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Continue Reading Spain’s Prado Museum confirms rediscovery of lost Caravaggio. Painting will be unveiled May 27
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Continue Reading The Latest | Third week of witness testimony in Trump’s hush money trial is set to kick off
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Continue Reading Start your week smart: Security tactics at protests, Henry Cuellar, Al Jazeera, Canadian assassination, Kentucky Derby winner
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Continue Reading A milestone reached in mainline Protestant churches’ decades-old disputes over LGBTQ inclusion
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Continue Reading Methodists end anti-gay bans, closing 50 years of battles over sexuality for mainline Protestants
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