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FILE - In this Sept. 24, 2015, file photo Vice President Joe Biden shakes hands with Pope Francis on Capitol Hill in Washington, prior to the pope's address to a joint meeting of Congress, making history as the first pontiff to do so. House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio is at right. Biden is scheduled to meet with Pope Francis this coming Friday at the Vatican. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

Biden to meet Pope Francis amid some rifts with US bishops

There's an intriguing subplot to President Joe Biden's meeting with Pope Francis this coming Friday at the Vatican
Dana Fasolette uses a towel to hold a raccoon under treatment for burns at the Gold Country Wildlife Rescue in Auburn , Calif., Saturday, Oct. 2, 2021. As wildfires die down in the far western United States, wildlife centers are still caring for animals that were injured or unable to flee the flames.(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

EXPLAINER: How wildfires impact wildlife, their habitat

Wildlife centers in the U.S. West are caring for animals that weren't able to flee the flames or are looking for food in burned-over places
Police secure a road leading to the scene of an explosion in the Komamboga suburb of the capital Kampala, Uganda Sunday, Oct. 24, 2021. Police said one person was killed and several others injured in the explosion late Saturday and that detectives would "determine whether the explosion arose from an intentional act or not." (AP Photo/Nicholas Bamulanzeki)

Uganda's president says deadly blast likely a terrorist act

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni says an explosion at an eatery in the capital, Kampala, was an apparent terrorist act
FILE - In this Oct. 12, 2021 file photo, rally-goers protest at the Michigan State Capitol in Lansing, Mich. Republicans have had wild success this year passing voting restrictions in states they control politically, from Georgia to Iowa to Texas. (Matthew Dae Smith/Lansing State Journal via AP)

GOP uses voters to push election reforms in unlikely states

Republicans in at least four states where Democrats control the governor's office, the legislature or both are pursuing statewide ballot initiatives or veto-proof proposals to enact voter ID restrictions and other changes to election law
When Attorney General Merrick Garland directed the FBI to help local authorities investigate cases of violence against school leaders, he did not suggest the FBI would spy on parents who speak up about masks.
Facts Matter: FBI was not directed to spy on school parents
The feds weren't directed to spy on parents at school board meetings, a mask study was misrepresented, and an image of Jeff Bezos with William Shatner was altered by someone who sought to show "space is fake," Bob Oswald says in his Facts Matter column.
Illinois bookkeeper sentenced for years-long fraud
A southern Illinois woman has been sentenced to four years in prison for defrauding a book-keeping client out of more than $1 million
FILE - In this Sept. 13, 2021, file photo, students board a school bus on New York's Upper West Side. Even as most students return to learning in the classroom this school year, disruptions to in-person learning, from missing one day because of a late school bus to an entire two weeks at home due to quarantine, remain inevitable as families and educators navigate the ongoing pandemic. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)
Disruptions to schooling fall hardest on vulnerable students
Complications wrought by the pandemic persist in schools and often fall hardest on those least able to weather them
Sudanese gov't officials detained; group sees apparent coup
Sudanese officials say military forces have detained at least five senior government officials, and the main pro-democratic political group called on people to take to the streets to counter an apparent military coup
FILE - In this Oct. 5, 2021 file photo, Kyle Rittenhouse, appears for a motion hearing, in Kenosha, Wis. A judge may decide at a hearing Monday, Oct. 25, 2021, whether use-of-force experts can testify at Rittenhouse's trial for shooting three people during a protest against police brutality in Wisconsin in 2020. (Mark Hertzberg/Pool Photo via AP, File)
Hearing may settle use-of-force experts at Rittenhouse trial
A Wisconsin judge may decide at a hearing Monday whether use-of-force experts can testify at Kyle Rittenhouse's trial for shooting three people during a protest against police brutality in Kenosha last year
James Michael Tyler, who played Gunther on 'Friends,' dies
James Michael Tyler, the actor known widely for his recurring role as Gunther on 'Friends,' has died
Soldiers receive instructions in El Estor, at the northern coastal province of Izabal, Guatemala, Sunday, Oct. 24, 2021. The Guatemalan government has declared a month-long, dawn-to-dusk curfew and banned pubic gatherings following two days of protests against a mining project. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)
Guatemala sets curfew in province after protests
The Guatemalan government has declared a month-long, dawn-to-dusk curfew and banned pubic gatherings in the northern coastal province of Izabal, following two days of protests against a mining project
In this summer 2021 photo provided by CBS News, former senior Saudi security official Saad al-Jabri sits for an interview with journalist Scott Pelley in Washington during an interview for "60 Minutes." (CBS News/60 Minutes via AP)
Ex-Saudi official claims damaging intel against crown prince
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In this Feb. 15, 2001 file photo, Secretary of State Colin Powell looks on as President Bush addresses State Department employees at the State Department in Washington. Powell, former Joint Chiefs chairman and secretary of state, has died from COVID-19 complications. In an announcement on social media Monday, the family said Powell had been fully vaccinated. He was 84.
Colin Powell dies at age 84
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