Sanity Test Tag

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1:12
Priced out of tradition: Nigerians struggle to afford rams for Eid celebrations

As Muslims across Nigeria prepare for Eid al-Adha, the rising cost of living is casting a shadow over celebrations. The price of rams - central to the festival’s traditional animal sacrifice - has surged dramatically, leaving many families struggling to keep up. (AP Video shot by Dan Ikpoyi)

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0:47
At least 11 people die in a stampede outside a cricket stadium in India after IPL win

At least 11 people are dead and more than 30 injured after a stampede on Wednesday as crowds tried to enter a cricket stadium in southern India’s Karnataka state, authorities said. The crush happened as tens of thousands of cricket fans gathered outside the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru city to celebrate the winners of the Indian Premier League, the world’s most popular T20 cricket tournament.

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1:00
Zelenskyy rejects Russia’s peace proposal, wants face-to-face talks with Putin

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Wednesday that Russia’s proposal for ending the countries’ 3-year war is not doable and repeated his call for face-to-face talks with Russian leader Vladimir Putin. (AP video by Alex Babenko)

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2:40
Civil War remains found at Revolutionary living-history site

Archaeologists in Virginia are trying to identify the remains of four Confederate soldiers who were killed in the Civil War. The skeletons were found on the grounds of a gunpowder magazine at Colonial Williamsburg, famed for Revolutionary War history. (AP video/Allen G. Breed)

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1:06
AP top stories June 4

Here’s the latest for Wednesday, June 4th: Israeli strike kills 7 at Gaza port; Muslims in Mecca for the Hajj; WWII-era bombs force evacuations in German city; California wine country town installing novel backup power source, spurred by wildfire-forced outages

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1:20
AP explains quiet Tiananmen crackdown anniversary in Hong Kong at site of former large vigil

For most Chinese, the 36th anniversary of a bloody crackdown that ended pro-democracy protests in China passed like any other weekday. And that’s just how the ruling Communist Party wants it.

Rankings

Released March 18
Rank
Team
Trend
This Week
Points
1
South Carolina (32-0) Southeastern Women
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875 (35)
2
Iowa (29-4) Big Ten Women
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823 (0)
3
USC (26-5) Pacific 12 Women
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809 (0)
4
Texas (30-4) Big 12 Women
1
-
756 (0)
5
Stanford (28-5) Pacific 12 Women
-1
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743 (0)
6
UCLA (25-6) Pacific 12 Women
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653 (0)
7
Ohio State (25-5) Big Ten Women
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644 (0)
8
LSU (28-5) Southeastern Women
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622 (0)
9
Notre Dame (26-6) Atlantic Coast Women
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606 (0)
10
UConn (29-5) Big East Women
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604 (0)
11
North Carolina State (27-6) Atlantic Coast Women
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521 (0)
12
Oregon State (24-7) Pacific 12 Women
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476 (0)
13
Virginia Tech (24-7) Atlantic Coast Women
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444 (0)
14
Indiana (24-5) Big Ten Women
1
-
411 (0)
15
Kansas State (25-7) Big 12 Women
1
-
365 (0)
16
Gonzaga (30-3) West Coast Women
-2
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333 (0)
17
Colorado (22-9) Pacific 12 Women
1
-
275 (0)
18
Oklahoma (22-9) Big 12 Women
-1
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268 (0)
19
Baylor (24-7) Big 12 Women
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236 (0)
20
UNLV (30-2) Mountain West Women
1
-
181 (0)
21
Utah (22-10) Pacific 12 Women
-1
-
180 (0)
22
Syracuse (23-7) Atlantic Coast Women
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154 (0)
23
Louisville (24-9) Atlantic Coast Women
1
-
93 (0)
24
Creighton (25-5) Big East Women
-1
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87 (0)
25
Fairfield (31-1) Metro Atlantic Athletic Women
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74 (0)
Others receiving votes:
Princeton 48, Nebraska 23, Mississippi 20, Iowa St. 20, Duke 7, West Virginia 7, Richmond 4, Columbia 4, Tennessee 3, Florida St. 3, Kansas 2, Drake 1. Point values in parentheses indicate the number of first place votes.