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Pope affirms right of people to return home after unjust exile in meeting with Chagos refugees

ROME (AP) — Pope Leo XIV strongly affirmed the right of people to return to their homes after an unjust exile, issuing the message during an audience Saturday with refugees from Chagos, the ...

DATE: Aug 23, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Key things to know about how Trump's war on higher education has ensnared an unexpected campus

COLORADO SPRINGS (AP) — Administrators at the state university’s campus in Colorado Springs thought they stood a solid chance of dodging the Trump administration’s offensive on higher educat...

DATE: Aug 23, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

A commuter college thought it could avoid Trump’s education crackdown. Here’s what happened

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — Administrators at the state university’s campus in Colorado Springs thought they stood a solid chance of dodging the Trump administration’s offensive on higher...

DATE: Aug 23, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Doctors want women to know the nuanced reality of hormone therapy for menopause

Menopause can usher in a host of disruptive symptoms like hot flashes, night sweats and sleep problems. Hormone therapy promises relief. But many women wonder about taking it. That’s bec...

DATE: Aug 23, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Doctors in Gaza say patients' protruding ribs and bony limbs offer evidence of malnutrition

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Not long after Texas surgeon Mohammed Adeel Khaleel arrived at a Gaza City hospital in early August, a 17-year-old was brought in with gunshot wounds to both leg...

DATE: Aug 23, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Fed Chair Powell faces fresh challenges to Fed independence amid potential rate cuts

WASHINGTON (AP) — Now that Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell has signaled that the central bank could soon cut its key interest rate, he faces a new challenge: how to do it without seeming...

DATE: Aug 23, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Texas redistricting fight shakes up battle lines for both parties in key US Senate race

HOUSTON (AP) — Just as Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Colin Allred was holding a town hall near the Mexican border as part of an “unrig Texas” campaign tour, the state’s Democratic fundrai...

DATE: Aug 23, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Congo's prosecutor asks for the death penalty for former President Kabila for war crimes

GOMA, Congo (AP) — Congo's public prosecutor on Friday asked for the death penalty for former President Joseph Kabila, who is being tried in absentia in a treason case that includes war crim...

DATE: Aug 23, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Pirates bring 1-0 series lead over Rockies into game 2

Colorado Rockies (37-92, fifth in the NL West) vs. Pittsburgh Pirates (55-74, fifth in the NL Central) Pittsburgh; Saturday, 6:40 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Rockies: Kyle Freeland (3-12, 5...

DATE: Aug 23, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Kilauea's eruption is back as the Hawaii volcano shoots lava for the 31st time since December

HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii's Kilauea volcano resumed erupting Friday by shooting an arc of lava 100 feet (30 meters) into the air and across a section of its summit crater floor. It was Kilauea...

DATE: Aug 23, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Texas lawmakers give final approval to redrawn congressional map favoring GOP, send to governor

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Texas Senate gave final approval to a new, Republican-leaning congressional voting map early Saturday, sending it to Gov. Greg Abbott for his signature. President Do...

DATE: Aug 23, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Female political prisoners in Belarus face abuse, humiliation and threats of losing parental rights

TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Antanina Kanavalava says her four years in a Belarusian penal colony as a political prisoner were filled with a fear and anguish that still haunts her. She nearly los...

DATE: Aug 22, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

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