As total eclipse nears Mazatlán, banda groups stand their ground amid noise complaints

[ad_1] The beach city of Mazatlán, in the Mexican state of Sinaloa, has long been associated with music — and it is successfully pushing back against noise complaints looking to silence it. Renowned as “the birthplace of banda,” local bands in Mazatlán graze the beaches with boisterous sounds of tubas, trombones and snare drums. This music…

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Vatican blasts gender-affirming surgery, surrogacy and gender theory as violations of human dignity

[ad_1] The Vatican on Monday declared gender-affirming surgery and surrogacy as grave violations of human dignity, putting them on par with abortion and euthanasia as practices that reject God’s plan for human life. The Vatican’s doctrine office issued “Infinite Dignity,” a 20-page declaration that has been in the works for five years. After substantial revision in…

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Everton faces relegation after being docked two more points over breaking financial rules

[ad_1] LONDON — Everton was docked two more points on Monday for its latest breach of the Premier League’s financial rules, plunging the team back toward the relegation zone with seven games remaining. Everton had already received a six-point deduction — reduced from an initial 10 following an appeal — for the club’s overspending in…

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Record floods in Russia’s Urals triggered by melting snow

[ad_1] Swiftly melting snow triggered the worst recorded flooding in Russia’s Ural Mountains, forcing thousands of people to flee their homes as some of Europe’s biggest rivers swelled to bursting point. Russia declared an emergency in the Orenburg region near Kazakhstan after the Ural River, Europe’s third longest river, swelled several feet in hours on Friday,…

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