A new national study is pointing to education level as a growing divide in colorectal cancer deaths among younger Americans. It found that rising death rates are becoming more and more concentrated among people with less education. The study, published online this week in JAMA Oncology, examined nearly three decades of U.S. data and found that […]

For centuries, the Vatican has maintained a complicated, often controversial role in political life, a history that continues to shape modern debates as Pope Leo XIV weighs in on war, power and nuclear weapons. While critics periodically argue that popes should “stay out of politics,” historians and theologians say such a claim runs counter to […]

U.S. representatives are going to Pakistan on Monday for negotiations with Iran, President Donald Trump said on Truth Social. If a deal isn’t reached, the United States is going to knock out “every single Power Plant, and every single Bridge, in Iran,” he said. Military and international law experts have said striking power plants and […]

Iowa City police are investigating a shooting that injured multiple people early Sunday near the University of Iowa campus after officers responded to reports of a large fight downtown. Police were called at 1:46 a.m. to the 100 block of East College Street, where officers arriving on scene heard gunfire, according to the Iowa City Police Department. “At this time, […]

Eight children were killed in a shooting early Sunday in Shreveport, Louisiana. The suspected gunman later died after police shot and killed him in neighboring Bossier Parish, authorities said. Officers responding just after 6 a.m. found an extensive crime scene spanning multiple homes. Ten people were shot during what police described as a domestic disturbance. Eight […]

Thousands of people applied to be air traffic controllers after the Department of Transportation and Federal Aviation Administration rolled out a campaign aimed at recruiting video gamers. U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said at Semafor World Economy in Washington, D.C. that 6,000 people applied since the hiring window opened at midnight Friday. The portal closed […]

Federal officials ordered a massive emergency release of water from a major Upper Basin reservoir as the Colorado River system reels from one of the worst snowpack years on record, deepening tensions among Western states already locked in unresolved negotiations over the river’s future. The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation announced it will release up to one […]

The Trump administration extended a waiver letting countries buy sanctioned Russian oil, days after Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said it would not be doing so. On Friday, the Treasury Department posted on its website a license authorizing the delivery and sale of crude oil and petroleum products from Russia through May 16. This waiver replaces […]

Pope Leo XIV said Saturday that comments he made criticizing global abuses of power were not aimed at President Donald Trump, dismissing suggestions that the two leaders are engaged in a public feud. Speaking to reporters while flying to Angola, the third stop on his Africa tour, the American-born pontiff said his recent address warning of a […]