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Pope Leo XIV Denounces 'Pandemic of Arms' as He Prays for Victims of Minnesota School Shooting
Pope Leo XIV on Sunday denounced the "pandemic of arms, large and small," as he prayed publicly for the victims of the shooting during a Catholic school Mass in the United States.History's first U.S. pope spoke in English as he appealed for an end to the "logic of weapons"...
Sun, 31 Aug 2025 06:44:57 EDTMacron's Decision to Recognize a Palestinian State in September Angers Israel and the US
French President Emmanuel Macron's decision to recognize a Palestinian state, prompting similar moves from other Western nations, angered Israel and its U.S. ally by putting a two-state solution back at the heart of diplomatic efforts to end the devastating war in Gaza.In a...
Sun, 31 Aug 2025 06:11:47 EDTXi Meets Modi as China and India Seek to Rebuild Ties
Chinese leader Xi Jinping met with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday ahead of the opening of a regional summit in Tianjin, in a formal thaw between the two nuclear-armed powers.Modi is on his first visit to China since relations between the two countries...
Sun, 31 Aug 2025 06:17:26 EDTRussian Overnight Drone Attack Cuts Power to Thousands in Odesa, Ukraine Says
A Russian drone attack overnight damaged four power facilities near the southern Ukrainian city of Odesa, leaving more than 29,000 customers without electricity on Sunday morning, the region's governor and power firm DTEK said.Hardest hit was the port city of Chornomorsk,...
Sun, 31 Aug 2025 06:03:10 EDTIsrael Pounds Gaza City Suburbs, Netanyahu to Convene Security Cabinet
Israeli forces pounded the suburbs of Gaza City overnight from the air and ground, destroying homes and driving more families out of the area as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's security cabinet was set on Sunday to discuss a plan to seize the city.Local health...
Sun, 31 Aug 2025 05:58:48 EDTTwo Firefighters Held at Washington ICE Detention Center amid Wildfire, US Representative Says
Two firefighters who were responding to a wildfire in the state of Washington when they were detained by U.S. border agents are being held at an ICE detention center in Tacoma, a U.S. congresswoman said on Saturday.U.S. Rep. Emily Randall, a Democrat who represents the...
Sun, 31 Aug 2025 05:48:52 EDTJude Law Debuts Portrayal of Vladimir Putin in 'The Wizard of the Kremlin' at Venice Film Festival
Jude Law transforms into Vladimir Putin for Olivier Assayas' "The Wizard of the Kremlin," which has its world premiere Sunday at the Venice Film Festival.The film is an adaptation of Giuliano da Empoli's bestselling book of the same name, an account of the Russian...
Sun, 31 Aug 2025 05:43:32 EDTA Chinese Student Was Questioned for Hours in the US, Then Sent Back Even as Trump Policies Shift
The 22-year-old philosophy student from China did not expect any problems after his 29-hour flight arrived at a Texas airport this month as he was on his way to study at the University of Houston.His paperwork was in order. He was going to study humanities - not a tech...
Sun, 31 Aug 2025 05:38:59 EDTDrones Blasting AC/DC and Scarlett Johansson Are Helping Biologists Protect Cattle from Wolves
For millennia humans have tried to scare wolves away from their livestock. Most of them didn't have drones.But a team of biologists working near the California-Oregon border do, and they're using them to blast AC/DC's "Thunderstruck," movie clips and live human voices at...
Sun, 31 Aug 2025 05:33:26 EDTNumbers Drawn for Estimated $1B Powerball Jackpot
The numbers were picked Saturday night for an estimated $1 billion Powerball jackpot, although it's not immediately clear if anyone was a big winner.The numbers drawn were 3, 18, 22, 27 and 33, with the Powerball 17.No one has matched all six numbers since May 31, allowing...
Sun, 31 Aug 2025 05:29:39 EDTTrump Says He Will Order Voter ID Requirement for Every Vote
President Donald Trump said on Saturday that he will issue an executive order to require voter identification from every voter."Voter I.D. Must Be Part of Every Single Vote. NO EXCEPTIONS! I Will Be Doing An Executive Order To That End!!!," Trump said on Truth Social."Also,...
Sun, 31 Aug 2025 05:17:33 EDTTrump Plans to Skip Quad Summit in India
President Donald Trump is reportedly planning to skip the upcoming - though not yet scheduled - Quad summit this fall, The New York Times reported.
Sat, 30 Aug 2025 18:38:27 EDTDick Morris to Newsmax: Sending National Guard Into Cities Is Risky
President Donald Trump's use of federal law enforcement to secure Washington, D.C., has majority support among Americans, but political strategist Dick Morris warned on Newsmax on Saturday that deploying the National Guard more broadly would be a dangerous step.
Sat, 30 Aug 2025 18:32:04 EDTTrump: Putin, Zelenskyy May 'Fight for a Little Bit' Longer
President Donald Trump told the Daily Caller that he doubts Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will meet anytime soon and that the two nations may "have to fight a little longer."
Sat, 30 Aug 2025 18:13:55 EDTJohnson Orders Chicago to Resist Trump's Law-and-Order Push
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson signed an executive order Saturday directing the city to use "every legal mechanism" to fight back against any potential move by President Donald Trump to deploy federal agents or National Guard troops to Illinois, NBC reported.
Sat, 30 Aug 2025 18:19:02 EDTMontana Man Faces 4 Counts of Murder After Hiding Out for Week
A man suspected of killing four people at a Montana bar and evading capture for a week while hundreds of law enforcement officers searched for him in the nearby mountains faces four counts of murder, according to court records.
Sat, 30 Aug 2025 17:33:41 EDTDOJ Lawyers Quit Sanctuary Cities Task Force
All of the lawyers assigned to the Justice Department's Sanctuary Cities Enforcement task force have now resigned, with the final member departing this week, after claiming they were not given substantive legal duties.
Sat, 30 Aug 2025 17:13:40 EDTTexas, California See Rise in Drug-Resistant Fungus
Hospitals and nursing homes in California and Texas are paying close attention as a drug-resistant fungus threatens vulnerable patients.
Sat, 30 Aug 2025 14:48:12 EDTDr. Crandall: The Secret to a Long, Healthy Life Is Sitting on Your Grocery Shelf
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 71 million American adults (33.5%) have high LDL, or "bad," cholesterol.
Sat, 30 Aug 2025 13:29:49 EDTWH Shrugs Off Trump's Rapid Firing of Some Picks
President Donald Trump has been quick to remove some of his own picks for top government positions showing little patience if they do not properly adhere to his agenda, the Wall Street Journal reported Saturday.
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