• Conservationist Jane Goodall, renowned for chimpanzee research, dies at 91

    Conservationist Jane Goodall, renowned for chimpanzee research, dies at 91

    Oct 01, 2025 06:35 PM EST

    ... her 90’s to speak to packed auditoriums around the world. Between more serious messages, her speeches often featured her whooping like a chimpanzee or lamenting that Tarzan chose the wrong Jane. While first studying chimps in Tanzania in the early 1960s, Goodall was known for her unconventional approach. She ...

  • Someone against abortion but in favor of death penalty 'is not really pro-life,' Pope Leo says

    Someone against abortion but in favor of death penalty 'is not really pro-life,' Pope Leo says

    Oct 01, 2025 06:06 PM EST

    ... the Chicago Archdiocese, where Durbin also has a home. Senator Durbin declines his award In his statement announcing that Durbin would decline the award, Cupich lamented that the polarization in the U.S. has created a situation where U.S. Catholics “find themselves politically homeless” since neither the Republican nor ...

  • Trump's team keeps posting AI portraits of him -- and we keep clicking

    Trump's team keeps posting AI portraits of him -- and we keep clicking

    Sep 29, 2025 07:34 PM EST

    ... Commenters take up the mantle The lack of subtlety in Trump’s AI images of himself helps explain their consistent virality.Commenters can be found lamenting the demise of presidential decorum (“I never thought I’d see the day when the White House is just a joke. This is so ...

  • 'A Thousand Ways to Die' offers a personal and historical take on the impact of violence

    'A Thousand Ways to Die' offers a personal and historical take on the impact of violence

    Sep 23, 2025 10:20 PM EST

    ... narrative. And while there are 1,000 ways to die, there are even more ways to live. And so I'm hopeful, even though we lament the condition that young people find themselves in and the violence they experience, I do believe that they will carry us through. And it ...

  • WATCH LIVE: Day 2 of the 2025 United Nations General Assembly

    WATCH LIVE: Day 2 of the 2025 United Nations General Assembly

    Sep 23, 2025 08:44 PM EST

    ... before the U.N. General Assembly was both grievance-filled and self-congratulatory as he used the platform to applaud his second-term achievements and lament that some of his fellow world leaders' countries were "going to hell." The address was the latest reminder for U.S. allies and foes ...

  • WATCH: Day 1 of the 2025 United Nations General Assembly

    WATCH: Day 1 of the 2025 United Nations General Assembly

    Sep 22, 2025 02:27 PM EST

    ... before the U.N. General Assembly was both grievance-filled and self-congratulatory as he used the platform to applaud his second-term achievements and lament that some of his fellow world leaders' countries were "going to hell." The address was the latest reminder for U.S. allies and foes ...

  • WATCH: Trump says U.S. 'trying to get' Bagram Air Base back from Afghan government

    WATCH: Trump says U.S. 'trying to get' Bagram Air Base back from Afghan government

    Sep 18, 2025 05:07 PM EST

    President Donald Trump suggested Thursday he wants to reestablish a U.S. presence at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan. Watch the clip in the video player above. “We’re trying to get it back,” Trump said in an aside as he lamented the difficulty of solving wars, that weaved into ...

  • Firings over callous remarks on Kirk’s killing spark debate on limits of free speech

    Firings over callous remarks on Kirk’s killing spark debate on limits of free speech

    Sep 15, 2025 10:45 PM EST

    ... fielding requests from help from across the country. We're tracking all the firing and suspensions. We're going to be busy. It's a lamentable and sad and, again, deeply depressing time. Amna Nawaz: Jamelle, what about you? Jamelle Bouie, The New York Times: I agree that you can ...

  • Eastern Orthodox leader visits U.S. to meet with Trump and receive environmental award

    Eastern Orthodox leader visits U.S. to meet with Trump and receive environmental award

    Sep 15, 2025 06:35 PM EST

    ... of Christians in Turkey. The Orthodox church has long called for the reopening of a seminary closed by the Turkish government in 1971 and has lamented the conversion of Byzantine-era churches into mosques. Bartholomew is scheduled to attend separate events in his honor, hosted by the Turkish and Greek ...

  • Pope Leo XIV marvels at 'huge learning curve' in interview released on his 70th birthday

    Pope Leo XIV marvels at 'huge learning curve' in interview released on his 70th birthday

    Sep 14, 2025 04:36 PM EST

    ... jumping “in on the deep end of the pool very quickly," in excerpts of an interview released Sunday on his 70th birthday. The pope also lamented widening income gaps between the working class and CEOs, recalling the recent news that Elon Musk could be in line to become the world ...