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The Latest: Pope Francis' funeral will be held Saturday
Pope Francis’ funeral has been set for Saturday at 10 a.m. in St. Peter’s Square, and a viewing of his body will begin on ...
Supreme Court takes up religious rights dispute over LGBTQ books in Maryland schools
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court is hearing arguments Tuesday over the religious rights of parents in Maryland to ...
Francis saw his duty to be 'ad vitam' and not to follow Pope Benedict XVI in resigning
During the decade they lived together in the Vatican as a reigning and “emeritus pope,” Francis repeatedly praised Benedict’s ...
Most US adults give to charity. Here's where they donated
About 4 in 10 U.S. adults say they’ve donated to an organization that helps people in the U.S. who need food, shelter or ...
Gunmen spray bullets at tourists visiting a beauty spot in Indian-controlled Kashmir
Initial reports said gunmen sprayed bullets at mostly Indian tourists visiting Baisaran meadow, some five kilometers (three miles) from Pahalgam. Police said multiple tourists suffered gunshot wounds ...
Israeli strikes kill 14 in Gaza and destroy heavy equipment needed to clear rubble
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip killed at least 14 Palestinians, mostly women and children ...
Sharks drew crowds who chased and fed them off Israel's coast — until one man disappeared
Yigael Ben-Ari, head of the Israel’s Parks and Nature Authority’s marine ranger force, said it was unknown how the man ...
Mayor of Mississippi's capital city fights for third term despite federal bribery indictment
In a matchup Jackson voters have seen before, Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba, seeking a third term, faces state Sen. John Horhn ...
As controversies pile up, Trump allies increasingly turn on one another
Trump has always had a high tolerance for chaos, shunning traditional policy deliberations to entertain divergent opinions ...
Defending migrants was a priority for Pope Francis from the earliest days of his papacy
Advocating for migrants was one of Pope Francis' top priorities. His papacy saw a refugee crisis in the Mediterranean, ...
Anti-Defamation League says anger at Israel is now the driving force behind antisemitism in the US
NEW YORK (AP) — The Anti-Defamation League says the number of antisemitic incidents in the United States reached a record ...
Pope Francis saw environmental and climate issues as moral concerns
Francis, who died Monday at 88, was moved to silence that day by the survivors’ pain and the devastation he saw. But he would ...