Robin Miller  |  Special for The Arizona RepublicThis incredible cake boasts flecks of tender carrots in an orange-scented, ultra-moist batter. It’s not just the coupling of oranges and carrots that make this cake shine, warm cinnamon scents the batter and vanilla perfumes the tangy cream cheese frosting. It’s a sweet, citrusy cake with rich, satiny…Continue Reading

A new, more conservative Methodist denomination is set to launch May 1 after a years-long debate centered largely over LGBTQ rights.PARSONS, Tenn. — By most appearances, Palm Sunday was typical for First United Methodist Church here in Parsons, a small, rural town in south central Tennessee.The group of about 50 congregants sang hymns, listened to…Continue Reading

Douglas Siddens’ mother was among those who made it out with just the clothes on her back when a deadly, wind-fueled wildfire ripped through a mountain community in southern New Mexico.The RV park where she lived was reduced to “metal frame rails and steel wheels,” said Siddens, who managed the site“I had like 10 people…Continue Reading

HELSINKI (AP) — Police in Sweden say they are preparing for new violent clashes following riots that erupted between demonstrators and counter-protesters in the central city of Orebro on Friday ahead of an anti-Islam far-right group’s plan to burn a Quran there.Kim Hild, spokeswoman for police in southern Sweden said that the police would not…Continue Reading

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian forces resumed scattered attacks on Kyiv, western Ukraine and beyond Saturday in an explosive reminder to Ukrainians and their Western supporters that the whole country remains under threat despite Russia’s pivot toward mounting a new offensive in the east.Stung by the loss of its Black Sea flagship and indignant over…Continue Reading

Cycling – Paris-Roubaix Femmes – Roubaix Velodrome, Roubaix, France – April 16, 2022 Trek-Segafredo rider Elisa Longo Borghini of Italy celebrates winning the race on the podium alongside second placed WorldTeam SD Worx rider Lotte Kopecky of Belgian and third placed Trek-Segafredo rider Lucinda Brand of the Netherlands REUTERS/Pascal RossignolRegister now for FREE unlimited access…Continue Reading

Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comTROSTYANETS, Ukraine, April 16 (Reuters) – The handmade sign on the gate warns “The cemetery is mined. Danger.” but residents of the formerly occupied town of Trostyanets in northern Ukraine still come to visit the fresh graves of family killed in the war.The graveyard in this town in…Continue Reading