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Pope names 21 new cardinals, significantly increasing the pool who will one day elect his successor
ROME — Pope Francis named 21 new cardinals Sunday, significantly increasing the size of the College of Cardinals and further cementing his mark on the group of prelates who will one day elect his successor. They include a man who will be the oldest cardinal — Monsignor Angelo Acerbi, a...
Hurricane Milton growing stronger as it blows toward Florida’s Tampa Bay region
MIAMI — People across Florida were given notice Sunday that Hurricane Milton is intensifying rapidly and will likely be a major hurricane before slamming midweek into the storm-ravaged Gulf Coast. While forecast models vary widely, the most likely path suggests Milton could make landfall Wednesday in the Tampa Bay area...
A year into the Israel-Hamas war, students say a chill on free speech has reached college classrooms
WASHINGTON — As a junior at George Washington University, Ty Lindia meets new students every day. But with the shadow of the Israel-Hamas war hanging over the Washington, D.C., campus, where everyone has a political opinion, each new encounter is fraught. “This idea that I might say the wrong thing...
A week after Helene hit, thousands still without water struggle to find enough
ASHEVILLE, N.C. — Nearly a week after Hurricane Helene brought devastation to western North Carolina, a shiny stainless steel tanker truck in downtown Asheville attracted residents carrying 5-gallon containers, milk jugs and buckets to fill with what has become a desperately scare resource — drinking water. Flooding tore through the...
Tropical Storm Milton forms in Gulf of Mexico, could intensify as a hurricane threatening Florida
MIAMI — A storm system that was brewing in the Gulf of Mexico earlier Saturday has strengthened into Tropical Storm Milton, with forecasters warning it could intensify into a hurricane headed to Florida next week. Tropical Storm Milton is about 220 miles (355 kilometers) north-northeast of Veracruz, Mexico, the National...
Israel expands its bombardment in Lebanon as thousands flee widening war
MASNAA BORDER CROSSING, Lebanon — Israel expanded its bombardment in Lebanon on Saturday, hitting Beirut’s southern suburbs with a dozen airstrikes and striking a Palestinian refugee camp deep in the north for the first time as it targeted both Hezbollah and Hamas fighters. Thousands of people in Lebanon, including Palestinian...
Attempts to cross the English Channel on small boats leave 4 migrants, including a child, dead
PARIS — French authorities said four migrants, including a 2-year-old child, died Saturday in two separate incidents as they attempted to cross the English Channel toward Britain. France’s Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau deplored a “terrible tragedy” on X, saying that the child “was trampled to death in a boat.” “The...
Harris heads to North Carolina to survey Helene’s aftermath 1 day after Trump visited
WASHINGTON — Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris visited North Carolina on Saturday as the state recovers from Hurricane Helene, arriving there one day after a stop in the state by Republican Donald Trump, who is spreading false claims about the federal response to the disaster. The vice president was greeted...
Man fatally shoots 81-year-old wife at a Conn. nursing home
CROMWELL, Conn. — A man fatally shot his 81-year-old wife and then took his own life at a Connecticut nursing home Friday, according to a company official. The woman, who had been a resident of Apple Rehab in Cromwell for three years, was shot in her room, said Michael Landi,...
‘What’s in the rug?’: Woman’s videos go viral after discovery in yard
Viral TikTok videos showing a rug unearthed in a Columbus, Ohio, woman’s backyard sparked a police investigation and fueled social media speculation about the possibility of a buried body. However, the search ended Friday afternoon with no evidence of anything suspicious, the Columbus Dispatch reported. Katie Santry, who was digging...
U.S. launches air attacks on Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels
WASHINGTON — The U.S. military struck a number of Houthi targets in Yemen on Friday, going after weapons systems, bases and other equipment belonging to the Iranian-backed rebels, a U.S. official confirmed. U.S. aircraft and ships struck Houthi strongholds, according to the official. The exact number of targets was not...
U.S. arranges flights to bring Americans out of Lebanon as others seek escape
WASHINGTON — U.S.-arranged flights have brought about 350 Americans and their immediate relatives out of Lebanon this week during escalated fighting between Israel and Hezbollah, while thousands of others still there face airstrikes and diminishing commercial flights. In Washington, senior State Department and White House officials met Thursday with two...
Supreme Court leaves in place EPA rule aimed at reducing emissions of planet-warming gas methane
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court left in place Friday an environmental regulation aimed at reducing the oil and gas industry’s emissions of methane, a key contributor to climate change. Republican-led states and industry groups had filed emergency appeals asking the high court to pause the Biden administration rule. They argue...
Supreme Court will hear Ohio woman’s claim she lost out on jobs because she is straight
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court is taking up the case of an Ohio woman who claims she suffered sex discrimination in her employment because she is straight. The justices on Friday agreed to review an appellate ruling that upheld the dismissal of the discrimination lawsuit filed by the woman, Marlean...
Mexico’s new president promises to resume fight against climate change
MEXICO CITY — In her first days as Mexico’s new president, Claudia Sheinbaum made a point of distancing herself from the fossil fuel reliance promoted by her predecessor and mentor, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, and vowed to resume an energy transition that he halted. “We are going to boost renewable...
Supreme Court steps into a fight over plans to store nuclear waste in rural Texas and New Mexico
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court agreed Friday to step into a fight over plans to store nuclear waste at sites in rural Texas and New Mexico. The justices said they will review a ruling by the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that found that the Nuclear Regulatory Commission exceeded...
U.S. adds a robust 254,000 jobs and unemployment dips to 4.1% in sign of still-sturdy labor market
WASHINGTON — America’s employers added a surprisingly strong 254,000 jobs in September, the latest evidence that the U.S. labor market is still solid enough to support steady hiring and a growing economy. Last month’s hiring gain was up sharply from the 159,000 jobs that were added in August, and the...
Israeli airstrikes rock southern suburbs of Beirut and cut off a key crossing into Syria
BEIRUT — Israel carried out a series of massive airstrikes overnight, hitting suburbs of Beirut and cutting off the main border crossing between Lebanon and Syria for tens of thousands of people fleeing Israeli bombardment. The blasts in Beirut’s southern suburbs sent huge plumes of smoke and flames into the...
Iranian supreme leader praises missile attack on Israel, saying Iran will do it again if necessary
TEHRAN, Iran — Iran’s supreme leader on Friday praised the country’s recent missile strike on Israel and said it was ready to do it again if necessary, state TV reported. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in his first appearance as leader at Friday prayers in about five years, called the missile strike...
Filing in Trump case details remarkable schism with Pence over rejecting 2020 election loss
WASHINGTON — Days before rioters roamed the halls of the U.S. Capitol threatening to “hang Mike Pence,” Donald Trump told his vice president that people are going to “hate your guts” and “think you’re stupid” if he failed to stop the 2020 election certification. The New Year’s Day warning wasn’t...
Rainstorms and heavy floods hit large parts of Bosnia, killing at least 14 people
KISELJAK, Bosnia-Herzegovina — A severe rainstorm struck Bosnia overnight Friday, killing at least 14 people in floods and landslides in several towns and villages in central and southern parts of the country. Rescue services in the south of the country reported several people missing and called on volunteers and the...
Pakistan capital locked down, phone service suspended to stop rally by party of ex-leader Imran Khan
ISLAMABAD — Pakistani authorities placed shipping containers on key roads and highways leading to the capital and suspended cellphone service in Islamabad on Friday in an attempt to prevent supporters of imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan from holding a rally seeking his release. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s government also...
What’s next after prosecutors reveal new evidence in Trump’s 2020 election interference case
WASHINGTON — Special counsel Jack Smith has provided a road map for how prosecutors hope to prove their case charging former President Donald Trump with an illegal scheme to overturn his 2020 election loss — if it ever gets to trial. In court papers unsealed Wednesday, Smith’s team details new...
Former Colorado county clerk Tina Peters sentenced to 9 years for voting data schemeVideo
A judge ripped into a Colorado county clerk for her crimes and lies before sentencing her Thursday to nine years behind bars for a data-breach scheme spawned from the rampant false claims about voting machine fraud in the 2020 presidential race. District Judge Matthew Barrett told former Mesa County Clerk...
3 officers convicted in Tyre Nichols fatal beating, 2 of them acquitted of civil rights chargesVideo
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Three former Memphis officers were convicted Thursday of charges of witness tampering in the 2023 fatal beating of Tyre Nichols, and two were acquitted of federal civil rights violations in a death that sparked national protests and calls for broad changes in policing. Jurors deliberated for about...
