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The newly elected pontiff delivered a speech in Italian and Spanish. Here’s what he said.

The Pentagon will immediately begin moving as many as 1,000 openly identifying transgender service members out of the military and give others 30 days to self-identify.

Rumors over whether the new pope, who is from Chicago, is a Cubs or a White Sox fan have been swirling since he was elected Thursday — and now his family is putting the argument to rest.

The deadline is approaching to file a claim in the $95 million settlement for a class action lawsuit that accused Apple of using Siri to eavesdrop.

Pope Leo XIV’s online footprint was quickly dissected, sparking mixed reactions from the right over posts seemingly critical of Trump and Vance.

Women seeking help for certain gynecological disorders may have their symptoms gaslighted by their doctors or nurses, a new study suggests. The flood of dismissive and invalidating remarks by health care providers about disorders affecting the vulva and vagina can be devastating for women, sometimes leading them to abandon their search fo...

In his first words as Pope Francis’ successor, uttered from the loggia of St. Peter’s Basilica, Leo emphasized a message of peace, dialogue and missionary evangelization.

The president announced earlier Thursday that he would be replacing Ed Martin, a “stop the steal” organizer closely aligned with Jan. 6 defendants, as his nominee.

Kavan Markwood, the fan who fell 20 feet onto the home field of the Pittsburgh Pirates, spoke publicly for the first time since the incident.

Bill Gates accused Elon Musk of killing poor children as he announced Thursday that he would donate his remaining fortune to his charity, the Gates Foundation. In a wide-ranging interview with the Financial Times, Gates addressed Musk’s recent cuts to the U.S. Agency for International Development, the federal agency responsible for distr...

Criminal proceedings were suspended Thursday against the man accused of stalking actor Jennifer Aniston and crashing his car into the gate at her home in Bel-Air, Los Angeles.

The name a new pope chooses is often the first clue to his priorities. The last pope named Leo was Leo XIII, who began his papacy in 1878.

A physician in California who goes by Dr. Andrew Cassidy on social media says the most challenging aspect of working in pediatrics isn’t caring for the children — it’s dealing with the parents. “100%,” Cassidy, who practices family medicine, lamented in an Instagram reel that has resonated with fellow healthcare professionals and teachers, many of ...