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After a brief, two-day deliberation, a new pope to lead the Catholic Church has been selected to succeed Pope Francis, who died on April 21. Robert Prevost, the first American Pope in history, took the name Pope Leo XIV, and

Since Israel’s military went to war against Hamas in Gaza more than a year and a half ago, it has conducted thousands of strikes in the territory. One attack last year stands out. Israel struck a five-story building housing an

A federal judge on Friday ordered the immediate release of Rümeysa Öztürk, a Turkish Ph.D. student at Tufts University who had been held for six weeks in an immigration detention center, ruling that her arrest and continued confinement were unlawful

The new head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency greeted his staff Friday with an aggressive promise to “run right over” anyone who doesn’t get with his program, according to a new report by Reuters. “Obfuscation, delay, undermining. If…you think

A federal judge in Vermont on Friday released a Turkish Tufts University student detained in a Louisiana immigration center more than six weeks after she was arrested while walking along a street in a Boston suburb, allowing her to return

A diver has died during work to recover the sunken Bayesian superyacht off the coast of Sicily, local police have said.

Pope Leo XIV may help Vatican explore the ‘great uncertainty’ that is Trump’s America  NPR Portillo’s unveils new sandwich named after Pope Leo XIV  FOX 32 Chicago Why the conclave elected Robert Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV  Axios May 8, 2025 Leo XIV

Trump administration live updates: President suggests 80% China tariff; Pope Leo XIV’s social media scrutinized  NBC News

An American Pope Emerges as a Potential Contrast to Trump on the World Stage  The New York Times

Tufts student Rümeysa Öztürk ordered freed from immigration detention  NPR Tufts student Rümeysa Öztürk ordered freed from detention, pending immigration proceedings  The Boston Globe Judge orders Tufts student to be freed from ICE detention, returned to Mass.  Boston.com Judge Orders Release of Rumeysa