Pope Leo XIV on Saturday told the basketball teams from his alma mater, Villanova, and fellow Catholic university Notre Dame — in Rome for their season opener — that in matters of sport, the pontiff is neutral. Then the pope, who was born Robert Prevost, said his former self might disagree. “Pre...
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A shooting in California at a store selling costumes and decor on the eve of Halloween has left one person dead and six injured, police said.
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Political memes have exploded in Brazil since Sunday’s election that saw President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva beat his opponent Flávio Bolsonaro, who responded to his loss by fleeing the country. Social media played an outsized role in Lula's win, with the unprecedented mobilizati...
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Houston police said the victim was riding his bike when two men in hoodies came up and started shooting him.
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Houston police said a man was shot several times, including in the head, while riding his bike Friday night in Third Ward.
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The laboratory, funded by a $2 million grant, is the first of its kind in western academia — touted as democratizing metallurgy while freeing researchers to pursue bigger-picture questions without worrying about the labor of polishing metal alloys....
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A man was killed early Saturday morning in a single-vehicle crash after hitting a pole at high speed in southwest Houston, police said.
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Webster police are searching for a vehicle that left the scene of an auto-pedestrian crash that killed one person and critically injured another Friday night....
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A man is dead after being shot in southwest Houston early Saturday morning, police said. The Houston Police Department said they got the shooting call around 6:15 a.m. near Westpark Drive and Gessner Road. Man dies after being shot while riding bicycle in Houston’s Third Ward, po...
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Barbara Weigand could not have prepared more for retirement. She stayed healthy and saved diligently for years. This year, though, a shoulder surgery and a bladder cancer diagnosis have really tested her finances. She recently withdrew $4,000 from her retirement account to cover ...
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An aging NASA telescope is barely clinging to space after a failed rescue effort left it tottering lower and lower. The U.S. Space Force predicts the Swift Observatory will come crashing down on or around Friday. Most of the 1 ½-ton telescope is expected to burn up in the atmosph...
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For the first time in a dozen years, a leading OB-GYN group has updated its guidance on managing hot flashes, night sweats, sleep changes and other disruptive symptoms that often come with menopause . Doctors stressed the importance of hormone therapies , which many women are con...
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Halloween Rain Timeline: Keep the umbrellas near by as another round of spotty to scattered showers and storms return Saturday. The first half the day is dry with partly to mostly cloudy skies. Rain begins to turn scattered Saturday evening so from 5 pm to 7 pm is when you need t...
