Pope Francis (AP Photo) ROME (AP) — Pope Francis was resting Monday morning after a quiet night, on the 10th day of his hospitalization for a complex lung infection that has provoked the early stages of kidney failure, the Vatican said. The one-line statement didn't say if Francis, 88, had...
Friedrich Merz, the candidate of the mainstream conservative Christian Democratic Union party, addresses supporters at the party headquarters in Berlin, Germany, Sunday, Feb. 23, 2025, after the German national election. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner) BERLIN (AP) — Friedrich Merz is on course...
Leah Fauth gets a hug after leaving flowers in front of the West York Police Department after a police officer was killed responding to a shooting at UPMC Memorial Hospital in York, Pa. on Saturday, Feb. 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke) A man who took hostages in a Pennsylvania hospital...
SAVE USAID – Priya Kathpal, right, and Taylor Williamson, left, who work for a company doing contract work for the United States Agency for International Development, or USAID, carry signs outside the USAID headquarters in Washington, Monday, Feb. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) ...
ROME (AP) — Pope Francis remained in critical condition Sunday and blood tests showed early kidney failure but he remains alert, responsive and attended Mass, the Vatican said, as the 88-year-old pontiff battles pneumonia and a complex lung infection. In a late update, the Vatican said Francis...
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Nearly 200 Venezuelan immigrants to the U.S. were returned to their home country after being detained at Guantanamo Bay, in a flurry of flights that forged an unprecedented pathway for U.S. deportations. FILE - In this photo reviewed by U.S. military officials, an Army...
This undated photo provided by Hostage's Family Forum shows Israeli hostage Avera Mengistu, who is being held in Gaza by Hamas militants. (Hostage's Family Forum via AP) JERUSALEM (AP) — Six Israeli men held hostage in the Gaza Strip were freed Saturday, bringing to 25 the number of Israeli...
Palestinians gather as Hamas fighters deploy ahead of the planned release of Israeli hostages set to be handed over to the Red Cross in Nuseirat, central Gaza Strip, Saturday, Feb. 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Mohammad Abu Samra) TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Hamas freed all six hostages in the latest exchange...
A woman lays a rosary near candles adorned with pictures of Pope Francis outside the Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic where Pope Francis is battling pneumonia, in Rome, Saturday, Feb. 22, 2025, (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia) ROME (AP) — The Vatican carried on with its Holy Year celebrations without the...
This image taken from video released by the Transportation Safety Board of Canada on Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2025, shows the crashed plane of Delta flight 4819 at Toronto Pearson International Airport, in Mississauga, Ontario, on Tuesday, Feb. 18. (Transportation Safety Board of Canada via AP) The...
Unions for federal workers have filed a lawsuit to block the mass firings of probationary federal employees by President Donald Trump's administration, alleging that officials are exploiting and misusing the probationary period to eliminate staff across government agencies. People rally at Health...
BAT YAM, Israel (AP) — A series of explosions Thursday on three parked buses has rattled central Israel in what authorities suspected was a militant attack. No injuries were reported. Israeli police inspect the scene of one of a series of bus explosions in what authorities said appeared to be a...
