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A half-million young Catholics invade Rome, awaiting Pope Leo XIV at Holy Year youth festival

ROME (AP) — Hundreds of thousands of young Catholics poured into a vast field on Rome’s outskirts Saturday for the weekend highlight of the Vatican’s 2025 Holy Year: an evening vigil, outdoor slumber...

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Prosecutors say kids at a camp were sickened by sedatives in candy. A 76-year-old has been charged

LONDON (AP) — A 76-year-old man appeared in a court in central England on Saturday to face child cruelty charges after several boys at a summer camp were sickened by what prosecutors say was candy laced...

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Israeli fire kills at least 18 in Gaza, and US envoy visits hostage family protest

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — More than a dozen people, eight of them food-seekers, were killed by Israeli fire on Saturday, health officials in Gaza said, as Palestinians endured severe risks searching...

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Hurricane Gil continues to churn far out in the eastern Pacific

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Hurricane Gil was continuing to churn in the eastern Pacific Ocean on Saturday but is not expected to threaten land and is likely to decrease in strength rapidly over the weekend,...

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Hot dog spill shuts down highway in Pennsylvania commuters' wurst nightmare

SHREWSBURY, Pa. (AP) — A truckload of hot dogs spilled across a Pennsylvania interstate Friday after a crash that briefly clogged the heavily traveled artery in both directions. Crews were stuck with...

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Trump orders US nuclear subs repositioned over 'highly provocative statements' from ex-Russian leader Medvedev

WASHINGTON (AP) — In a warning to Russia, President Donald Trump said Friday he's ordering the repositioning of two U.S. nuclear submarines “based on the highly provocative statements” of the country's...

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Conor McGregor loses appeal against civil jury's finding he sexually assaulted a woman

LONDON (AP) — Mixed martial arts fighter Conor McGregor on Thursday lost his legal appeal against a civil court’s finding that he sexually assaulted a woman at a Dublin hotel. In November...
Virginia Giuffre's family expresses shock over Trump saying Epstein 'stole' her

The family of Virginia Giuffre, who was among Jeffrey Epstein’s most well-known sex trafficking accusers, said that it was shocking to hear President Donald Trump say the disgraced financier “stole”...
What is watermarking and why is it falling short of protecting us against AI deepfakes?

Sometimes it's easy to tell whether a video is fake, other times, it's not. Watermarking is used to digitally stamp fake videos, whether that stamp is visible to the human eye or is embedded in the...
8.8 magnitude quake strikes off Russia's Far East. Tsunami waves reach Japan, Hawaii and California

One of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded struck off Russia’s sparsely populated Far East early Wednesday, sending tsunami waves into Japan, Hawaii and the U.S. West Coast. Several people were injured,...