Two tales from one city show the challenges Pope Francis faces to retain his flock in Europe
The congregation at the Don Bosco church solemnly took the holy host after it was blessed during a Sunday service by Nancy Speeckaert — a woman. Only a week earlier, to equal ...
Israel-Hamas war latest: Israeli strikes on Gaza kill at least 7 as people flee south Lebanon
Palestinian officials say Israel’s strikes early Tuesday killed at least seven people in Gaza’s southern city of Khan Younis. At least 15 others, including women and children, were injured in the ...
Weeks after a school shooting, students return for classes at Apalachee High School
Apalachee High School is set to reopen for classes Tuesday, almost three weeks after a school shooting killed two students and two teachers and injured nine others at the campus ...
There are 5 executions set over a week’s span in the US. That’s the most in decades
Death row inmates in five states are scheduled to be put to death in the span of one week, an unusually high number of ...
World leaders meet under shadow of global divisions, 3 wars and possible Mideast conflict
World leaders will open their annual meeting at the U.N. General Assembly Tuesday under the shadow of increasing global divisions, major wars in Gaza, Ukraine and, Sudan and ...
Unversed in UNGA? Stumped by SDGs? Here’s a handy glossary of UN General Assembly meeting lingo
The U.N. General Assembly’s yearly meeting of world leaders is here — and with it, an array of acronyms, abbreviations, titles and terms that can be confounding to ...
Several states are making late changes to election rules, even as voting is set to begin
In Georgia, election workers will have to hand count the number of ballots cast after voting is completed. In North Carolina, ...
Climate solutions: 2 kinds of ocean energy inch forward off the Oregon coast
On a cloudy late August morning, Burke Hales was on a boat a mile off the central Oregon coast, pointing to a sandy beach ...
Hello, I’m Johnny Cash’s statue: A monument to the singer is unveiled at the US Capitol
Johnny Cash will soon be seen in the unlikeliest of venues: the U.S. Capitol. Congressional leaders, Arkansas lawmakers and members of the Cash family will be on hand Tuesday for ...
As Israel’s fight with Hezbollah heats up, people of Gaza fear being forgotten
As the escalating conflict between Israel and Hezbollah grabs global attention, Palestinians in Gaza wonder: What will become ...
Alsobrooks presses the case for national abortion rights in critical Maryland Senate race
Angela Alsobrooks sees the erosion of reproductive freedom for women with her 19-year-old daughter in mind. “She’s a sophomore, and she literally has fewer rights in this ...
One of Titan submersible owner’s top officials to testify before the Coast Guard
One of the top officials with the company that owned the experimental submersible that imploded en route to the wreckage of the Titanic is scheduled to testify in front of the Coast Guard on ...