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College basketball honors pope with Catholic showcase in Rome

Pope Leo XIV has never been shy about weighing in on thorny topics: war and peace, artificial intelligence, the rights of migrants, the causes of poverty. This weekend, he'll be focused on college basketball.

Sandy Hook families urge Supreme Court to uphold state and local bans on AR-15-style rifles

Relatives whose loved ones were killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting are making an impassioned plea to the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold state and local bans on certain semiautomatic rifles, citing the high body counts and devastating injuries the weapons can inflict.

Trump cancels Kansas rally just days before Election Day

President Trump has canceled a planned rally in Kansas on Saturday, three days before Election Day, a White House official confirmed.

Police chief says shooting outside Virginia GOP offices has nothing to do with election

A shooting Thursday just outside the Republican Party of Virginia offices in Richmond had nothing to do with the upcoming midterm elections, police said.

Democrats want to end the war in Iran. Can congressional majorities give them that power?

Flipping the House and Senate would not grant Democrats unilateral power to end the war in Iran, but it would hand them more tools to leverage the Trump administration to bring the conflict to a close.

D.C. cop shoots man linked to earlier shooting that wounded victim

D.C. police on Thursday said an officer shot a man who was accused of wounding another man in an earlier shooting in Northeast Washington.

Bugatti CEO has his Chiron stolen after keys left inside; car recovered two countries away

Bugatti CEO Mate Rimac had his own Bugatti Chiron, a high-performance car costing at least $3 million, stolen from the company's factory in Croatia after he left the keys inside.

Trump hammers Senate candidate Andrews for her pro-transgender policies

President Trump on Thursday hammered Democrat Annie Andrews for her pro-transgender policies, saying she doesn't represent the state's values compared to her "apple pie" GOP rival Sen. Darline Graham.

'The Dog Stars' finds an audience on streaming after bombing in movie theaters

Filmmaker Ridley Scott's "The Dog Stars" is finding an audience on streaming after flopping in its theatrical run earlier this year.

Scientists sequence genome of trapdoor spider species named for Stephen Colbert

Scientists in California have found that the genome of a trapdoor spider species named for Stephen Colbert in 2008 is 1.5 times the size of the human genome.

Judge overturns Trump's definition of 'medically frail,' blocks attempt to narrow eligibility

A federal judge ruled Thursday that the Trump administration went too far in its attempt to add new conditions to what it means to be "medically frail" in order to escape new community service requirements for Medicaid.

Big 12 fines UCF $100,000 for fan behavior aimed at BYU, Mormon church

The Big 12 Conference has fined UCF $100,000 for fans' derogatory chants aimed at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at last weekend's football game against BYU.