Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has appointed a new deputy in a major step in naming a successor

RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Saturday named a veteran aide and confidant as his new vice president. It’s a major step by the aging leader to designate a ...

DATE: Apr 26, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Shedeur Sanders selected by Browns in fifth round of NFL draft, ending long wait for Deion Sanders' son

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Shedeur Sanders selected by Browns in fifth round of NFL draft, ending long wait for Deion Sanders' son. ...

DATE: Apr 26, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

A look at the PLO’s new vice president, Hussein al-Sheikh

RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Hussein al-Sheikh has been named vice president of the Palestine Liberation Organization, the internationally recognized representative of the Palestinian people. ...

DATE: Apr 26, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Mighty and meek say farewell to Pope Francis during Vatican funeral and last popemobile ride

VATICAN CITY (AP) — World leaders and rank-and-file Catholic faithful bade farewell to Pope Francis in a funeral Saturday that highlighted his concern for people on the peripheries and refle...

DATE: Apr 26, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Trump expresses doubts Putin is willing to end the Ukraine war, a day after saying a deal was close

ROME (AP) — President Donald Trump said Saturday that he doubts Russia's Vladimir Putin wants to end his war in Ukraine, expressing new skepticism that a peace deal can be reached soon. Only...

DATE: Apr 26, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

The Latest: Francis is remembered as a ‘pope among the people’ as he is laid to rest

VATICAN CITY (AP) — World dignitaries and Catholic faithful attended Pope Francis’ funeral in St. Peter’s Square on Saturday. Despite the presence of presidents and princes, prisoners and mi...

DATE: Apr 26, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

A letter written onboard the Titanic before it sank sells for almost $400,000 at auction

LONDON (AP) — A lettercard penned by one of the Titanic's most well-known survivors from onboard the ship, days before it sank, has sold for 300,000 pounds ($399,000) at auction. In the note...

DATE: Apr 26, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Israeli airstrike kills 10 people, half of them children, as mediators try to restart a ceasefire

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — An Israeli airstrike flattened a three-story home in Gaza City on Saturday, killing 10 people — half of them children — as Arab mediators scrambled to restar...

DATE: Apr 26, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Virginia Giuffre, who accused Britain's Prince Andrew in Epstein sex trafficking scandal, has died

Virginia Giuffre, who accused Britain's Prince Andrew and other influential men of sexually exploiting her as a teenager trafficked by financier Jeffrey Epstein, has died. She was 41. Giuffr...

DATE: Apr 26, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Only about half of Republicans say Trump has focused on the right priorities, AP-NORC poll finds

WASHINGTON (AP) — Many Americans do not agree with President Trump’s aggressive efforts to quickly enact his agenda, a new poll finds, and even Republicans are not overwhelmingly convinced t...

DATE: Apr 26, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Genetic medicine can leave people with rare mutations behind. But there's new hope

Emily Kramer-Golinkoff can’t get enough oxygen with each breath. Advanced cystic fibrosis makes even simple things like walking or showering arduous and exhausting. She has the most common f...

DATE: Apr 26, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

They came for the canonization of a millennial saint. They stayed for Pope Francis' funeral

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Thousands of young people from around the world had come to Rome expecting to rejoice this weekend in the canonization of the first millennial saint during the Vatican’s ...

DATE: Apr 26, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

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