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The Latest: Catholic cardinals to sequester themselves in the Vatican for the start of the conclave
Catholic cardinals will sequester themselves Wednesday behind the Vatican’s medieval walls for the start of a conclave to ...
Fighter jet landing on USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier goes overboard, forcing pilots to eject
An F/A-18 fighter jet landing on the USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier in the Red Sea went overboard, forcing its two ...
Israeli strikes across Gaza kill more than 40 people as Israel prepares to ramp up its offensive
Israeli strikes across Gaza killed at least 48 people, including women and children, hospital officials said Wednesday, as ...
Friedrich Merz to visit Warsaw and Paris in first trip as German chancellor to stress European unity
Friedrich Merz made his world-affairs debut Wednesday as Germany’s new chancellor, with plans to immediately team up with ...
Cardinals to begin the solemn and secret voting ritual to elect a new pope
With all the pomp, drama and solemnity that the Catholic Church can muster, 133 cardinals on Wednesday begin the secretive, ...
A Russian missile-and-drones attack kills 2 people in Ukraine’s capital
Russia launched a missile and a barrage of drones targeting the Ukrainian capital before dawn on Wednesday, leaving at least two people dead, Ukrainian officials said. Eight ...
Road, sweet road: Visiting teams go 4-0 in Game 1 of NBA conference semifinals, a league first
Road, sweet road. Home-court advantage? It doesn’t exist so far in the NBA conference semifinals — where visiting teams ...
Oilers rally for NHL-record fifth straight time to beat Golden Knights 4-2 in Game 1
Zach Hyman scored from just above the right circle with 3:02 left to put Edmonton ahead for good, and the Oilers rallied yet again this postseason to beat the Vegas Golden Knights ...
Israeli drone strike in Lebanese port city kills Hamas member
An Israeli drone strike on a car in southern Lebanon killed one person early Wednesday, Lebanon’s state-run National News ...
Lawmakers seek to rein in citizen ballot initiatives with new requirements for petitions
Citizen activists supporting a public vote on important issues could have to brush up on their reading, writing and ...
Utah judge to decide if convicted killer with dementia can be executed
Attorneys for a Utah man who has been on death row for 37 years are due before a state judge Wednesday as they seek to spare ...
Russia to host leaders of China and Brazil for the 80th anniversary of its World War II victory
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin is set to host the leaders of China, Brazil and other heads of states for festivities on Friday marking the 80th anniversary of the defeat of Nazi Germany in ...