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The Rev. Michael J.K. Fuller (from left), Archbishop Timothy Broglio and Archbishop William Lori of Baltimore conduct the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops plenary assembly in Baltimore on Tuesday. Stephanie Scarbrough/AP hide caption toggle caption Stephanie Scarbrough/AP U.S. Catholic bishops voted Wednesday to make official a ban on gender-affirming care for transgender patients at

Members of the National Guard patrol along Beale Street, Oct. 24, in Memphis, Tenn. Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe recently authorized members of his state National Guard to assist immigration agents with clerical and logistical tasks. George Walker IV/AP hide caption toggle caption George Walker IV/AP Jaiden Booth has been keeping a close eye on viral

A For Sale sign displayed in front of a home in 2023 in Miami, Fla. Trump administration officials are proposing a 50-year mortgage option. Joe Raedle/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Joe Raedle/Getty Images Most people who take out mortgages go with a 30-year term. But President Trump wants the federal government to back a

Japanese actor Tatsuya Nakadai in 2019. Nakadai died at the age of 92 over the weekend. STR/JIJI Press/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption STR/JIJI Press/AFP via Getty Images Tatsuya Nakadai, a veteran Japanese actor best known for films such as Ran, High and Low and Harakiri, died on Saturday at the age of

Patients who are infected with malaria and dengue virus receive treatment in an isolation ward at a hospital in Pakistan. Drugs known as artemisinins have been remarkably effective in helping malaria patients recover but there's concern that the malaria parasite is developing resistance. A new drug called GanLum seems to offer a promising alternative. Zubair

Palestinians and journalists survey damage in an industrial zone following an attack by Israeli settlers the previous day in the West Bank village of Beit Lid, near Tulkarm, Wednesday. Majdi Mohammed/AP hide caption toggle caption Majdi Mohammed/AP JERUSALEM — Israel's president and high-ranking military officials on Wednesday condemned attacks a day earlier by Jewish settlers

Russian chess grandmaster Vladimir Kramnik, right, concentrates during a February 2015 game against U.S. grandmaster Lewon Aronjan during the Zurich Chess Challenge. Ennio Leanza/Keystone via AP hide caption toggle caption Ennio Leanza/Keystone via AP Chess's international governing body said Tuesday that it filed a complaint against former World Chess Champion Vladimir Kramnik after he leveled

Israel has repeatedly been accused of using Palestinians as human shields in violation of international law. The United States had evidence last year that Israeli officials discussed how their soldiers sent Palestinians into tunnels in Gaza that the Israelis believed were potentially lined with explosives, two former US officials have told the Reuters news agency.