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Pope Leo XIV Has Lung Cancer, Vatican Says After Successful Surgery

Surgeons removed the lower lobe of the pontiff's right lung at Rome's Gemelli hospital after tests confirmed adenocarcinoma; the Vatican says the operation went perfectly and recovery should take about a week.

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US · LAS VEGAS

Tupac's Killer Gets 40 Years to Life — Three Decades After the Murder That Shook Hip-Hop

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WORLD · UK-IRAN TENSIONS

UK Blames Iran's Revolutionary Guard for Foiled Terror Plot at Bomber Airbase

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US · HEALTH

FDA Probes Two Deaths Linked to Bootleg Weight-Loss Drug Sold as 'Reta'

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US · GEORGIA

Rider Dies in Fall From Six Flags Over Georgia's Goliath Coaster

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US · WASHINGTON

Judge Strikes Down DOJ's Nationwide Voter Roll Purge Program Weeks Before Midterms

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Drones Sink Ship Off Bulgaria's Black Sea Coast — Second Attack in a Week

Overnight drone strikes sank a vessel and hit a second off Bulgaria's coast, as Sofia, Brussels and Kyiv all point toward Moscow and the Black Sea 'shadow war' escalates.

GULF ON EDGE

Houthi Missiles Hit Riyadh and Abha Airports as Yemen's Bloodiest Offensive in Years Rages On

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UKRAINE WAR

Russian Strike Flattens Zaporizhzhia Apartment Block, Death Toll Climbs to 17

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MIDDLE EAST

Gaza's Ceasefire Turns One — And Humanitarian Groups Say It Exists In Name Only

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Pope Leo XIV Has Lung Cancer, Vatican Says After Successful Surgery

Tupac's Killer Gets 40 Years to Life — Three Decades After the Murder That Shook Hip-Hop

UK Blames Iran's Revolutionary Guard for Foiled Terror Plot at Bomber Airbase

US News

FDA Probes Two Deaths Linked to Bootleg Weight-Loss Drug Sold as 'Reta'

Rider Dies in Fall From Six Flags Over Georgia's Goliath Coaster

Judge Strikes Down DOJ's Nationwide Voter Roll Purge Program Weeks Before Midterms

World

Drones Sink Ship Off Bulgaria's Black Sea Coast — Second Attack in a Week

Houthi Missiles Hit Riyadh and Abha Airports as Yemen's Bloodiest Offensive in Years Rages On

Russian Strike Flattens Zaporizhzhia Apartment Block, Death Toll Climbs to 17

Gaza's Ceasefire Turns One — And Humanitarian Groups Say It Exists In Name Only

Celebrity & Entertainment

Tom Cruise's 'Digger' Box-Office Bomb Balloons to a $245 Million Disaster

Halle Berry Denies Ex Olivier Martinez's Child-Abuse Claims in New Court Filing

Scrappy Horror Flick 'Other Mommy' Crushes Aaron Sorkin's Star-Studded Flop

Breaking Bad Family Mourns RJ Mitte, Dead at 34

Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Trump Team's Bid to Keep DOGE Records Secret

Trump Ambassador Kimberly Guilfoyle Resigns From Greece Post Amid Misconduct Probe

Agents Search Rep. Ilhan Omar's Home in Federal Probe Weeks Before Midterms

Bank of America Hit With Historic $1.2 Billion Fine Over Money-Laundering Failures

Bank Earnings Season Opens With a Split: Goldman Soars, JPMorgan Misses

UnitedHealth's Comeback Rolls On: Earnings Beat, Profit Outlook Raised Again

Consumer Confidence Craters to a Five-Month Low — Even as Americans Keep Spending

Sports

Down 0-2: Dodgers Weigh Benching Shohei Ohtani as NLCS Nightmare Deepens

Packers' Javon Hargrave Carted Off With Torn Achilles, Likely Out for Season

Bills Survive Rams' Kicking Meltdown, Win 37-34 in Overtime on Monday Night Football