By AIJAZ HUSSAIN, MUNIR AHMED, SHEIKH SAALIQ and RAJESH ROY Associated Press SRINAGAR, India (AP) — Indian and Pakistani soldiers exchanged heavy volleys of shells and gunfire across their frontier in Kashmir overnight, killing at least five civilians in a growing military standoff that erupted following an attack on tourists in the India-controlled portion of
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By The Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV celebrated his first Mass on Friday, a day after his historic election as the first U.S.-born pope in the Catholic Church’s 2,000-year history while congratulations poured in from world leaders and statesmen at the start of his papacy. On Thursday, Cardinal Robert Prevost emerged
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By OBED LAMY and HALLIE GOLDEN Associated Press NEW LENOX, Ill. (AP) — When white smoke poured out of the Sistine Chapel revealing that a new pope had been chosen, John Prevost turned on his television in Illinois, called his niece and they watched in awe as his brother’s name was announced. “She started screaming
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By OBED LAMY and HALLIE GOLDEN Associated Press NEW LENOX, Ill. (AP) — When white smoke poured out of the Sistine Chapel revealing that a new pope had been chosen, John Prevost turned on his television in Illinois, called his niece and they watched in awe as his brother’s name was announced. “She started screaming
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AP News Digest – Great Plains To see stories that have already moved, please visit AP Newsroom. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 24 hours, please visit Coverage Plan. —————————— KANSAS – UPCOMING – SPORTS —————————— CAR–NASCAR-KANSAS-BUESCHER’S BACK DESCRIPTION: KANSAS CITY, Kan. — One year ago, Chris Buescher was beaten
Continue Reading AP News Digest – Great Plains To see stories that have already moved, please visit AP Newsroom. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 24 hours, please visit Coverage Plan. —————————— KANSAS – UPCOMING – SPORTS —————————— CAR–NASCAR-KANSAS-BUESCHER’S BACK DESCRIPTION: KANSAS CITY, Kan. — One year ago, Chris Buescher was beaten
Continue Reading AP News Digest – Great Plains To see stories that have already moved, please visit AP Newsroom. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 24 hours, please visit Coverage Plan. —————————— KANSAS – UPCOMING – SPORTS —————————— CAR–NASCAR-KANSAS-BUESCHER’S BACK DESCRIPTION: KANSAS CITY, Kan. — One year ago, Chris Buescher was beaten
Continue Reading AP News Digest – Great Plains To see stories that have already moved, please visit AP Newsroom. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 24 hours, please visit Coverage Plan. —————————— KANSAS – UPCOMING – SPORTS —————————— CAR–NASCAR-KANSAS-BUESCHER’S BACK DESCRIPTION: KANSAS CITY, Kan. — One year ago, Chris Buescher was beaten
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By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV said Friday that his election was both a cross to bear and a blessing as he celebrated his first Mass and details began to emerge of how votes swiftly coalesced to make him history’s first American pope. Freed from their conclave, cardinals began
Continue Reading By The Associated Press NBA Saturday FAVORITE LINE O/U UNDERDOG Boston 5½ (205) at NEW YORK Minnesota 5 (201) at GOLDEN STATE MLB Saturday American League FAVORITE LINE UNDERDOG LINE N.Y Yankees -158 at ATHLETICS +134 Texas OFF at DETROIT OFF Boston -120 at KANSAS CITY +102 Baltimore -138 at LA ANGELS +118 at SEATTLE
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 AMERICAN LEAGUE BATTING_Judge, New York, .400; Ja.Wilson, Athletics, .357; Goldschmidt, New York, .341; Aranda, Tampa Bay, .333; Kwan, Cleveland, .333; M.Garcia, Kansas City, .326; Witt, Kansas City, .325; Bregman, Boston, .318; Springer, Toronto, .298; Meyers, Houston, .297. RUNS_Judge, New York, 34; Buxton, Minnesota, 29; Bregman, Boston, 28; Torkelson, Detroit, 28; Ju.RodrÃguez, Seattle, 25; Rooker, Athletics,
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By JAIMIE DING Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Attorneys for Erik and Lyle Menendez, who were convicted of killing their parents in 1989, will make their case to a judge Friday that Los Angeles prosecutors should be removed from the brothers’ resentencing case. The brothers were sentenced in 1996 to life in prison without
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By HOLLY RAMER and AMANDA SWINHART Associated Press MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — A Palestinian student arrested as he was about to finalize his U.S. citizenship accused Columbia University on Thursday of eroding democracy with its handling of campus protests against the Israel-Hamas war. Mohsen Mahdawi, 34, who led anti-war protests at the Ivy League school
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By PATRICK WHITTLE and ROBERT F. BUKATY Associated Press STONINGTON, Maine (AP) — Virginia Olsen has pulled lobsters from Maine’s chilly Atlantic waters for decades while watching threats to the state’s lifeblood industry mount. Trade imbalances with Canada, tight regulations on fisheries and offshore wind farms towering like skyscrapers on open water pose three of
Continue Reading By The Associated Press The winning numbers in Thursday evening’s drawing of the “Iowa Pick 3 Evening” game were: 0, 2, 4 (zero, two, four) For more lottery results, go to Jackpot.com | Order Lottery Tickets
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By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Justice Sonia Sotomayor said Thursday that lawyers should stand up and fight in battles faced by the nation’s legal system, comments that come amid attacks on federal judges and President Donald Trump’s targeting of elite law firms in executive orders. “Our job is to stand up for
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By SEUNG MIN KIM, LISA MASCARO and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump abruptly fired Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden as the White House continues to purge the federal government of those perceived to oppose the president and his agenda. Hayden was notified in an email late Thursday from the White
Continue Reading WASHINGTON (AP) — President fires Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden as White House continues purge of perceived Trump opponents.
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By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Thursday that he is naming Fox News host Jeanine Pirro, a former county prosecutor and elected judge, to be the top federal prosecutor for the nation’s capital after abandoning his first pick for the job. Pirro, who joined Fox News in 2006, cohosts
Continue Reading By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Thursday that he is naming Fox News host Jeanine Pirro, a former county prosecutor and elected judge, to be the top federal prosecutor for the nation’s capital after abandoning his first pick for the job. Pirro, who joined Fox News in 2006, cohosts
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By CHRISTINE FERNANDO and MELINA WALLING Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — After white smoke billowed Thursday from the Sistine Chapel, signaling that a pope had been chosen, students in every classroom at The Frances Xavier Warde School in Chicago had their eyes glued to TV screens. As the image of the new pope, Chicago native
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By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The South Carolina General Assembly wrapped up its regular 2025 session Thursday with a few accomplishments, but a number of things like the fate of the state treasurer and radical changes in the state’s tax code are still up in the air. In a flurry of
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