VATICAN CITY (AP) — Before he died, Pope Francis donated one of his popemobiles to be converted into a mobile health unit to serve the children of Gaza, officials said Monday. The Jerusalem and Sweden branches of the Vatican’s Caritas charitable federation released photos of the repurposed vehicle on Monday. There is no word, though,
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By MUNIR AHMED and MUHAMMAD YOUSAF Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Iran’s foreign minister held talks with top Pakistani officials on Monday to try and mediate in the escalation between Islamabad and New Delhi after last month’s deadly attack on tourists in the Indian-controlled part of Kashmir, as the United Nations urged both sides to
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By KATE PAYNE Associated Press/Report for America TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Progressive advocates have filed a lawsuit in federal court challenging new restrictions on Florida’s process to get citizen-driven initiatives on the ballot before voters. Florida Decides Healthcare, the campaign to secure a measure on the 2026 ballot to expand Medicaid in the state, is
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By ED WHITE Associated Press President Donald Trump wants to convert Alcatraz back into a federal prison, decades after the California island fortress was converted into a U.S. tourist destination because it had become too costly to house America’s worst criminals. The prison off the coast of San Francisco is where the government sent notorious
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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin prosecutor cleared police officers from Ohio of any criminal liability Monday in a fatal shooting last summer near the Republican National Convention. Officers from Columbus, Ohio, were among thousands of officers from multiple jurisdictions providing extra security for the July convention in Milwaukee. According to a letter Milwaukee County
Continue Reading MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin prosecutor cleared police officers from Ohio of any criminal liability Monday in a fatal shooting last summer near the Republican National Convention. Officers from Columbus, Ohio, were among thousands of officers from multiple jurisdictions providing extra security for the July convention in Milwaukee. According to a letter Milwaukee County
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By STEPHEN McGRATH Associated Press BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Romanian Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu announced his resignation on Monday, a day after the governing coalition’s joint candidate failed to advance to the runoff in the closely watched rerun of the presidential election. The coalition’s candidate, Crin Antonescu, was third in Sunday’s first round, far behind
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By PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press LEWISTON, Maine (AP) — Former Maine Gov. Paul LePage, an early supporter of President Donald Trump’s first successful White House bid and a polarizing figure in state politics, said Monday he is running for Congress in a competitive district. LePage, a Republican who was governor from 2011 to 2019 and
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By GIOVANNA DELL’ORTO Associated Press ROME (AP) — They don’t have a vote in the pope’s election, but nearly 900 superiors of the world’s female Catholic orders met in Rome on Monday to chart a course forward, a few miles from where cardinals will gather in a conclave to choose a successor to Pope Francis.
Continue ReadingBy MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS Associated Press NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cyprus and neighboring Israel are seeking to swiftly establish an electricity linkup via an undersea cable that would eliminate their respective energy isolation, an official said Monday. Energy Minister George Papanastasiou said that Israel is particularly keen to ensure that it can rely on Cypriot energy
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By JOSH FUNK AND BERNARD CONDON AP Business Writers OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — When Greg Abel becomes Berkshire Hathaway’s new CEO next year he will of course take on additional responsibilities, but with Warren Buffett remaining as chairman, the surprise change announced at the annual meeting over the weekend is in some ways just another
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By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Jeffrey Seller, the Broadway producer behind such landmark hits as “Rent,” “Avenue Q” and “Hamilton,” didn’t initially write a memoir for us. He wrote it for himself. “I really felt a personal existential need to write my story. I had to make sense of where
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL HILL Associated Press UTICA, N.Y. (AP) — A corrections officer pleaded guilty to manslaughter Monday in the fatal beating of a handcuffed inmate at an upstate New York prison — an attack that was caught on video by guards’ body cameras, sparked public outrage and led to charges against more than a dozen
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press (All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Tuesday, May 6 BEACH SOCCER (MEN’S) 6:50 a.m. FS2 — 2025 FIFA World Cup Group Stage: El Salvador vs. Italy, Group D, Victoria, Mahe 8:20 a.m. FS2 — 2025 FIFA World Cup Group Stage: Senegal vs. Chile, Group C, Victoria, Mahe 10:50
Continue ReadingAll Times EDT FIRST ROUND (Best-of-7; x-if necessary) Eastern Conference New York 4, Detroit 2 Saturday, April 19: New York 123, Detroit 112 Monday, April 21: Detroit 100, New York 94 Thursday, April 24: New York 118, Detroit 116 Sunday, April 27: New York 94, Detroit 93 Tuesday, April 29: Detroit 106, New York 103
Continue ReadingAll Times EDT FIRST ROUND (Best-of-7; x-if necessary) Saturday, April 19 Indiana 117, Milwaukee 98 Denver 112, L.A. Clippers 110, OT New York 123, Detroit 112 Minnesota 117, L.A. Lakers 95 Sunday, April 20 Oklahoma City 131, Memphis 80 Boston 103, Orlando 86 Cleveland 121, Miami 100 Golden State 95, Houston 85 Monday, April 21
Continue ReadingAll Times EDT FIRST ROUND (Best-of-7; x-if necessary) EASTERN CONFERENCE Florida 4, Tampa Bay 1 Tuesday, April 22: Florida 6, Tampa Bay 2 Thursday, April 24: Florida 2, Tampa Bay 0 Saturday, April 26: Tampa Bay 5, Florida 1 Monday, April 28: Florida 4, Tampa Bay 2 Wednesday, April 30: Florida 6, Tampa Bay 3
Continue ReadingAll Times EDT FIRST ROUND (Best-of-7) (x-if necessary) Saturday, April 19 Winnipeg 5, St. Louis 3 Colorado 5, Dallas 1 Sunday, April 20 Carolina 4, New Jersey 1 Toronto 6, Ottawa 2 Vegas 4, Minnesota 2 Monday, April 21 Washington 3, Montreal 2, OT Winnipeg 2, St. Louis 1 Dallas 4, Colorado 3, OT Los
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By TAMMY WEBBER Associated Press Three Democratic U.S. senators are asking the Trump administration to explain how it analyzed a proposed rule to eliminate habitat protections for endangered and threatened species and whether industry had a hand in drafting it. Senators Adam Schiff, Sheldon Whitehouse and Cory Booker sent a letter Monday to the departments
Continue ReadingAll Times EDT Western Conference W L T Pts GF GA Vancouver 8 1 2 26 22 8 Minnesota United 5 2 4 19 15 10 Portland 5 3 3 18 21 19 San Diego FC 5 4 2 17 21 15 Los Angeles FC 5 4 2 17 17 16 Austin FC 5 5
Continue ReadingAll Times EDT East Division W L Pct GB New York 19 16 .543 — Boston 18 18 .500 1½ Tampa Bay 16 18 .471 2½ Toronto 16 18 .471 2½ Baltimore 13 20 .394 5 Central Division W L Pct GB Detroit 22 13 .629 — Cleveland 20 14 .588 1½ Kansas City 20
Continue ReadingAll Times EDT East Division W L Pct GB New York 23 13 .639 — Philadelphia 19 15 .559 3 Atlanta 16 18 .471 6 Washington 16 19 .457 6½ Miami 13 21 .382 9 Central Division W L Pct GB Chicago 22 14 .611 — Cincinnati 18 18 .500 4 Milwaukee 18 18 .500
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By The Associated Press The Trump administration says it will pay immigrants in the United States illegally $1,000 plus travel costs if they leave voluntarily as it accelerates its mass deportation agenda. The Department of Homeland Security said Monday that people who use the CBP Home app to announce their “self-deportations” would get the money
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By SALLY HO and HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press The Trump administration is swiftly remaking housing policy as the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development retreats from long-established fair-housing protections for transgender people. In recent months, HUD has been targeting the Obama-era Equal Access Rule that expanded protections to include sexual orientation and gender identity.
Continue Reading By SALLY HO and HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press The Trump administration is swiftly remaking housing policy as the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development retreats from long-established fair-housing protections for transgender people. In recent months, HUD has been targeting the Obama-era Equal Access Rule that expanded protections to include sexual orientation and gender identity.
Continue Reading By SALLY HO and HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press The Trump administration is swiftly remaking housing policy as the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development retreats from long-established fair-housing protections for transgender people. In recent months, HUD has been targeting the Obama-era Equal Access Rule that expanded protections to include sexual orientation and gender identity.
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By BABA AHMED Associated Press BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Hundreds of activists defied threats from Mali ’s military government and demonstrated over the weekend in the first pro-democracy rally since soldiers took power by force almost four years ago. The demonstrators in the capital, Bamako, protested a new bill initiated by Mali’s transitional government to
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By ALICIA RANCILIO Associated Press While cutting together scenes for the new series “Forever,” Mara Brock Akil, who has created shows like “Girlfriends,” “Being Mary Jane,” and “The Game,” recalls asking her video editor to pause for a moment. Was there a problem? No. Akil was watching someone very right: the show’s female lead, Lovie
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