The rebuilding of one of the nation’s oldest Black churches, whose congregants first gathered outdoors in secret before ...

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The man charged with killing a prominent Minnesota lawmaker and wounding another could face something that is a rarity for ...

As fans removed their caps and stood for the national anthem Saturday night at Dodger Stadium, they were met with a ...

Archaeologists in Virginia have unearthed the foundation of a building from the 1700s that once supported the nation’s oldest ...

The attacks on two Democratic Minnesota state lawmakers at home are the latest in a grim spike in political violence.

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Francis, history ... to visit us here in Peru.” Newly elected Pope Leo XIV appears at the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, May 8, 2025. (Alessandra Tarantino/AP) Winnetka ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Robert Prevost ... was elected the first pope from the United States in the 2,000-year history of the Catholic Church. Prevost, a 69-year-old member of the Augustinian ...