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Experts, human rights workers and lawyers criticized reports of plans to deport migrants from the U.S. to Libya

Americans in St. Peter’s square were stunned and joyous when they learned that an American cardinal, Robert Provost, was elected pope and had taken the name Leo XIV

Former ‘American Idol’ judge recalled the ‘bizarre’ interaction on the latest episode of the ‘How To Fail with Elizabeth Day’ podcast

The founder and former CEO of the cryptocurrency lending platform Celsius Network has been sentenced to 12 years in prison

Irish premier Micheal Martin and Northern Ireland’s First Minister Michelle O’Neill have also congratulated the new pontiff.

From the St. Peter’s Basilica to his native Chicago to his diocese of Chiclayo, Peru, Catholic faithful around the world greeted the election of Robert Prevost as the new pope. Prevost, a 69-year-old member of the Augustinian religious order, took the name Leo XIV. Peruvians, in particular, were elated by…

"They tossed out her brain. How can you do that with a brain?" Arlo Fellenz, the mother of the young woman who died, asked.

A group of American security contractors, ex-military officers and humanitarian aid officials is proposing to take over the distribution of food and other supplies in Gaza based on plans similar to ones designed by Israel

New York is set to lower the minimum hiring age for prison guards from 21 to 18, a move to boost the ranks of corrections officers during a shortage that was exacerbated after the state fired more than 2,000 guards after a weekslong strike that crippled the state’s prison system