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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — India fired missiles at three air bases inside Pakistan but most of the missiles were intercepted, Pakistan’s army spokesman said Saturday. It’s the latest escalation in a conflict triggered by a gun massacre last month that India blames Pakistan for. State-run Pakistan Television immediately said that retaliatory attacks were …

U.S. officials have ordered spy agencies to ramp up efforts to gather intelligence on Greenland, according to two sources with knowledge of the matter, in a sign President Donald Trump apparently remains focused on acquiring the island. The directive was first reported by The Wall Street Journal.  The move has …

A popular influencer who has been open about her abusive relationship with her ex-boyfriend received an outpouring of support online this week after he pleaded guilty in court. Kayla Malec, who has 16.6 million followers on TikTok and almost 1.8 subscribers on YouTube, first publicly detailed abuse allegations against Evan Johnson …

WASHINGTON — Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told congressional leaders on Friday that the U.S. will likely run out of borrowing authority by August. In a May 9 letter, he urged them to extend the debt ceiling by July, before Congress leaves for its annual August recess, in order to avert …

U.S. regulators said Friday that they would allow three new color additives made from natural sources to be used in the nation’s food supply. It comes after health officials pledged a sweeping phase-out of petroleum-based dyes widely used in foods from cereals to sports drinks to boost health — though action is still pending. …

The election of an American as pope is being recognized as a historic choice, but Chicago-born missionary Robert Prevost represents another notable departure from pontiffs of the past. Prevost, 69, is the first Augustinian friar to become pope, the Vatican News reported. “The fact that the pope is from the …

A little over a year ago, around the time of the 2024 NBA All-Star break, Cleveland Cavaliers guard Darius Garland was speechless. Literally. Recovering from a broken jaw suffered during an in-game collision, Garland’s mouth was wired shut, rendering him unable to speak or eat. The fractured jaw was one …

Pope Leo XIV, the first American to ascend to the papacy, has voted in three Republican primary elections since 2012, state voting records show. Records from Will County show a Robert F. Prevost (the new pontiff’s birth name) registered in the county using an address that belongs to the pope’s …

Six weeks before a masked intruder slipped inside a rental home on the edge of the University of Idaho campus, fatally stabbed four students and ducked into the darkness, Bryan Kohberger was coming under pressure. During the fall semester of 2022, Kohberger was a 27-year-old doctoral student in criminology at …

Radar screens serving Newark Liberty International Airport went black early Friday morning, raising more air traffic safety concerns at the busy New Jersey hub, federal authorities said. The outrage shortly before 4 a.m. EDT lasted only 90 seconds on a limited number of sectors, the FAA said, but the blackout …