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Pope Leo XIV to carry cross for entire procession, the first pontiff to do so in decades

ROME (AP) — Pope Leo XIV will personally carry the wooden cross through all 14 stations of the Way of the Cross at the Colosseum on his first Good Friday as pontiff, marking the first time in decades...

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Pam Bondi, Trump loyalist who oversaw Justice Department upheaval, out as attorney general

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Thursday that Pam Bondi is out as his attorney general, ending the contentious tenure of a loyalist who upended the Justice Department’s culture of independence...

April 2, 2026 1:57 pm CST CST

Bodycam shows a stunned Tiger Woods handcuffed after a Florida rollover crash

Tiger Woods expressed astonishment as he was handcuffed after crashing his SUV last week in Florida, according to body camera footage released Thursday that also shows deputies removing two pills from...

April 2, 2026 11:06 am CST CST

Artemis II's moonbound toilet is working again to astronauts' relief after overnight fix

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA’s moonbound astronauts have reason to celebrate, and not just because their launch went so well. Their toilet is now working. The so-called lunar loo malfunctioned...

April 2, 2026 9:59 am CST CST

World's oldest tortoise very much alive despite death rumors

LONDON (AP) — Reports of the death of the world’s oldest living land animal — a nearly 200-year-old tortoise — were greatly exaggerated. Jonathan, believed to be 193, is still kicking — albeit...

April 2, 2026 6:40 am CST CST

Luigi Mangione's federal trial delayed until October in killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO

NEW YORK (AP) — A judge on Wednesday granted Luigi Mangione only a slight delay of his federal trial in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, moving it from September to October instead...

April 1, 2026 12:07 pm CST CST

Russia claims full control of Ukraine’s Luhansk region but Kyiv denies it ahead of US envoy talks

Russia’s armed forces have taken control of the entire Luhansk region of Ukraine, the Russian Defense Ministry claimed Wednesday, but a Kyiv military official denied the claim as Ukrainian President...

April 1, 2026 11:10 am CST CST

Trump goes to the Supreme Court as it hears arguments over his bid to limit birthright citizenship

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is taking up one of the term’s most consequential cases, President Donald Trump’s executive order on birthright citizenship declaring that children born to parents...

April 1, 2026 8:52 am CST CST

Transatlantic rift widens as Trump lashes out at NATO allies over unpopular Mideast war

LONDON (AP) — President Donald Trump has said he is strongly considering pulling the U.S. out of NATO, ratcheting up his criticism of European allies and exposing a wider rift in the transatlantic alliance...

April 1, 2026 8:19 am CST CST

Trump addresses nation on Iran war in first prime-time speech since launching strikes 4 weeks ago

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump addressed the nation Wednesday night, offering an update on the war in Iran during his first prime-time speech since launching strikes alongside Israel more than...

April 2, 2026 7:55 am CST CST