Pew: Of U.S. Catholics, 75% approve of Pope Francis even as approval rating falls 8 points from 2021
A Pew poll published Friday found 75% of American Catholics approve of Pope Francis, an 8 point drop from the approval rating in a 2021…
1 person dead, multiple injured after stolen 18-wheeler crashes into Texas DPS office
April 12 (UPI) -- One person is dead and at least 13 are injured after a stolen 18-wheeler crashed into a Texas Department of Public…
Donald Trump, Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson meet at Mar-a-Lago
1 of 2 | Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., speaks during a press conference after a weekly House Republican caucus meeting at the…
President Joe Biden says ‘extreme voices’ against racial equality put democracy at risk
1 of 3 | President Joe Biden delivers virtual remarks at the National Action Network Convention at the White House on Friday, April. The president…
Fears over Iran retaliation strike on Israel prompt travel restrictions, Biden concerns
1 of 2 | Israelis hold placards at a protest calling for the end of the Hamas-Israel war outside the U.S. embassy branch in Tel…
Abortion initiative likely going to Colorado ballot in November after signature goal met
1 of 2 | A Colorado advocacy group says it now has enough signatures to add a measure to the ballot in November that would…
Airlines urge Biden administration to cap number of U.S.-China flights
1 of 3 | The advocacy group Airlines for America sent a letter Friday to U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Transportation Secretary Pete…
FDA urges Congress to pass bill mandating food manufacturers test for lead
Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration Robert Califf looks on during a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing on May 4, 2023.…
A quarter of the nation’s school teachers reported a gun-related lockdown last year
Protestors marched against gun violence at City Hall in Los Angeles in 2022 following an elementary school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, that killed 19 children…
N.J. Sen. Bob Menendez, wife to face separate corruption trials
U.S. District Judge Sidney Stein Thursday ordered separate trials for Democratic New Jersey Sen. Robert Menendez and wife, Nadine, due to her recent diagnosis of…
PPI: Wholesale inflation rises 0.2% for March, below expectations
Wholesale inflation measured by a Producer Price Index report Thursday rose 0.2% for March - less than Dow Jones economists expected. Services drove the increase.…
Bipartisan lawmakers introduce bill to counter anti-Semitism
Demonstrators gather to denounce antisemitism at a "March for Israel" on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2023. On Thursday, bipartisan,…
Man arrested for detonating explosive device near Alabama AG office
The Justice Department on Wednesday announced the arrest and indictment of a suspect in late February's detonation of an explosive device outside the office of…
1 killed, 5 injured including children in shooting in Washington, D.C.
One man was killed and five others were injured, including two young boys, in a shooting Wednesday evening outside of an apartment complex in northeast…
Judge blocks Florida from enforcing pronoun law against transgender teacher
"Florida is proud to lead the way in standing up for our children," Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis said last year as he signed an expansion…
NOAA taps into $2.7M federal funding to help track ocean, climate changes
1 of 4 | Two program technicians deploy an Argo float in the ocean recently. Photo courtesy of the University of California-San Diego April 10…
Kari Lake walks back support for Arizona’s 1864 abortion law
1 of 2 | U.S. Senate candidate Kari Lake of Arizona arrives at the Conservative Political Action Conference on Feb. 24, at National Harbor, Md.…
Nadine Menendez, wife of Sen. Bob Menendez, asks to delay trial over medical condition
Bob Menendez, D-N.J, and Nadine Menendez arrive to attend a State Dinner in honor of President Emmanuel Macron at the White House in Washington, D.C.…
U.S. sends Ukraine thousands of confiscated Iranian guns, rocket launchers
1 of 2 | The United States last week transferred thousands of weapons to Ukraine that had been confiscated at sea en route from Iran…
Bidens greet Japanese PM Kishida, wife at White House for state visit
1 of 2 | President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden welcome Prime Minister of Japan Fumio Kishida and his wife, Yuko Kishida, to…