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12:36 AM on Friday, May 8

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While Pope Francis opened his pontificate with a flurry of reforms and appointments to shake things up, Pope Leo XIV has taken his time to find his footing

12:17 AM on Friday, May 8

In his first year as pontiff, Pope Leo XIV seems driven not by the dramatic gesture or tensions that often fueled the papacy of his predecessor, but by a calm, persistent zeal to preach the Gospel and emphasize community and harmony

12:10 AM on Friday, May 8

David Attenborough, the world’s most famous wildlife presenter, is celebrating his 100th birthday on Friday

12:06 AM on Friday, May 8

Partial results from local elections in England show big losses for Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s governing Labour Party and gains for the hard-right party Reform U.K. The votes are being widely seen as an unofficial referendum on Starmer, elected less than two years ago

11:55 PM on Thursday, May 7

Péter Magyar takes office as Hungary's prime minister on Saturday, ending Viktor Orbán's 16-year rule

11:53 PM on Thursday, May 7

Asian stocks have retreated and oil prices climbed as the fragile ceasefire with Iran was strained by missile and drone attacks that prompted U.S. retaliatory strikes on Iranian military facilities

11:33 PM on Thursday, May 7

11:04 PM on Thursday, May 7

U.S. immigration officials have quietly lifted a hold on green card and visa applications for doctors from three dozen countries

11:03 PM on Thursday, May 7

Authorities plan to update the public Friday on a search of a home tied to the man convicted of killing 19-year-old college student Kristin Smart in 1996

11:02 PM on Thursday, May 7

Alabama lawmakers are set to vote on a measure that could change the state's congressional primaries as part of a bid to switch its U.S. House districts

11:02 PM on Thursday, May 7

A Utah judge is set to decide if news outlets can continue to film, photograph and livestream the murder case against the man charged with killing conservative activist Charlie Kirk

11:01 PM on Thursday, May 7

The only person ever charged in the unsolved 2021 disappearance of Navajo elder Ella Mae Begay is set to be sentenced Friday in federal court

10:09 PM on Thursday, May 7

The United Arab Emirates’ Ministry of Defense announced that the country’s air defenses are “actively engaging” with a missile and drone attack as the Iran war’s shaky ceasefire was again challenged

9:12 PM on Thursday, May 7

A federal judge says instructions received by immigration enforcement officers to make civil immigrant arrests without warrants do not meet probable cause standards and should not used as guidance

7:41 PM on Thursday, May 7

A cyberattack has caused chaos for students at thousands of schools as they study for finals

7:27 PM on Thursday, May 7

President Donald Trump has visited the Lincoln Memorial to see the reflecting pool he's painting in a color he calls “American flag blue.”

2:09 PM on Thursday, May 7

The NCAA will expand its March Madness tournaments by eight teams each next season

1:16 PM on Thursday, May 7

The Iran war has caused the biggest disruption of global oil supplies in history and sent average U.S. gasoline prices surging past $4.50 a gallon this week

6:41 PM on Wednesday, May 6