition groups and Kurdish forces. (AP Photo/Baderkhan Ahmad, File)

UN seeks $4B for aid in Syria as civilians face growing humanitarian crisis

A U.N. humanitarian official is appealing for more than $4 billion in life-saving aid for more than 10 million Syrians, saying that the country’s largely forgotten crisis remains “one of the most deadly to civilians in the world.”

FILE - University of Southern California's Cheryl Miller, center left, and Cynthia Cooper, center right, rejoice after winning the NCAA women's basketball championship by defeating the University of Tennessee 72-61 in Los Angeles, April 1, 1984. (AP Photo/Lennox McLendon, File)

March Madness trivia, you say? Try this women’s NCAA Tournament quiz

How well do you think you know the women’s NCAA Tournament? Try your luck at this AP trivia quiz about the history of March Madness. Don’t cheat!

Freiburg supporters cheer before the Europa League round of 16 second leg soccer match between West Ham United and SC Freiburg at the London stadium in London, Thursday, March 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

Freiburg picks former player Julian Schuster as coach to replace long-serving Christian Streich

Freiburg has hired former player Julian Schuster as its new coach. He will be the replacement when Christian Streich steps down at the end of the season after more than 12 years in charge.

FILE - Wales' Neco Williams, foreground, celebrates after scoring his team second goal during the UEFA European Championship play-off match against Finland at the Cardiff City Stadium in Cardiff, Wales, Thursday, March 21, 2024. The post-Gareth Bale era looked particularly daunting for Wales. A principality with a population of 3 million needed to replace its best ever player, a Real Madrid great, once the most expensive signing in soccer history. But the Welsh maybe needn’t have worried because they are on the brink of qualifying for another major tournament. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant, File)

New generation emerging from Bale’s shadow to leave Wales on brink of another major tournament

The post-Gareth Bale era looked particularly daunting for Wales. A principality with a population of 3 million needed to replace its best ever player, a Real Madrid great, once the most expensive signing in soccer history.

In this photo taken from video released by the Russia Emergency Situations Ministry press service on Friday, March 22, 2024, Russia Emergency Situations employees prepare to pump out water at the collapsed gold mine in Zeysk district, Amur region, eastern Russia. Rescue workers are laboring for a fifth day to reach 13 people trapped deep underground in a collapsed gold mine in Russia’s far east. News reports say no contact has been made with the miners in the Amur region, about 5,000 kilometers (3,000 miles) east of Moscow. (Russia Emergency Situations Ministry press service via AP)

Attempts to rescue 13 people trapped in a collapsed Russian gold mine continue for a fifth day

Rescue workers are laboring for a fifth day to reach 13 people trapped deep underground in a collapsed gold mine in Russia’s far east.

Doctors and other medical staff take part in a protest, in downtown Nairobi, Kenya, Friday, March 22, 2024. Hundreds of Kenyan doctors have protested in the streets demanding better pay and working conditions in an ongoing nationwide strike that has entered its second week. The doctors carried placards and chanted against the Kenyan government on Friday, saying it had failed to implement a raft of promises, including a collective bargaining agreement signed in 2017 after a 100-day strike during which people died from lack of care. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)

Hundreds of Kenyan doctors protest in the streets as national strike enters second week

Hundreds of Kenyan doctors have protested in the streets demanding better pay and working conditions in an ongoing nationwide strike that has entered its second week.