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  • War is reducing international law to 'ashes,' Pope Leo laments in Ash Wednesday liturgy

    War is reducing international law to 'ashes,' Pope Leo laments in Ash Wednesday liturgy

    Feb 18, 2026 09:27 PM EDT

    ROME (AP) — Pope Leo XIV opened the church’s penitential Lenten season by presiding over Ash Wednesday and lamenting the “ashes of international law and justice” that have been left by today’s wars and conflicts. Leo revived the traditional prayer and procession that Pope Francis largely delegated to others ...

  • What to know about lymphedema, a painful side effect of breast cancer treatment

    What to know about lymphedema, a painful side effect of breast cancer treatment

    Oct 19, 2025 09:35 PM EDT

    ... have been advocating on Capitol Hill in support of federal funding for lymphedema research. What is the state of those efforts? Susan Fondy: In 2023, lymphedema and lymphatic diseases were added to a list of diseases that receive federal funding for basic research. This past year, lymphedema and lymphatic diseases ...

  • As fragile Gaza ceasefire holds, Israelis lament incomplete return of dead hostages

    As fragile Gaza ceasefire holds, Israelis lament incomplete return of dead hostages

    Oct 14, 2025 04:17 PM EDT

    While Israeli officials understood there could be some delay in the recovery effort, the families of hostages and their supporters expressed dismay that only four of the 28 bodies were returned on Monday.

  • California board denies Lyle Menendez parole after rejecting his brother Erik's appeal

    California board denies Lyle Menendez parole after rejecting his brother Erik's appeal

    Aug 23, 2025 05:13 PM EDT

    Lyle Menendez was denied parole Friday by the same board that a day earlier rejected his brother Erik’s appeal for freedom after serving decades in prison for killing their parents in 1989 at their Beverly Hills mansion. The reason was the same: misbehavior behind bars.

  • Carney laments Canada's lost friendship with U.S. in town that sheltered Americans after 9/11

    Carney laments Canada's lost friendship with U.S. in town that sheltered Americans after 9/11

    Mar 24, 2025 06:54 PM EDT

    Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has lamented Canada’s lost friendship with the United States as he visited the town that sheltered thousands of stranded American airline passengers after the 9/11 attacks.

  • L.A. prosecutors set to announce if they favor resentencing Erik and Lyle Menendez

    L.A. prosecutors set to announce if they favor resentencing Erik and Lyle Menendez

    Oct 24, 2024 05:38 PM EDT

    LOS ANGELES (AP) — Prosecutors will announce Thursday whether or not they recommend resentencing Erik and Lyle Menendez for the 1989 killings of their parents in Beverly Hills. The brothers were sentenced in 1996 to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón scheduled ...

  • Lyles, battling COVID, finishes 3rd in Olympic 200-meter final won by Botswana's Tebogo

    Lyles, battling COVID, finishes 3rd in Olympic 200-meter final won by Botswana's Tebogo

    Aug 08, 2024 08:03 PM EDT

    ... the fourth-fastest time in history, but .15 slower than Lyles' top time. Kenny Bednarek finished in 19.62 for his second straight silver, and Lyles, four nights after winning a close-as-can-be 100, ran the curve in 19.70. Lyles came into Paris having not been beaten ...

  • Noah Lyles wins 100-meter final by .005 seconds, among closest finishes in Olympic history

    Noah Lyles wins 100-meter final by .005 seconds, among closest finishes in Olympic history

    Aug 04, 2024 08:56 PM EDT

    ... finish of an excruciatingly close sprint to find out he'd beaten Kishane Thompson of Jamaica. The word “Photo” popped up on the scoreboard after Lyles and Thompson dashed to the line. Lyles paced the track with his hands draped over his head. Finally, the numbers came up. Lyles won ...

  • Biden, now a lame-duck president, is determined to accomplish goals in his term's last six months

    Biden, now a lame-duck president, is determined to accomplish goals in his term's last six months

    Jul 23, 2024 04:33 PM EDT

    ... at George Washington University. "Realistically, there might not be enough time for big breakthroughs." William Howell, a political scientist at the University of Chicago, said lame-duck status does inevitably constrain a presidency but it doesn't necessarily have to make one inert. Howell said that Biden, who has vowed ...

  • A Pennsylvania study suggests links between natural gas drilling and asthma, lymphoma in children

    A Pennsylvania study suggests links between natural gas drilling and asthma, lymphoma in children

    Aug 17, 2023 05:58 PM EDT

    In the reports, University of Pittsburgh researchers found what they called significant associations between gas industry activity and two ailments: asthma, and lymphoma in children, who are relatively rarely diagnosed with this type of cancer.

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