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Vatican firefighters install a chimney on the roof of the Sistine Chapel for the papal election

VATICAN CITY (AP) - Preparations for the conclave to find a new pope accelerated Friday with the installation of the chimney out of the Sistine Chapel that will signal the election of a successor to P...

May 02, 2025

Israeli military strikes near Syria's presidential palace after warning over sectarian attacks

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) - Israel's air force struck near Syria's presidential palace early Friday hours after warning Syrian authorities not to march toward villages inhabited by members of a minority se...

May 01, 2025

Florida executes a man for the shotgun killings of his girlfriend and her 3 young children

STARKE, Fla. (AP) - An Army combat veteran whose Gulf War experience triggered severe mental problems was executed Thursday in Florida for the 1998 shotgun slayings of his girlfriend and her three you...

May 01, 2025

Trump administration asks Supreme Court to strip legal protections from 350,000 Venezuelan migrants

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Trump administration on Thursday asked the Supreme Court to strip temporary legal protections from 350,000 Venezuelans, potentially exposing them to being deported. The Justice D...

May 01, 2025

Driver who killed 4 after hitting Illinois after-school building may have had medical emergency

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The driver of a car that barreled through a building used for a popular after-school camp in central Illinois, killing three children and a teenager, was not under the influen...

May 01, 2025

Judge bars deportations of Venezuelans from South Texas under 18th-century wartime law

A federal judge on Thursday barred the Trump administration from deporting any Venezuelans from South Texas under an 18th-century wartime law. U.S. District Court Judge Fernando Rodriguez Jr. is the f...

May 01, 2025

Trump national security adviser Mike Waltz is out in first major shakeup of Trump's second term

WASHINGTON (AP) - White House national security adviser Mike Waltz is set to depart the administration, according to two people familiar with the matter on Thursday, marking the first major staff shak...

May 01, 2025

Weekend round of nuclear talks between US and Iran are postponed, Oman says

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Planned negotiations between Iran and the United States this weekend over Tehran's rapidly advancing nuclear program have been postponed, Oman announced Thursday. A ...

May 01, 2025

Trump's health agency urges therapy for transgender youth, not broader gender-affirming health care

President Donald Trump's administration released a lengthy review of transgender health care on Thursday that advocates for a greater reliance on behavioral therapy rather than broad gender-affirming ...

May 01, 2025

South Korea's acting leader Han resigns amid reports he will run for presidential election

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korea's acting President Han Duck-soo said Thursday he was resigning amid reports he will run in next month's presidential election. Han said in a televised briefing he...

May 01, 2025