Anonymous sources with the Indian government told Reuters on Saturday that New Delhi would continue buying crude oil from Russia, regardless of threats from President Donald Trump to impose additional tariffs and an unspecified penalty on the country if it financially supported Moscow. Without addressing Trump’s threat directly, one of the sources said India’s agreement […]

Four people have been arrested and two suspects remain at large following a violent brawl in downtown Cincinnati that gained widespread attention after video footage of the attack circulated online. The footage shows a group assaulting a man and woman, leaving the woman unconscious near Elm and Fourth Streets. Dominique Kittle, 37, is the latest […]

Hundreds of thousands of young Catholics from 146 countries, including several from conflict zones such as Lebanon, Iraq, Myanmar, Ukraine, Syria and South Sudan, are converging on Rome from Saturday to Sunday. The weekend includes an evening vigil, an outdoor slumber party and a Sunday morning Mass celebrated by Pope Leo XIV. Italian news reports […]

Tropical Storm Gil continued to hold steady as it went across the Pacific Ocean on Saturday, Aug. 2. While it became a hurricane the day before, Gil was later downgraded back to a tropical storm. As of Saturday afternoon, Gil was about 1,355 miles west of the southern tip of Baja California, according to the […]

Summer tends to provide a respite from school. However, due to a couple of recent changes at the Education Department, thoughts of school this summer have weighed heavily not necessarily on current students, but on those who have graduated. That’s because on Friday, student loan interest relief officially ended for more than 8 million borrowers. […]

Pope Leo addressed more than one million pilgrims at an outdoor Mass in Rome on Sunday morning. The pontiff expressed gratitude for the young people attending the Jubilee. He also looked ahead to the next World Youth Day, scheduled for Aug. 3-8, 2027, in Seoul, South Korea. The pontiff offered condolences to the families of […]

Officials said there was an earthquake around 10:17 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 2, near Hasbrouck Heights, New Jersey, which some New York residents may also have felt. The quake was relatively weak, ranking at a 3.0 on the Richter scale, according to the United States Geological Survey. This earthquake happened because of faulting at shallow depths […]

An independent federal agency has opened an investigation into Jack Smith, the former special counsel who was tasked with investigating President Donald Trump. The investigation comes after Republicans alleged Smith used the investigations to engage in illegal political activity. On Saturday, the Office of Special Counsel confirmed that it was investigating Smith on the allegations. […]

After weeks of negotiations and even a rare weekend meeting, senators were unable to come to an agreement on President Donald Trump’s nominations before the August recess. Now, Republicans say they may change Senate rules to make sure Trump’s nominees go through. Democrats have blocked many of Trump’s nominations, forcing roll-call votes instead of the […]