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Pope appears before crowd in St. Peter’s Square, 2 weeks after his release from hospital

VATICAN CITY (AP) - Pope Francis was rolled into St. Peter's Square in a wheelchair during a special Jubilee Mass for the sick, marking his first public appearance at the Vatican on Sunday since his r...

Apr 06, 2025

Anthony, Howard, Redeem Team, Bird, Arison, Fowles, Crawford, Donovan, Moore in Hall of Fame class

Carmelo Anthony and Dwight Howard are going into the Basketball Hall of Fame later this year, not once but twice. And LeBron James and Chris Paul are part of the group that's headed to the Hall as wel...

Apr 05, 2025

Israeli troops deploy to a new corridor across Gaza

JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel says troops have deployed to a newly established security corridor across southern Gaza. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday announced the new Morag Corridor to pres...

Apr 05, 2025

Senate GOP approves framework for Trump's tax breaks and spending cuts after all-night session

WASHINGTON (AP) - Senate Republicans plugged away overnight and into early Saturday morning to approve their multitrillion-dollar tax breaks and spending cuts framework, hurling past a hard line of De...

Apr 05, 2025

Gretzky witnesses Ovechkin moving 1 goal back of his record as he joins the chase in person

WASHINGTON (AP) - Wayne Gretzky witnessed Alex Ovechkin scoring his 893rd goal to move one back of tying his NHL record, as the Canadian great made his first in-person appearance during this chase. Gr...

Apr 04, 2025

Ovechkin scores his 893rd goal. He needs 1 to tie Gretzky and 2 to break the NHL record

WASHINGTON (AP) - Alex Ovechkin did not take long to move one goal away from tying and two from breaking Wayne Gretzky's NHL record. Ovechkin beat Spencer Knight 3:52 into the Washington Capitals' hom...

Apr 04, 2025

Ovechkin scores his 893rd career goal. He needs 1 to tie Gretzky and 2 to break the NHL record

WASHINGTON (AP) - Alex Ovechkin has scored his 893rd career goal to move one back of tying and two away from breaking Wayne Gretzky's NHL record. Ovechkin beat Spencer Knight 3:52 into the Washington ...

Apr 04, 2025

Supreme Court allows Trump administration to cut teacher-training money, for now

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court on Friday granted the Trump administration's plea to cut hundreds of millions of dollars in teacher-training money as part of its anti-DEI efforts, while a lawsuit ...

Apr 04, 2025

LA County reaches $4 billion agreement to settle sexual abuse claims at juvenile facilities

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Los Angeles County has reached a $4 billion agreement to settle nearly 7,000 claims of sexual abuse in juvenile facilities since 1959, officials said Friday. The agreement, which st...

Apr 04, 2025

Judge blocks Trump from dismantling agency that funds community groups in Latin American countries

WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal judge agreed on Friday to block the Trump administration from dismantling an independent agency that distributes grant money to community development groups in Latin Americ...

Apr 04, 2025