Category Archives: World/National
Trump defends the prospect of Qatar gifting him a plane to use as Air Force One
By ZEKE MILLER and WILL WEISSERT Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump is ready to accept a luxury Boeing 747-8 jumbo jet as a gift from the ruling family of Qatar&nb...
May 11, 2025
Former Supreme Court Justice David Souter, a Republican who became a liberal darling, dies at 85
By MARK SHERMAN Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) - Retired Supreme Court Justice David H. Souter, the ascetic bachelor and New Hampshire Republican who became a darling of liberals during his nearly 20...
May 09, 2025
Leo XIV’s brother recalls feeling of ‘disbelief’ over his sibling becoming pope
By OBED LAMY and HALLIE GOLDEN Associated PressNEW LENOX, Ill. (AP) - When white smoke poured out of the Sistine Chapel revealing that a new pope had been chosen, John Prevost turned on his television...
May 09, 2025
Former Supreme Court Justice David Souter, a Republican who became a liberal darling, dies at 85
By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Retired Supreme Court Justice David H. Souter, the ascetic bachelor and New Hampshire Republican who became a darling of liberals during his nearly 2...
May 09, 2025
Leo XIV's brother recalls feeling of 'disbelief' over his sibling becoming pope
By OBED LAMY and HALLIE GOLDEN Associated Press NEW LENOX, Ill. (AP) - When white smoke poured out of the Sistine Chapel revealing that a new pope had been chosen, John Prevost turned on his televisio...
May 09, 2025
Robert Prevost, first American pope in history of the Catholic Church, will take the name Leo XIV
By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated PressVATICAN CITY (AP) - Catholic cardinals broke with tradition Thursday and elected the first U.S. pope, making Chicago-born missionary Robert Prevost the 267...
May 08, 2025
Robert Prevost, first American pope in history of the Catholic Church, will take the name Leo XIV
By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated PressVATICAN CITY (AP) - Catholic cardinals broke with tradition Thursday and elected the first U.S. pope, making Chicago-born missionary Robert Prevost the 267...
May 08, 2025
Robert Prevost, first American pope in history of the Catholic Church, will take the name Leo XIV
By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) - Catholic cardinals broke with tradition Thursday and elected the first U.S. pope, making Chicago-born missionary Robert Prevost the 267th pontif...
May 08, 2025
Trump says he’ll pull the nomination of Ed Martin, who defended Jan. 6 rioters, for DC US Attorney
By SEUNG MIN KIM and MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump said Thursday that he would pull the nomination of conservative activist Ed Martin Jr. to be the top fed...
May 08, 2025
More than 100 vultures die in a mass poisoning in South Africa’s flagship national park
By GERALD IMRAY Associated PressCAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) - At least 123 vultures died in South Africa’s flagship national park after eating the carcass of an elephant that was poisoned by po...
May 08, 2025