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Robert Prevost, first pope from US in history of the Catholic Church, takes the name Leo XIV

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Catholic cardinals broke with tradition Thursday and elected the first U.S. pope, making Chicago-born missionary Robert Prevost the 267th pontiff to lead the Catholic Church in a moment…

John McCarthy May 8, 2025

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US forecasters are more hobbled than ever as hurricane season nears

MIAMI (CNN) — The National Weather Service is in worse shape than previously known, according to interviews with current and former meteorologists, due to a combination of layoffs, early retirements and…

John McCarthy May 4, 2025

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Haitians fleeing gang violence swim across the country’s longest river

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Dozens of people swam and waded across Haiti’s longest river on Wednesday in a desperate attempt to flee gangs that launched a fresh attack on a…

John McCarthy May 1, 2025

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Scientists map part of a mouse’s brain that’s so complex it looks like a galaxy

WASHINGTON (AP) — Thanks to a mouse watching clips from “The Matrix,” scientists have created the largest functional map of a brain to date – a diagram of the wiring…

John McCarthy April 26, 2025

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Condos on a cruise ship? Why a Miami developer is planning luxury homes at sea

MIAMI (Uniquely) — Russell Galbut and his wife, Ronalee, have been hooked on cruising since their first voyage 47 years ago. Galbut’s decades-long, ambitious career as a real estate developer…

John McCarthy April 23, 2025

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Trump calls for deporting some citizens to El Salvador, testing US law

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — President Donald Trump said he wants to deport some violent criminals who are U.S. citizens to Salvadoran prisons, a move that experts said would violate U.S. law. Trump's comments…

John McCarthy April 16, 2025

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Baggage handler’s shirtless stunt in airplane’s turbine could have got him killed: ‘Stupid’

They didn’t appreciate his air strip-tease. A judge has blasted an ex-baggage handler as “vain and stupid” after he filmed himself working out shirtless inside a moving jet engine at…

John McCarthy April 2, 2025

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RFK Jr. is a ‘conspiracy theorist’ endangering lives, say analysts at Howard Lutnick’s former firm

WASHINGTON (CNBC) — Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., an anti-vaccine crusader, is not qualified to have any power at the agency that’s supposed to protect the…

John McCarthy April 1, 2025

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2 USVI beaches named among Caribbean’s Top 10 in 2025

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — The U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI) proudly celebrates the recognition of two of its pristine beaches, Trunk Bay in St. John and Magen's Bay in St. Thomas, as a top 10…

John McCarthy March 22, 2025

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Australian tourist killed, 2 injured as snorkeling boat capsizes off Bali

DENPASAR, Indonesia — A snorkeling boat carrying 13 people, including 11 Australian tourists, capsized in rough seas off Indonesia’s resort island of Bali on Friday, killing a woman and injuring two others, police…

John McCarthy March 21, 2025