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Pope Leo XIV marks feast day as Vatican launches campaign to help erase its $57-68 million deficitJun 29, 2025 4:02 pm - ROME (AP) — Pope Leo XIV on Sunday celebrated a special feast day traditionally used by the Catholic Church to drum up donations from the faithful, with the Vatican under...
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Iran releases death toll of Israel’s Evin prison attack as officials remain suspicious of ceasefireJun 29, 2025 4:01 pm - DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Dozens of staff members, two inmates and a bystander were among the casualties of Israel's attack last week on Tehran's Evin prison, a ...
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Full speed ahead: ‘F1’ opens with $55 million, delivering Apple its biggest big-screen hitJun 29, 2025 1:37 pm - Apple has its first box-office hit. “F1 The Movie” debuted with $55.6 million in North American theaters and $144 million globally over the weekend, according to studio estimates Sunday, handing the tech company easily its biggest opening yet.
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Carlos Alcaraz loves playing on grass and is trying to win a third Wimbledon title in a rowJun 29, 2025 11:48 am - LONDON — Carlos Alcaraz's first match on a grass court came just six years ago. He's obviously a quick study. When Wimbledon gets started Monday, the 22-year-old from Spa...
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Israelis love Trump. But some are unnerved by his vow to save Netanyahu from his corruption trialJun 29, 2025 6:00 am - JERUSALEM — President Donald Trump's call for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's corruption trial to be thrown out has plunged the American leader into one of Israel's m...
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Netanyahu denounces report that Israeli soldiers have orders to shoot at Palestinians seeking aidJun 28, 2025 6:25 pm - JERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz emphatically rejected a report in the left-leaning Israeli daily Haaretz on Friday,...
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Biden, Harris and Walz attend funeral for former Minnesota House Speaker Melissa HortmanJun 28, 2025 5:03 pm - MINNEAPOLIS — Democratic former Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman was honored for her legislative accomplishments and her humanity during a funeral Saturday where f...
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‘Kisses yes, Bezos No,’ protesters say, as Bezos wedding bonanza stirs controversy in VeniceJun 28, 2025 4:13 pm - VENICE, Italy — Hundreds of protesters marched through Venice's central streets on Saturday to say “No” to billionaire Jeff Bezos, his bride and their much-awaited weddin...
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Many forget the damage done by diseases like whooping cough, measles and rubella. Not these families.Jun 28, 2025 4:01 pm - In the time before widespread vaccination, death often came early. Devastating infectious diseases ran rampant in America, killing millions of children. Over the next century, vaccines virtually wiped out long-feared scourges like polio and measles. Today, however, some preventable, contagious diseases are making a comeback as vaccine hesitancy pushes immunization rates down.
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At least 60 people killed in Israeli strikes in Gaza as ceasefire prospects inch closerJun 28, 2025 8:51 am - At least 60 people were killed across Gaza by Israeli strikes, health workers said Saturday, as Palestinians face a growing humanitarian crisis in Gaza and ceasefire prospects inch closer.