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Candles for Pope Francis are seen at the Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic, in Rome, Friday, Feb. 28, 2025 where Pope Francis has been hospitalized since Friday, Feb. 14. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Pope had coughing fit, had to be put on breathing machine

A sign is seen outside a clinic with the South Plains Public Health District Sunday, Feb. 23, 2025, in Brownfield, Texas. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Texas measles cases rise to 146 in an outbreak that led to a child’s death

Elon Musk speaks during a Cabinet meeting with President Donald Trump at the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025. (Pool via AP)

Federal workers will get a new email demanding their accomplishments, with a key change

Part Of I 40 Reopening After Hurricane Helene

A stretch of a NC highway that collapsed during Helene is about to reopen

President Donald Trump welcomes Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the White House in Washington, Friday, Feb. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

Trump meets with Zelenskyy as Ukraine seeks an end to Russian aggression

President Donald Trump stands before British Prime Minister Keir Starmer arrives at the White House, Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump to sign order Friday designating English as the official language of the US

Federal Employees Firings Lawsuit

Judge finds mass firings of federal probationary workers were likely unlawful

Crime Handcuffs

Stabbing suspect arrested at University of Virginia and one person was taken to a hospital

Trump

No big new revelations expected in Justice Department’s release of Jeffrey Epstein files

Candles and flowers for Pope Francis are seen at the Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic, in Rome, Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2025 where Pope Francis is hospitalised since Friday, Feb. 14. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Vatican says Pope Francis continues to improve but his prognosis remains guarded

Ukraine Crisis

Trump says he’s confident Putin will ‘keep his word’ if there’s a deal to end the war in Ukraine

Actor Gene Hackman arrives with his wife, Betsy Arakawa, for the 60th Annual Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills, Calif., Sunday, Jan. 19, 2003. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, File)

Oscar-winner Gene Hackman, wife Betsy Arakawa and their dog were dead for some time, warrant shows

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Trump plans tariffs on Mexico and Canada for Tuesday, while doubling existing tariffs on China

Nascar Mexico City Auto Racing

NASCAR stars enjoy immersive Mexico City visit ahead of first international Cup Series race

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Oscar Winning Actor Gene Hackman And His Wife And Dog Found Dead In Their New Mexico Home

Oscar-winning actor Gene Hackman and his wife and dog found dead in their New Mexico home

South Carolina Executions

South Carolina man set to face a firing squad seeks postponement, questioning execution procedures

Chaos By Distraction

Trump administration says it’s cutting 90% of USAID foreign aid contracts

Measles Outbreak Texas Death

A Texas child who was not vaccinated has died of measles, a first for the US in a decade

Watch On Crime

3 councilmen in South Carolina’s third-largest city charged in bribery and kickback scheme

Egg Prices

Egg prices could jump another 41% this year, USDA says, as Trump’s bird flu plan unveiled

Supreme Court

Supreme Court seems likely to rule for Ohio woman claiming job bias because she’s straight

Donald Trump

Trump sees ‘a thirst’ for his ‘gold card’ visa idea with $5 million potential path to US citizenship

Michelle Trachtenberg

Michelle Trachtenberg, ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’ and ‘Gossip Girl’ star, dies at 39

Earns Apple

Apple fixing iPhone dictation glitch that suggests replacing the word ‘racist’ with ‘Trump’

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Tar Heels’ Davis gets 2-year extension through 2030, hires agent Jim Tanner as GM

Candles and flowers for Pope Francis are seen at the Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic, in Rome, Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2025 where Pope Francis is hospitalised since Friday, Feb. 14. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Vatican says Pope Francis is critical but stable with no new respiratory crises

Watch On Carolinas

NTSB and FAA investigating Novant medical helicopter crash near Wilmington

Election 2022 Illinois Union Amendment

Apple shareholders reject proposal to scrap company’s diversity programs

Donald Trump

21 federal staffers resign from DOGE, refusing to “dismantle critical public services”

Pope Francis meets with Czech Republic's Prime Minister Robert Fico, right, at The Vatican Friday, Feb. 14, 2025. (Vatican Media via AP, HO)

Pope Francis shows slight improvement and resumes some work

Carolina Panthers linebacker Shaq Thompson arrives for an NFL football joint practice with the New York Jets, Aug. 15, 2024, in Charlotte, N.C. (AP Photo/Matt Kelley, file)

Panthers will not re-sign longtime linebacker Shaq Thompson

Singer Roberta Flack poses for a portrait in New York on Oct. 10, 2018. (Photo by Matt Licari/Invision/AP, File)

Grammy-winning singer Roberta Flack dies at 88

Emmanuel Macron

Trump meets with French President as uncertainty grows about US ties to Europe and Ukraine

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Starbucks lays off 1,100 corporate employees as coffee chain streamlines

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Federal workers sue over Elon Musk’s threat to fire them if they don’t explain their accomplishments

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‘Captain America’ dives in second weekend, ‘The Monkey’ adds to Neon’s successes

India Us Flight Diverted

American Airlines flight from New York to Delhi lands safely in Rome after reported security issue

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The 31st SAG Awards are today. Here’s what to know

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Pope is conscious, receiving supplemental oxygen, had a peaceful night following respiratory crisis

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Officer killed after gunman takes hostages at Pennsylvania hospital

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AP sues 3 Trump administration officials, citing freedom of speech

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Could Trump really return DOGE savings to taxpayers?

South Carolina Executions

Condemned South Carolina killer chooses to be executed by firing squad

Yankees Beards Baseball

New York Yankees drop ban on beards, 49 years after it was imposed by owner George Steinbrenner

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Amazon MGM takes creative reins of James Bond, ending an era of family control of 007

Kash Patel, President Donald Trump's choice to be director of the FBI, left, shakes the hand of Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., as he departs following a confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

Senate narrowly confirms Kash Patel as FBI director

Walmart Results

Walmart rolled through 2024, but uncertainty about consumers and tariffs seep into year ahead

People walk in front of the main entrance of the Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic in Rome, Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2025, where the Pontiff is hospitalized since Friday, Feb. 14. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Vatican says Pope Francis is ‘improving slightly’ and working from the hospital

Wintry Weather

Snowy roads lead to hundreds of crashes as Arctic air brings record cold

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