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President Donald Trump’s proposed budget would cut more than half of the Environmental Protection Agency’s funding.
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Two voter and civic advocacy groups and an Indiana University student are suing the state over a new law that bans the use of student IDs for voting.
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Alberto Pizzoli/AFP via Getty ImagesPope Leo XIV was born and raised in Chicago. He is of French, Italian and Spanish descent. He spent years working as a missionary in Peru. -
Sajjad Hussain/AFP via Getty ImagesThe escalation began after India accused Pakistan of being behind an attack where gunmen killed 26 people, mostly tourists, in India-administered Kashmir on April 22. Pakistan denies it. -
Jose Luis Magana/APThe abrupt change came the day after Cameron Hamilton testified on Capitol Hill that he did not agree with proposals to dismantle an organization that helps plan for natural disasters and distributes financial assistance. -
Andrew Harnik/Getty ImagesThe National Institutes of Health will partner with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid to create a database of Americans with autism, using insurance claims, medical records and smartwatch data.
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Cardinal Robert Prevost made his first speech as Pope Leo XIV on the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica, shortly after being elected pontiff. This is a transcript of the speech, translated from its original Italian. -
Habemus Papam, the College of Cardinals has elected a pope, and the crowd in Vatican Square went wild.
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Israel's ongoing blockade of aid for Gaza forced the humanitarian group to shut its soup kitchens as it faced empty warehouses and no replenishment of supplies in the war-battered enclave. -
For the first time in history, the College of Cardinals has chosen an American pope, Robert Francis Prevost, who chose the name Pope Leo XIV.
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After decades of philanthropy following the success of Microsoft, Bill Gates is winding down his namessake charity. What's he going to do next?
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Pope Leo XIV is the first Augustinian friar ever to be selected to lead the Catholic Church. Raised in Chicago, where he was known as Robert Prevost, he graduated from Villanova University.
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The transportation secretary announced a far-reaching plan to drastically overhaul the current technology used by thousands of controllers responsible for guiding planes in and out of airports. -
Indiana schools will not be allowed to expel students for chronic absences — at least for the next school year. State lawmakers adopted legislation that aims to tackle the state’s chronic absenteeism problem. -
For the first time ever, someone born in the United States has become pope.
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Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost was born in Chicago and was elevated to pope by the College of Cardinals on Thursday.
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