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Pope Francis waves to greet the volunteers on his arrival in Singapore, Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2024.

Pope travels from one of the world’s poorest countries to one of the richest: Singapore

Pope Francis waves to greet the volunteers on his arrival in Singapore, Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2024.

September 11, 2024, 10:51am Churches & Religion

Pope Francis flew to Singapore on Wednesday for the final leg of his trip through Asia, arriving in one of the world’s richest countries from one of its poorest after a record-setting final Mass in East Timor. Read story

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks during a meeting with Ukraine&#039;s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the Mariinsky Palace in Kyiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2024.

Top U.S. and U.K. diplomats visit Kyiv as Ukraine pleads for permission to strike inside Russia

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks during a meeting with Ukraine&#039;s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the Mariinsky Palace in Kyiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2024.

September 11, 2024, 10:42am Nation & World

The top U.S. and British diplomats traveled together to the Ukrainian capital Wednesday to underscore their commitment to the country in its war with Russia, and Ukrainian officials pressured the visitors to let them use Western-provided long-range missiles against targets inside Russia. Read story

People inspect the destruction following an Israeli forces raid in Tulkarem, West Bank, on Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2024.

Israeli airstrikes hit U.N. school and homes in Gaza, killing at least 34 people, hospitals say

People inspect the destruction following an Israeli forces raid in Tulkarem, West Bank, on Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2024.

September 11, 2024, 10:41am Latest News

Israeli airstrikes across Gaza overnight and Wednesday hit a U.N. school sheltering displaced Palestinian families as well as two homes, killing at least 34 people, including 19 women and children, hospital officials said. Read story

Lindsey Ranney and her dog Fig fill the trunk of Ranney&#039;s car with sandbags in preparation for Hurricane Francine from a pile of sand provided by Harrison County at the end of Courthouse Boulevard in Gulfport, Miss. on Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024.

Hurricane Francine strengthens into a Category 2 storm ahead of landfall in Louisiana

Lindsey Ranney and her dog Fig fill the trunk of Ranney&#039;s car with sandbags in preparation for Hurricane Francine from a pile of sand provided by Harrison County at the end of Courthouse Boulevard in Gulfport, Miss. on Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024.

September 11, 2024, 10:32am Latest News

Hurricane Francine barreled toward Louisiana on Wednesday strengthening to a Category 2 storm that could bring deadly storm surge, widespread flooding and destructive winds on the northern U.S. Gulf coast. Read story

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., walks to a meeting at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2024.

Speaker Johnson pulls a vote on a bill to avoid a partial government shutdown

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., walks to a meeting at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2024.

September 11, 2024, 10:29am Latest News

Speaker Mike Johnson pulled a vote Wednesday on a temporary spending bill that would keep federal agencies and programs funded for six months when the new budget year begins on Oct. 1. Read story

The Bells of Remembrance are rung by Fred Lukachinsky, president of Friends of Flight 93, and Donna Gibson, left, executive director of Friends of Flight 93, at the Flight 93 National Memorial on the 23rd anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks in Shanksville, Pa., Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2024.

U.S. commemorates 9/11 attacks with victims in focus and politics in view

The Bells of Remembrance are rung by Fred Lukachinsky, president of Friends of Flight 93, and Donna Gibson, left, executive director of Friends of Flight 93, at the Flight 93 National Memorial on the 23rd anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks in Shanksville, Pa., Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2024.

September 11, 2024, 10:05am Latest News

The U.S. has remembered the lives taken and those reshaped by 9/11, marking an anniversary laced with presidential campaign politics as President Joe Biden, former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris stood together Wednesday at ground zero. Read story

Shoppers pause in the produce section at a Walmart Superstore in Secaucus, New Jersey, July 11, 2024.

U.S. inflation reaches a 3-year low as Federal Reserve prepares to cut interest rates

Shoppers pause in the produce section at a Walmart Superstore in Secaucus, New Jersey, July 11, 2024.

September 11, 2024, 9:29am Latest News

The post-pandemic spike in U.S. inflation eased further last month as year-over-year price increases reached a three-year low, clearing the way for the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates and likely shaping the economic debate in the final weeks of the presidential race. Read story

From left, Carol Hamilton, Cristo Carter and Cynthia Huntley prepare ballots to be mailed at the Mecklenburg County Board of Elections in Charlotte, N.C., Sept. 5, 2024.

Election officials warn that widespread problems with the U.S. mail system could disrupt voting

From left, Carol Hamilton, Cristo Carter and Cynthia Huntley prepare ballots to be mailed at the Mecklenburg County Board of Elections in Charlotte, N.C., Sept. 5, 2024.

September 11, 2024, 9:27am Nation & World

State and local election officials from across the country on Wednesday warned that problems with the nation's mail delivery system threaten to disenfranchise voters in the upcoming presidential election, telling the head of the U.S. Postal Service that it hasn't fixed persistent deficiencies. Read story

Fires spread through the environmental protection area of Pouso Alto, in Chapada dos Veadeiros National Park, during dry season, in Colinas do Sul, Goias state, Brazil, Monday, Sept. 9, 2024.

During Brazil’s worst drought, wildfires rage and the Amazon River falls to a record low

Fires spread through the environmental protection area of Pouso Alto, in Chapada dos Veadeiros National Park, during dry season, in Colinas do Sul, Goias state, Brazil, Monday, Sept. 9, 2024.

September 10, 2024, 4:00pm Nation & World

Brazil is enduring its worst drought since nationwide measurements began over seven decades ago, with 59% of the country under stress — an area roughly half the size of the U.S. Read story

FILE - Dave Grohl of the Foo Fighters performs at Festival d&#039;&eacute;t&eacute; de Qu&eacute;bec, July 8, 2023, at Plains of Abraham in Quebec City.

Dave Grohl says he’s father to a new daughter outside his 21-year marriage

FILE - Dave Grohl of the Foo Fighters performs at Festival d&#039;&eacute;t&eacute; de Qu&eacute;bec, July 8, 2023, at Plains of Abraham in Quebec City.

September 10, 2024, 3:29pm Nation & World

Dave Grohl says he recently fathered a daughter outside his marriage of 21 years marriage to Jordyn Blum, with whom he has three older daughters. Read story