Pope asks that Rome welcome foreigners as he closes out 2025
ROME (AP) — Pope Leo XIV closed out 2025 on Wednesday with a prayer that the city of Rome might be a welcoming place...
Disney World worker is injured trying to stop runaway boulder at Indiana Jones show
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A Walt Disney World worker in Florida was injured while attempting to stop a large runaway prop boulder from rolling...
Trump says he’s dropping push for National Guard in Chicago, LA and Portland, Oregon,...
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said he’s dropping — for now — his push to deploy National Guard troops in Chicago, Los Angeles...
After Minnesota fraud allegations, HHS orders states to justify child care spending
WASHINGTON (States Newsroom) — States must now provide “justification” that federal child care funds they receive are spent on “legitimate” providers in order to...
Judge slams Noem over termination of temporary legal status for 60,000 immigrants
WASHINGTON (States Newsroom) — A federal judge in California Wednesday found the Trump administration unlawfully terminated temporary protections for more than 60,000 nationals from...
Georgia judge tosses landmark racketeering charges against ‘Cop City’ protesters
ATLANTA (AP) — A Georgia judge on Tuesday tossed racketeering charges against dozens of defendants accused of a yearslong conspiracy to halt the construction...
JFK’s granddaughter dies at 35
Environmental journalist Tatiana Schlossberg, one of three grandchildren of the late President John F. Kennedy, has died after she was diagnosed with leukemia last...
Judge halts Georgia execution over inmate’s concerns about the clemency process
KENNESAW, Ga. (AP) — A Georgia judge on Monday ordered a temporary pause to a December execution that was already put on hold, saying...
Trump says the US ‘hit’ a facility along shore where he says alleged drug...
PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump has indicated that the U.S. has “hit” a dock facility along a shore as he wages...
US offers Ukraine 15-year security guarantee as part of peace plan, Zelenskyy says
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The United States is offering Ukraine security guarantees for a period of 15 years as part of a proposed peace...
Trump says Ukraine and Russia are ‘closer than ever’ to peace after talks with...
PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump on Sunday insisted Ukraine and Russia are “closer than ever before” to a peace deal as...
Brigitte Bardot, 1960s French sex symbol turned militant animal rights activist, dies at 91
PARIS (AP) — Brigitte Bardot, the French 1960s sex symbol who became one of the greatest screen sirens of the 20th century and later...