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Hadi Matar was sentenced Friday in a Western New York courtroom, where a jury found him guilty earlier this year of attempted murder and assault. -
From Minecraft to Mario Kart, plenty of NFL teams had younger fans in mind while revealing schedules in the growing tradition of videos on the social platform X. -
Pope Francis brought Robert Prevost to the Vatican in 2023 as the powerful head of the office that vets bishop nominations, one of the most important jobs in the Catholic Church. On Thursday, he ascended to become Pope Leo XIV — the first American pontiff. -
Chief Justice John Roberts in Buffalo on Wednesday defended judicial independence as necessary to "check the excesses of the Congress or the executive," amid attacks on federal judges who have slowed President Donald Trump's agenda. -
Robert Prevost of the United States has been named the new pope, the new head of the Catholic church. Prevost took the name Leo XIV. -
It was seemingly an attempt to narrow what had been an unprecedented trade war between the U.S. and most of the world to a showdown between the U.S. and China. The S&P 500 stock index jumped nearly 7% after the announcement, but the precise details of Trump’s plans to ease tariffs on non-China trade partners were not immediately clear. -
WASHINGTON (AP) — The House passed legislation Tuesday to avert a partial government shutdown and fund federal agencies through September, providing critical momentum as the measure now moves to the Senate, where bipartisan support will be needed to get it over the finish line. -
The announcement comes after Trump spoke with leaders of the “big 3” automakers, Ford, General Motors, and Stellantis on Wednesday. Trump also said he told the automaker chief executives that they should move production to the U.S from Canada and Mexico. -
Matar ran onto the stage at the Chautauqua Institution where Rushdie was about to speak on Aug. 12, 2022, and stabbed him more than a dozen times before a live audience. The attack left the 77-year-old prizewinning novelist blind in one eye. -
The beating of inmate Robert Brooks by multiple officers at Marcy Correctional Facility in December was caught on body cameras, triggering widespread outrage and calls for justice.
