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Cardinals have wrapped up their pre-conclave meetings before they enter the conclave to elect a new pope.

A former Nashville police lieutenant has been arrested on charges of theft, burglary and official misconduct

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The family of a U.S. airman who was killed by a Florida sheriff’s deputy inside his own home in 2024 has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit over the shooting

Watch live as Mark Carney speaks to the media after meeting Donald Trump at the White House on Tuesday, 6 May, for the first time since the newly elected Canadian prime minister won the federal election.

The New York City university said cuts were indicative of ‘intense’ pressure for funding it is experiencing following Trump’s federal cuts

A federal judge has temporarily barred President Donald Trump’s administration from dramatically shrinking three agencies that fund libraries, settle labor disputes and support state business contracting programs

This was like trying to fix a microwave by hugging it — and Carney did his level best. But the press conference between the two leaders was a reminder that even when you make a show of taking Trump seriously, the president doesn’t like to play nice, writes Holly Baxter

Watch as Donald Trump welcomes Mark Carney to the White House on Tuesday, 6 May, for the first time since the newly elected Canadian prime minister won the federal election.

The Associated Press says it has found “no definitive evidence” to warrant changing the credit for one of its most famous photographs

The European Commission wants to halt EU imports of Russian natural gas by the end of 2027

Mark Carney pushed back on Donald Trump's repeated threats to make Canada the "51st state" as the pair talked face-to-face at the White House on Tuesday, 6 May.

Federal judges have blasted the administration’s ban as ‘soaked in animus’ against trans Americans

A Michigan court says it won’t accept an appeal from a school shooter who was sentenced to life in prison in 2023 for killing four students and wounding others

The main trade unions support the proposal

The Food and Drug Administration says that a prominent medical contrarian and critic of the drug industry will head its vaccine center

Elon Musk claimed Mars offered humanity ‘life insurance’ as part of a multi-planet civilization before Earth’s incineration by the sun

Kentucky Derby winner Sovereignty won't run in the Preakness Stakes

The 133 cardinals seem fundamentally united in finding a pope who will be able to make the church credible and relevant today

Pietro Parolin has been the Vatican's secretary of state for the last 12 years

Ansley Baker and Liz Victor said they were asked to show identification to prove their sex at Boston’s Liberty Hotel

The Vatican has made sure that what happens in the Sistine Chapel stays in the Sistine Chapel

Kerry Kennedy is working on a memoir about her late mother, Ethel Kennedy

A tax on the endowments of America’s wealthiest colleges began during President Donald Trump’s first administration, collecting 1.4% of their investment earnings

Rwanda's deal with Britain to take in rejected asylum-seekers collapsed last year after much criticism by human rights groups