At least 39 Palestinians were killed from Friday into Saturday while seeking aid, as top U.S. officials toured Gaza and met with the families of the Israeli hostages still held by Hamas. The visit, meant to give President Donald Trump a “clear understanding of the humanitarian situation” in Gaza, was criticized by an American nurse […]
Liver cancer is the third leading cause of all cancer deaths worldwide, and the number of diagnoses is expected to nearly double by 2050. However, a new study suggests that upwards of 60% of those cases could be preventable, ultimately saving between 8 million and 15 million lives. A growing, but reversible issue The Lancet […]
Apple said in an earnings call on Thursday, July 31, that its revenue for the quarter that ended in June went up by 10%, which CEO Tim Cook said was “better than expected.” Still, Cook said, the company could see $1.1 billion in costs from tariffs during the September quarter. That’s an increase from the […]
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 […]
