Pope Leo XIV has become the first pope in history to vote in a U.S. general election. The Vatican on Friday confirmed the Chicago-born Leo submitted a mail-in ballot in Chicago ahead of the November …
Pope Leo XIV on Friday told a Vatican gathering of artificial intelligence researchers and experts that the “most urgent” challenge was to identify international institutions that will put …
Saudi Arabia says it intercepted and destroyed a drone launched by Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels near Islam’s holiest city, a claim the Houthis denied. The drone was intercepted in the region …
Cuba has welcomed home a diplomat expelled by the United States after a heated confrontation at the United Nations this week. Cuban Deputy Foreign Minister Gerardo Peñalver shared a photo of Richard …
California water regulators have approved a new plan to manage water from the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. The plan offers water agencies a choice: voluntarily reduce water use and restore habitats, …
Nuclear watchdog groups are demanding a thorough accounting of a fire at a national lab in South Carolina that is located on a site with nuclear material. The U.S. Department of Energy said Thursday …
Israel's final election results show Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's bloc lost its majority in parliament. It won 53 seats in Tuesday's voting, while the main opposition secured 48. Arab-led …
Police in Scotland are investigating former Prince Andrew's time at the king's estate at Balmoral with Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell. Authorities said Friday the inquiries are at a very early …
Dockworkers across Europe and beyond are staging strikes as part of an international campaign against arms shipments and to demand better working conditions. Unions in countries like France, Italy, …
Striped bass are in decline on the East Coast and fishermen and scientists are in a race to save the iconic sport fish. Stripers have experienced eight consecutive years of poor reproduction in their …
Lancaster County in Pennsylvania has been the epicenter of the nation's worst measles outbreak in 35 years. It's also home to the largest Amish population in the U.S. Some Amish and related Mennonite …
The Letty Owings Center in Portland, Oregon, is closing, marking the end of a vital resource for pregnant and parenting women struggling with substance use. For 37 years, the center provided …
Before he captained the Starship Enterprise, Patrick Stewart commanded the Shakespearean stage. And it was the stage to which he returned time and again, even after “Star Trek: The Next …
A Lebanese military court has charged 13 people in connection with a seized truck carrying explosives belonging to Hezbollah, the state-run National News Agency reported. Two defendants were arrested …
A South African court has granted anti-illegal immigration groups permission to demonstrate in Durban, but with strict conditions. This decision follows a police application to halt the March and …
Russia's renowned independent newspaper, Novaya Gazeta, has announced its closure after over three decades, citing relentless official pressure. The paper, launched in 1993 with help from Mikhail …
A former Massachusetts police detective is being tried on charges that he killed a pregnant woman to hide that he had begun sexually abusing her when she was 15. Matthew Farwell is accused of …
In the last days before Election Day, the Alaska Democratic Party is making a request: Don’t vote for the Democratic candidate in the U.S. House race. Eric Hafner, the lone Democrat in the four-candidate House election, is in federal prison for threatening federal officials and isn’t expected to be released until 2036. Since July, the […]
Bard College in New York's Hudson Valley has opened a center dedicated to Ralph Ellison, a key figure in Black arts and literature. The Ralph Ellison Center was established with a $3.6 million …
Europe’s economy persevered with moderate growth in the third quarter despite higher oil prices from the US-Iran war, as gross domestic product increased by 0.4% over the quarter before. The figure …