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Pope cheers East Timor’s recovery while acknowledging a bishop’s abuse scandal

September 9, 2024, 9:47am Churches & Religion

Pope Francis received a raucous welcome Monday as he arrived in East Timor to celebrate its recovery from a bloody and traumatic independence battle, even as he indirectly acknowledged an abuse scandal involving its Nobel Peace Prize-winning hero. Read story

Kate, princess of Wales, says she’ll return to public duties

September 9, 2024, 9:47am Nation & World

Kate, the princess of Wales, says she has completed chemotherapy and will return to some public duties in the coming months. Read story

House Republicans release report blaming Biden for disastrous end to U.S. war in Afghanistan

September 9, 2024, 9:47am Latest News

House Republicans on Sunday issued a scathing report on their investigation into the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, blaming the disastrous end of America's longest war on President Joe Biden's administration and minimizing the role of former President Donald Trump, who had signed the withdrawal deal with the Taliban. Read story

U.S. seeks new pedestrian safety rules aimed at increasingly massive SUVs and pickup trucks

September 9, 2024, 9:44am Business

The U.S. government's road safety agency wants the auto industry to design new vehicles including i ncreasingly large SUVs and pickup trucks so they reduce pedestrian deaths and injuries. Read story

Google faces new antitrust trial after ruling declaring search engine a monopoly

September 9, 2024, 9:43am Business

One month after a judge declared Google's search engine an illegal monopoly, the tech giant faces another antitrust lawsuit that threatens to break up the company, this time over its advertising technology. Read story

Syria says Israeli strikes kill 18 people in a large-scale attack on sites

September 9, 2024, 9:43am Nation & World

The number of people killed in overnight Israeli strikes in Syria has risen to 18 with dozens more wounded, Syria's health minister said Monday — the largest death toll in such an attack since the beginning of the war in Gaza. Read story

U.S. investigating reports that some Jeep SUVs and pickups can catch fire after engines are turned off

September 9, 2024, 9:42am Business

U.S. auto safety regulators are investigating reports that the engines can catch fire on some Jeep SUVs and pickup trucks even with the ignition turned off. Read story

Trial begins over Texas ‘Trump Train’ highway confrontation

September 9, 2024, 9:26am Nation & World

A federal trial is set to begin Monday over claims that supporters of former President Donald Trump threatened and harassed a Biden-Harris campaign bus in Texas four years ago, disrupting the campaign on the last day of early voting. Read story

Mega Millions jackpot soars to an estimated $800 million

September 9, 2024, 9:22am Business

The Mega Millions jackpot has risen to an estimated $800 million with a cash option of $401.8 million for Tuesday’s drawing after no one matched all the winning numbers for Friday night's drawing. Read story

Vietnam storm deaths rise to 64 as a bridge collapses and flooding sweeps away a bus

September 9, 2024, 9:22am Latest News

A bridge collapsed and a bus was swept away by flooding in Vietnam on Monday, raising the death toll in the Southeast Asian country to at least 64 from a typhoon and subsequent heavy rains that also damaged factories in export-focused northern industrial hubs, state media reported. Read story