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Pope Francis will be released from the hospital on Sunday, doctors say

ROME (AP) - Pope Francis will be released from the hospital on Sunday, after 38 days battling a life-threatening case of pneumonia in both lungs, his doctors said. Gemelli medical director Dr. Sergio ...

Mar 22, 2025

Three killed, 14 injured in a shooting at a park in New Mexico's Las Cruces

LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) - At least three people were killed and 14 others were injured in a mass shooting at a park in the desert city of Las Cruces, New Mexico, police said Saturday. Police were asking...

Mar 22, 2025

Israel fires on Lebanon in response to rockets fired at Israeli targets

BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - Israel struck Lebanon on Saturday in retaliation for rockets targeting Israel, in the heaviest exchange of fire since the ceasefire. Earlier, rockets were fired from Lebanon int...

Mar 22, 2025

Under threat from Trump, Columbia University agrees to policy changes

NEW YORK (AP) - Under threat from the Trump administration, Columbia University agreed to implement a suite of policy changes Friday, including overhauling its rules for protests and conducting an imm...

Mar 21, 2025

Pitcher Julio Urías suspended through the All-Star break by MLB under domestic violence policy

NEW YORK (AP) - Former Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Julio Uras was suspended through the All-Star break by Major League Baseball on Friday under its domestic violence policy with the players' associati...

Mar 21, 2025

Israel’s top court halts Netanyahu’s dismissal of the country’s internal security chief

JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel's top court on Friday ordered a temporary halt to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's dismissal of the country's domestic security chief until his appeal can be heard. The Supr...

Mar 21, 2025

Sudan's military says it has retaken the last area of the capital held by rival paramilitary forces

CAIRO (AP) - Sudan's military said it retook the Republican Palace in Khartoum, the last bastion in the capital of rival paramilitary forces, after nearly two years of fighting. Social media videos sh...

Mar 20, 2025

Florida man is executed for the killings of an 8-year-old girl and her grandmother

STARKE, Fla. (AP) - A Florida man who killed an 8-year-old girl and her grandmother on a night in which he drank heavily and used drugs was executed Thursday evening. Prison officials said Edward Jame...

Mar 20, 2025

Jury convicts 2 men of plotting to assassinate an Iranian American journalist in New York

NEW YORK (AP) - A jury has convicted two men of plotting to assassinate Iranian American journalist Masih Alinejad at her home in New York City in a murder-for-hire scheme that prosecutors said was fi...

Mar 20, 2025

Georgetown scholar detained over American wife's Palestinian ties, lawyer says

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) - A federal judge on Thursday ordered immigration officials not to deport a Georgetown scholar that the government detained until the court has had a chance to rule. U.S. District...

Mar 20, 2025