May 8, 2025, 10:44 AM
ope Leo XIV appears on the central loggia of St. Peter's Basilica after being chosen the 267th pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church, at the Vatican, Thursday, May 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
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MADISON, Wis. (AP) 鈥� Republicans who control the Wisconsin Legislature voted Thursday to kill most of the top spending priorities of Democratic Gov. Tony Evers, including legalizing marijuana, even as both sides negotiate a tax cut. The Legislature’s Republican-controlled budget committee voted along party lines to kill more than 600 budget proposals put forward by […]
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WASHINGTON (AP) 鈥� The Trump administration’s Homeland Security chief has replaced the acting administrator of the beleaguered Federal Emergency Management Agency as its continuing existence remains up in the air, an agency spokesperson said Thursday. Cameron Hamilton will be replaced by another acting administrator, David Richardson, the spokesperson said. The news comes at a moment […]
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NEW YORK (AP) 鈥� The nation’s infant mortality rate dropped last year after two years of hovering at a late-pandemic plateau. Some experts think one reason for the drop could be a vaccination campaign against RSV, or respiratory syncytial virus, which is a common cause of cold-like symptoms that can be dangerous for infants. The […]
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) 鈥� Florida’s former lieutenant governor has been named the sole finalist to become the next president of Florida International University. The presidential search committee’s unanimous selection of former Republican state lawmaker Jeanette Nu帽ez is no surprise 鈥� she has been the school’s interim president since February and has the backing of Republican […]
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MADISON, Wis. (AP) 鈥� Democratic voters on Thursday asked the liberal-controlled Wisconsin Supreme Court to throw out the battleground state鈥檚 current congressional district boundaries after a similar request was rejected last year. Republicans currently hold six of the state’s eight U.S. House seats 鈥� but only two of those districts are considered competitive. The petition […]
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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is retiring its public database meant to keep track of the cost of losses from climate change-fueled weather disasters including floods, heat waves, wildfires and more. It is the latest example of changes to the agency and the Trump administration limiting federal government resources on climate change. NOAA falls […]
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