Nation and World
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Pope apologizes after being quoted using vulgar term about gay men in talk about ban on gay priestsMay 28, 2024 12:11 pm - VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis apologized Tuesday after he was quoted using a vulgar and derogatory term about gay men to reaffirm the Catholic Church’s ban on gay priests. ...
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Trump prosecutor focuses on ‘cover-up’ in closing arguments while defense attacks key witnessMay 28, 2024 3:05 pm - NEW YORK — Donald Trump engaged in “a conspiracy and a cover-up,” a prosecutor told jurors during closing arguments Tuesday in the former president's hush money trial, wh...
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Over 1 million customers without power in Texas as U.S. weathers powerful, destructive stormsMay 28, 2024 3:41 pm - Strong storms with damaging winds and baseball-sized hail pummeled Texas on Tuesday, leaving more than 1 million businesses and homes without power as much of the U.S. re...
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Israeli strikes kill at least 37 Palestinians, most in tents, near Gaza's Rafah as offensive expandsMay 28, 2024 1:17 pm - DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — Israeli shelling and airstrikes killed at least 37 people, most of them sheltering in tents, outside the southern Gaza city of Rafah overnight...
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Closing arguments, jury instructions and maybe a verdict? Major week looms in Trump hush money trialMay 27, 2024 9:37 am - WASHINGTON — The testimony in Donald Trump's New York hush money trial is all wrapped up after more than four weeks and nearly two dozen witnesses, meaning the case heads...
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Latest deadly weather in US kills at least 20 as storms carve path of ruin across multiple statesMay 27, 2024 9:24 am - VALLEY VIEW, Texas — Powerful storms killed at least 20 people, injured hundreds and left a wide trail of destruction across Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas after obliterati...
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Papua New Guinea says Friday’s landslide buried more than 2,000 people and formally asks for helpMay 27, 2024 9:24 am - MELBOURNE, Australia — A Papua New Guinea government official has told the United Nations that more than 2,000 people are believed to have been buried alive by last Frida...
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The dreams of a 60-year-old beauty contestant come to an abrupt end in ArgentinaMay 26, 2024 8:33 pm - BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — A 60-year-old woman saw her dreams of becoming the oldest Miss Universe contestant in history melt away in a haze of sequins and selfies Saturda...
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Death toll in Kharkiv attack rises to 14 as Zelenskyy warns of Russian troop movementsMay 26, 2024 8:21 pm - KYIV, Ukraine — President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned Sunday that Russia is preparing to intensify its offensive along Ukraine’s northern border, as the death toll rose to...
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Palestinian medics say Israeli airstrikes kill 35 in Gaza’s Rafah as displaced people are hitMay 26, 2024 8:13 pm - Footage from the scene of the largest airstrike showed heavy destruction. Israel’s army confirmed the strike and said it hit a Hamas installation and killed two senior Hamas militants. It said it was investigating reports that civilians were harmed.
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