By TASSANEE VEJPONGSA and JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press VILLANOVA, Pa. (AP) — When Villanova University’s president, the Rev. Peter Donohue, was nearing graduation as a theatre student, a future pope wasn’t far away on campus, studying math two grades below him. On Thursday, church bells rang out for hours in celebration at the Augustinian school
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By RIAZAT BUTT, AIJAZ HUSSAIN and RAJESH ROY Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — India and Pakistan agreed to a ceasefire Saturday after U.S.-led talks to end the most serious military confrontation between the nuclear-armed rivals in decades but accused each other of violating the deal just hours later. The ceasefire had been expected to bring
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By JANIE HAR Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Trump administration must halt much of its dramatic downsizing of the federal workforce, a California judge ordered Friday. Judge Susan Illston in San Francisco issued the emergency order in a lawsuit filed last week by labor unions and cities, one of multiple legal challenges to
Continue Reading SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Judge pauses much of Trump administration’s massive downsizing of federal agencies in lawsuit filed by unions and cities.
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By The Associated Press India and Pakistan both said they will not escalate hostilities if the other reciprocates after the two countries fired volleys of missiles across their borders. It was the most serious increase in hostilities so far in a conflict triggered by a gun massacre last month that India blames Pakistan for. Pakistan’s
Continue Reading NATIONAL LEAGUE BATTING_Donovan, St. Louis, .331; Alonso, New York, .328; Tatis, San Diego, .319; Turang, Milwaukee, .318; T.Hernández, Los Angeles, .315; T.Turner, Philadelphia, .310; Machado, San Diego, .306; Stowers, Miami, .303; J.Lee, San Francisco, .301; Lux, Cincinnati, .298. RUNS_Ohtani, Los Angeles, 41; Carroll, Arizona, 30; Tucker, Chicago, 30; Betts, Los Angeles, 29; Crow-Armstrong, Chicago, 29;
Continue Reading All Times EDT East Division W L Pct GB New York 25 14 .641 — Philadelphia 22 16 .579 2½ Atlanta 18 20 .474 6½ Washington 17 22 .436 8 Miami 14 23 .378 10 Central Division W L Pct GB Chicago 22 17 .564 — St. Louis 20 19 .513 2 Milwaukee 19 20
Continue Reading All Times EDT AMERICAN LEAGUE East Division W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home Away RS RA DIFF New York 22 16 .579 — — 5-5 W-3 13-8 9-8 216 147 69 Boston 20 20 .500 3 ½ 4-6 L-1 11-9 9-11 192 174 18 Toronto 18 20 .474 4 1½ 5-5 W-2 11-8
Continue Reading All Times EDT East Division W L Pct GB New York 22 16 .579 — Boston 20 20 .500 3 Toronto 18 20 .474 4 Tampa Bay 17 21 .447 5 Baltimore 14 23 .378 7½ Central Division W L Pct GB Detroit 26 13 .667 — Cleveland 23 15 .605 2½ Kansas City 24
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NEW YORK (AP) — Columbia University has suspended dozens of students and barred alums and others who participated in a pro-Palestinian demonstration inside the school’s main library earlier this week, a school spokesperson said Friday. The Ivy League institution in Manhattan placed more than 65 students on interim suspension and barred 33 others, including those
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Continue Reading WASHINGTON (AP) — ABC’s “This Week” — Rev. Peter M. Donohue, president of Villanova University; Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov. ___ NBC’s “Meet the Press” — Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy; Sens. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., and Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn. ___ CNN’s “State of the Union” — Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick; former Gov. Chris Sununu, R-N.H.; Rep. Suhas
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By JAKE OFFENHARTZ and MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Federal agents investigating New York City Mayor Eric Adams were still seizing phones and applying for search warrants days before Justice Department leaders ordered prosecutors to drop the corruption case, according to documents released Friday. The trove of court records, which had
Continue Reading By JAKE OFFENHARTZ and MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Federal agents investigating New York City Mayor Eric Adams were still seizing phones and applying for search warrants days before Justice Department leaders ordered prosecutors to drop the corruption case, according to documents released Friday. The trove of court records, which had
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By JEFF AMY and JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene said Friday she won’t challenge Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff of Georgia in next year’s midterms, delivering relief for some Republicans who worry she’s too divisive to win. In a lengthy post on the social media platform X, Greene
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By HALLIE GOLDEN Associated Press Google will pay $1.4 billion to Texas to settle claims the company collected users’ data without permission, the state’s attorney general announced Friday. Attorney General Ken Paxton described the settlement as sending a message to tech companies that he will not allow them to make money off of “selling away
Continue Reading By JOHN HANNA Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A man convicted of killing a Kansas Highway Patrol trooper in 1978 has been granted parole after having past requests rejected, inspiring criticism and prompting the governor on Friday to call for reconsidering the decision. Jimmie K. Nelms and another man, both from Tulsa, Oklahoma, were
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By HOLLY MEYER Associated Press Pope Leo XIV, now the successor of St. Peter, leads the 1.4 billion-strong Catholic Church in a sacred role that few others will ever hold. But because of that, some supremely relatable facts about the new pope have emerged about his background, hobbies and life in general. The Chicago-born Augustinian
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By FATIMA HUSSEIN and KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. is on track to run out of money to pay its bills as early as August without congressional action, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent warned Friday. He is calling on Congress to either raise or suspend the debt ceiling by mid-July. “A failure
Continue Reading By OBED LAMY Associated Press NEW LENOX, Ill. (AP) — It was one of the most surreal phone calls I’ve experienced. A few hours earlier, John Prevost had watched the TV in stunned disbelief as his younger brother emerged on the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica and was named Pope Leo XIV. Journalists quickly showed
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By JAKE OFFENHARTZ and CLAUDIA LAUER Associated Press Newark Mayor Ras Baraka was arrested Friday at a new federal immigration detention center he has been protesting against and was held in custody for several hours. Baraka was released around 8 p.m. after being accused of trespassing and ignoring warnings to leave the Delaney Hall facility.
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By CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY Associated Press The former North Carolina elections director who was ousted this week after a politically motivated move by Republicans said Friday she hopes the new leadership will approach elections in a nonpartisan way and called for an end to verbal attacks against those who oversee the voting process. Karen Brinson
Continue Reading By CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY Associated Press The former North Carolina elections director who was ousted this week after a politically motivated move by Republicans said Friday she hopes the new leadership will approach elections in a nonpartisan way and called for an end to verbal attacks against those who oversee the voting process. Karen Brinson
Continue Reading By JIM VERTUNO Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The U.S. Department of Justice has opened a federal civil rights investigation into a Muslim-centered planned community around one of the state’s largest mosques near Dallas, U.S. Sen. John Cornyn said Friday. Cornyn requested the federal probe of the development last month, citing concerns it could
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NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — A Christopher Columbus statue removed in 2020 amid a climate of racial reckoning after the police killing of George Floyd has finally found a home in a new museum dedicated to preserving the history of New Haven, Connecticut. Mayor Justin Elicker and other officials on Friday announced an “art loan
Continue Reading By JIM VERTUNO Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The U.S. Department of Justice has opened a federal civil rights investigation into a Muslim-centered planned community around one of the state’s largest mosques near Dallas, U.S. Sen. John Cornyn said Friday. Cornyn requested the federal probe of the development last month, citing concerns it could
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By ALI SWENSON Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump’s newest surgeon general nominee is a burgeoning health influencer who has shared her approach to health care through appearances on some of the nation’s most popular wellness and right-wing podcasts. A sampling of Dr. Casey Means’ comments from those interviews over the past
Continue Reading By ALI SWENSON Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump’s newest surgeon general nominee is a burgeoning health influencer who has shared her approach to health care through appearances on some of the nation’s most popular wellness and right-wing podcasts. A sampling of Dr. Casey Means’ comments from those interviews over the past
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By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press A coalition of 15 states is suing over President Donald Trump’s efforts to fast-track energy-related projects, saying the administration is bypassing environmental protection laws and threatening endangered species, critical habitat and cultural resources. Trump issued an executive order declaring a “national energy emergency ” on the first day of his
Continue Reading By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press A coalition of 15 states is suing over President Donald Trump’s efforts to fast-track energy-related projects, saying the administration is bypassing environmental protection laws and threatening endangered species, critical habitat and cultural resources. Trump issued an executive order declaring a “national energy emergency ” on the first day of his
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