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Sudan delays signing of deal to usher in civilian government

April 1, 2023, 12:49pm Nation & World

Sudan’s military leaders and pro-democracy forces will delay the signing of an agreement to usher in a civilian government, both sides said in a joint statement issued early Saturday. Read story

Pope Francis waves from his car as he arrives at The Vatican, Saturday, April 1, 2023, after receiving treatment at the Agostino Gemelli University Hospital for bronchitis, The Vatican said. Francis was hospitalized on Wednesday after his public general audience in St. Peter's Square at The Vatican.

Pope Francis leaves hospital; ‘Still alive,’ he quips

Pope Francis waves from his car as he arrives at The Vatican, Saturday, April 1, 2023, after receiving treatment at the Agostino Gemelli University Hospital for bronchitis, The Vatican said. Francis was hospitalized on Wednesday after his public general audience in St. Peter's Square at The Vatican.

April 1, 2023, 12:21pm Latest News

A chipper-sounding Pope Francis was discharged Saturday from the Rome hospital where he was treated for bronchitis, quipping to journalists before being driven away that he's “still alive.” Read story

Patricia Borges is interviewed at Reading Hospital in West Reading,  Pa., on March 25.

Woman says vat of chocolate saved life

Patricia Borges is interviewed at Reading Hospital in West Reading,  Pa., on March 25.

March 31, 2023, 8:53pm Nation & World

A woman pulled alive from the rubble of a Pennsylvania chocolate factory after an explosion that killed seven co-workers says flames had engulfed the building, and her arm, when the floor gave way beneath her. That might have been the end, if she hadn’t fallen into a vat of liquid… Read story

Sherwood, Ark. Police and firefighters get help from volunteers clearing downed trees on Keihl Avenue after storms ripped through the area, Friday, March 31, 2023, in Sherwood, Ark. A monster storm system tore through the South and Midwest on Friday, spawning tornadoes that shredded homes and shopping centers, overturned vehicles and uprooted trees as people raced for shelter.

Monster storm spawns tornadoes in South, Midwest

Sherwood, Ark. Police and firefighters get help from volunteers clearing downed trees on Keihl Avenue after storms ripped through the area, Friday, March 31, 2023, in Sherwood, Ark. A monster storm system tore through the South and Midwest on Friday, spawning tornadoes that shredded homes and shopping centers, overturned vehicles and uprooted trees as people raced for shelter.

March 31, 2023, 8:52pm Nation & World

A monster storm system tore through the South and Midwest on Friday, spawning tornadoes that shredded homes and shopping centers, overturned vehicles and uprooted trees as people raced for shelter. At least one person was reported dead and two dozen or more were hurt, some critically, in the Little Rock… Read story

Climate, coups risk African goals for peace

March 31, 2023, 5:24pm Nation & World

The goal of silencing the guns in Africa this decade is being challenged by climate change, terrorism, coups and the continent’s history, the head of the African Union initiative told the U.N. Security Council on Thursday. Read story

Theater group sues to block Tennessee’s new anti-drag law

March 31, 2023, 4:06pm Nation & World

An LGBTQ+ theater company is suing to try to block Tennessee's first-in-the-nation law that placed strict limits on drag shows, saying it violates the First Amendment. Read story

Russia clashes with U.S. over tactical nukes for Belarus

March 31, 2023, 3:46pm Nation & World

Russia and the U.S. clashed in the United Nations on Friday over Moscow’s plans to deploy tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus, which neighboring Ukraine denounced as a desperate Kremlin attempt to avoid military defeat and “threaten the world with nuclear apocalypse.” Read story

Mourners gather for 1st Nashville school shooting funeral

March 31, 2023, 3:45pm Nation & World

Family and friends of Evelyn Dieckhaus, one of three children who were killed in a school shooting in Nashville this week, remembered her Friday as a “shining light” and said farewell to a girl who loved art, music, animals and snuggling with her older sister on the couch. Read story

U.S. boosts anti-China Pacific push with embassy in Vanuatu

March 31, 2023, 3:44pm Nation & World

The Biden administration said Friday that the U.S. will open an embassy in the South Pacific island nation of Vanuatu in its latest move to blunt China’s increasing influence in the Indo-Pacific. Read story

People attend a rally to mark the anniversary of the liberation of Bucha, a town outside Kyiv that became a symbol of Russian atrocities against civilians, near the Russian embassy, in Belgrade, Serbia, Friday, March 31, 2023.

1 year ago, scenes of horror emerged from Ukraine’s Bucha

People attend a rally to mark the anniversary of the liberation of Bucha, a town outside Kyiv that became a symbol of Russian atrocities against civilians, near the Russian embassy, in Belgrade, Serbia, Friday, March 31, 2023.

March 31, 2023, 2:08pm Nation & World

The cratered roads have been repaved and the damaged houses are gradually being repaired. But the scenes that emerged from this town near Kyiv a year ago, after it was retaken from Russian forces, have indelibly linked its name to the savagery of war. Read story