Nation and World
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Robert Prevost, a Chicago native, is first American pope in history of Catholic Church
May 08, 2025 8:04 am - Robert Prevost, a missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and took over the Vatican’s powerful office of bishops, was elected the first pope from the United States in the 2,000-year history of the Catholic Church.
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US and China to hold high-level trade talks in Switzerland this weekend
May 07, 2025 8:59 pm - Chinese trade negotiators will sit down with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer in Switzerland this weekend for the first high-...
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China’s Xi in Moscow for Putin’s parade amid close ties, despite US hopes
May 07, 2025 8:49 pm - When Chinese leader Xi Jinping visited Russian President Vladimir Putin for a pomp-filled summit two years ago, he had a special message: Together, he and Putin were driv...
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House GOP backing off some Medicaid cuts as report shows millions of people would lose health care
May 07, 2025 8:38 pm - WASHINGTON — House Republicans appear to be backing off some, but not all, of the steep reductions to the Medicaid program as part of their big tax breaks bill, as they r...
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Anti-government group threatens crucial weather radars, NOAA warnsMay 07, 2025 8:35 pm - An anti-government group is making threats against weather equipment that it says is a “weather weapon” controlled by the military, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric A...
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Republican concedes long-unsettled North Carolina court election to Democratic incumbent
May 07, 2025 8:32 pm - RALEIGH, N.C. — The Republican challenger for a North Carolina Supreme Court seat conceded last November’s election on Wednesday to Democratic incumbent Allison Riggs, tw...
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Strikes across Gaza kill at least 92 as Israel prepares to ramp up its offensive
May 07, 2025 3:57 pm - DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — Israeli strikes across Gaza killed at least 92 people, including women, children and two journalists, officials said Wednesday, as Israel prep...
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3 former Memphis officers acquitted in fatal beating of Tyre Nichols after he fled a traffic stop
May 07, 2025 3:38 pm - MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Three former Memphis officers were acquitted Wednesday of state charges, including second-degree murder, in the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols after he ra...
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Federal Reserve leaves key rate unchanged as it sees risk of higher prices and higher unemployment
May 07, 2025 3:30 pm - WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve kept its key interest rate unchanged Wednesday, brushing off President Donald Trump’s demands to lower borrowing costs, and said that the...
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Black smoke pours from Sistine Chapel chimney, indicating conclave hasn't elected pope in first vote
May 07, 2025 6:48 am - Black smoke is pouring out of the Sistine Chapel chimney, indicating no pope was elected on the first ballot of the conclave to choose a new leader of the Catholic Church.