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Hospital official says gunman killed after shots were fired at a Pennsylvania hospital

YORK, Pa. (AP) - A gunman has been killed after shots were fired Saturday at a hospital in central Pennsylvania, officials said. Officials at UPMC Memorial in York said that no patients were injured a...

Feb 22, 2025

Pope Francis back in hospital and in critical condition: Vatican

Pope Francis was in critical condition Saturday after he suffered a long asthmatic respiratory crisis that required high flows of oxygen, the Vatican said.The 88-year-old Francis, who has been hospita...

Feb 22, 2025

Vatican says Pope Francis is in critical condition

ROME (AP) - Pope Francis was in critical condition Saturday after he suffered a long asthmatic respiratory crisis that required high flows of oxygen, the Vatican said. The 88-year-old Francis, who has...

Feb 22, 2025

Cholera kills 58 and sickens about 1,300 others in a Sudanese city, officials say

CAIRO (AP) - A cholera outbreak in a Sudanese city killed nearly 60 people and sickened about 1,300 others over the last three days, health authorities said Saturday. The outbreak in the southern city...

Feb 22, 2025

Family confirms body handed over by militants overnight was Israeli mother Shiri Bibas

JERUSALEM (AP) - A body released by Palestinian militants overnight was confirmed to be Shiri Bibas, the Israeli mother whose two young sons also died in captivity, her family said. Hamas had said Bib...

Feb 22, 2025

Trump fires chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump abruptly fired Air Force Gen. CQ Brown as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff on Friday, sidelining a history-making fighter pilot and respected officer as p...

Feb 21, 2025

Judge blocks Trump’s executive order ending federal support for DEI programs

WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal judge on Friday blocked a sweeping executive order from President Donald Trump that sought to end government support for programs promoting diversity, equity and inclusion....

Feb 21, 2025

The Supreme Court won’t allow Trump to immediately fire head of whistleblower office

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court on Friday temporarily kept on the job the head of the federal agency that protects government whistleblowers, in its first word on the many legal fights over Presid...

Feb 21, 2025

Netanyahu decries release of wrong body as a ceasefire violation. Hamas pledges to investigate

JERUSALEM (AP) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed revenge Friday for what he described as a "cruel and malicious violation" of the ceasefire agreement after authorities determined that ...

Feb 21, 2025

Woman accused of drugging and robbing older men in a deadly romance scheme

LAS VEGAS (AP) - A woman lured at least four older men on online dating apps to meet in person, drugged them with sedatives and stole hundreds of thousands of dollars in a "sinister" romance scheme, F...

Feb 21, 2025