Ronald Hicks to be installed as 11th archbishop of New York

NEW YORK (AP) — Ronald Hicks is set to be installed Friday as the 11th archbishop of New York in a ceremony at a revered Manhattan church where dignitaries and laypeople from all walks of life are
Colorado funeral home owner faces sentencing for abusing 189 bodies

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — A Colorado funeral home owner who stashed 189 decomposing bodies in a building over four years and gave grieving families fake ashes will be sentenced Friday on corpse abuse charges. Jon Hallford
Savannah Guthrie’s demand for mom’s ‘proof of life’ is complicated in this era of AI and deepfakes

When Savannah Guthrie made a heart-wrenching plea to the kidnapper of her 84-year-old mother to send “proof of life,” she addressed the possibility of people creating deepfakes. “We live in a world where voices and images are
In Minnesota, sending a child to school is an act of faith for immigrant families

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — In some ways, 10-year-old Giancarlo is one of the lucky ones. He still goes to school. Each morning, he and his family bundle up and leave their Minneapolis apartment to wait for his bus.
FACT FOCUS: Trump says tariffs have created an economic miracle. The facts tell a different story

WASHINGTON (AP) — Looking back on the first year of his second term, President Donald Trump boasts that he has resurrected the American economy by imposing big import taxes on foreign products. He made his case in
US strikes another alleged drug-trafficking boat in Eastern Pacific

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military said Thursday that it has carried out another deadly strike on a vessel accused of trafficking drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean. U.S. Southern Command said on social media that the
Pardoned January 6 rioter pleads guilty to threatening US Democratic leader Jeffries

By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON, Feb 5 (Reuters) – A January 6, 2021, rioter, who was pardoned by President Donald Trump, pleaded guilty to a harassment charge after being accused of threatening to kill U.S. House of Representatives
Man pardoned in U.S. Capitol riot pleads guilty to threatening Hakeem Jeffries

CLINTON, N.Y. (AP) — A New York man accused of threatening to kill House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries pleaded guilty Thursday, a year after President Donald Trump pardoned him for storming the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6,
Virginia Democrats share proposed US House map despite court ruling against redistricting push

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia Democrats unveiled a proposed U.S. House map Thursday that aims to give their party four more seats in the latest effort to fight President Donald Trump’s redistricting push, even as an ongoing
US military says it killed two people in strike on suspected drug vessel in Eastern Pacific
Feb 5 (Reuters) – The U.S. military said it killed two people in a strike on a suspected drug vessel in the Eastern Pacific on Thursday. “Intelligence confirmed the vessel was transiting along known narco-trafficking routes in