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Volodymyr Zelenskyy, president of Ukraine speaks to the press during a media briefing on the territory of Khmelnytskyi Nuclear Power Plant, Ukraine, Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025.

Zelenskyy to Vance: Ukraine wants ‘security guarantees’ as Trump seeks to end Ukraine-Russia war

Volodymyr Zelenskyy, president of Ukraine speaks to the press during a media briefing on the territory of Khmelnytskyi Nuclear Power Plant, Ukraine, Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025.

February 14, 2025, 9:35am Latest News

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Friday that his country wants “security guarantees” before any talks with Russia, as the Trump administration presses both countries to find a quick endgame to the three-year war. Read story

Candles, one showing a photo of Pope Francis, are seen in front of the Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic in Rome, Friday, Feb. 14, 2025, where Pope Francis has been hospitalized to undergo some necessary diagnostic tests and to continue his ongoing treatment for bronchitis.

Pope Francis is hospitalized to treat bronchitis and undergo tests as weekend events are canceled

Candles, one showing a photo of Pope Francis, are seen in front of the Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic in Rome, Friday, Feb. 14, 2025, where Pope Francis has been hospitalized to undergo some necessary diagnostic tests and to continue his ongoing treatment for bronchitis.

February 14, 2025, 8:35am Churches & Religion

Pope Francis was hospitalized Friday to treat a weeklong bout of bronchitis and undergo diagnostic tests, the Vatican said, confirming the latest issues with the 88-year-old’s pontiff’s health that forced him to cancel his agenda through Monday at least. Read story

President Donald Trump shakes hands with India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the Oval Office of the White House, Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025, in Washington.

Takeaways from Modi, Trump meeting: Cooperation on trade and defense — plus some mutual praise

President Donald Trump shakes hands with India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the Oval Office of the White House, Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025, in Washington.

February 14, 2025, 8:35am Nation & World

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the U.S. President Donald Trump spoke about easing tariffs, resolving trade issues and shoring up defense ties in a meeting at the White House on Thursday. Read story

FILE - The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is shown Sunday, March 15, 2020, in Atlanta.

CDC to lose one-tenth of workforce under Trump administration probationary job cuts

FILE - The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is shown Sunday, March 15, 2020, in Atlanta.

February 14, 2025, 8:34am Health

Nearly 1,300 probationary employees at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention — roughly one-tenth of the agency’s workforce — are being forced out under the Trump administration’s move to get rid of all probationary employees. Read story

FILE - A National Park Service sign marks the Stonewall National Monument outside the Stonewall Inn, Monday, June 17, 2024, in New York.

US Park Service erases the word ‘transgender’ from website commemorating Stonewall riot

FILE - A National Park Service sign marks the Stonewall National Monument outside the Stonewall Inn, Monday, June 17, 2024, in New York.

February 14, 2025, 8:34am Life

References to transgender people were removed Thursday from a National Park Service website for the Stonewall National Monument, a park and visitor center in New York that commemorates a 1969 riot that became a pivotal moment for the LGBTQ+ rights movement. Read story

Including people without legal status in census has had little impact on House seats, study finds

February 14, 2025, 8:32am Nation & World

Republicans are trying again to exclude people who are in the U.S. illegally from the numbers used to portion out congressional seats among the states. But a new study says their inclusion in the past four censuses has had little impact on presidential elections or control of Congress. Read story

Ukrainian Emergency Service, the damaged protective shell over the fourth reactor of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant is seen from inside following a drone strike, Friday, Feb. 14, 2025.

A drone damaged the outer shell of Ukraine’s Chernobyl nuclear plant. Radiation levels are normal

Ukrainian Emergency Service, the damaged protective shell over the fourth reactor of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant is seen from inside following a drone strike, Friday, Feb. 14, 2025.

February 14, 2025, 8:29am Nation & World

CHERNOBYL NUCLEAR POWER STATION, Ukraine (AP) — A drone armed with a warhead hit the protective outer shell of Ukraine’s Chernobyl nuclear plant early Friday, damaging the structure and briefly starting a fire, in an attack Kyiv blamed on Russia. The Kremlin denied it was responsible. Read story

FILE - The Peace Monument, also known as the Naval Monument or Civil War Sailors Monument, is covered with snow outside the Capitol, Feb. 12, 2025, after a snowstorm in Washington.

Very cold weather is coming. US about to get 10th and chilliest polar vortex this winter

FILE - The Peace Monument, also known as the Naval Monument or Civil War Sailors Monument, is covered with snow outside the Capitol, Feb. 12, 2025, after a snowstorm in Washington.

February 14, 2025, 8:24am Latest News

The coldest burst of Arctic air this season is coming to put an icy exclamation point on America’s winter of repeated polar vortex invasions, meteorologists warn. And it will stay frozen there all next week. Read story

White House blocks AP reporter from Trump-Modi news conference because of Gulf of Mexico fight

February 14, 2025, 8:09am Business

The White House blocked an Associated Press journalist from covering a news conference with two major world leaders Thursday, upping the stakes in a disagreement between the news agency and the Trump administration over AP’s style decision to stick with the name “Gulf of Mexico” for the body of water… Read story

Lucerne eggs are seen for sale at a Safeway, Monday, Jan. 27, 2025, in Seattle.

California is at the center of the country’s egg mess. Here’s why and what’s coming

Lucerne eggs are seen for sale at a Safeway, Monday, Jan. 27, 2025, in Seattle.

February 14, 2025, 8:06am Business

Easter isn’t until April, but the hunt is on for eggs. Read story