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Newly consecrated bishops, from left, Pascal Schreiber, Michael Goldade, Michel Poinsinet de Sivry and Marc Hanappier, wearing their miters and holding their pastoral staffs, pray at the end of their consecration ceremony in a tent set up outside the Society of St. Pius X seminary in Econe, Switzerland, Wednesday, July 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Baz Ratner)

Catholic group that defied pope and caused schism defends its actions and casts itself as the victim

10:09 AM on Friday, July 3

The traditionalist Catholics who defied Pope Leo XIV and caused a schism are defending their actions

FILE - Pope Leo XIV delivers his blessing as he visits Pavia's Cathedral, northern Italy, on June 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno, File)

Pope urges US to recommit to founding ideas of protecting life, human dignity on 250th anniversary

9:46 AM on Friday, July 3

Pope Leo XIV is praying for the United States to recommit itself to its founding ideals on the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence

Emergency personnel investigate the site of a plane crash at the Butler Memorial Airport in Butler, Mo., Sunday, June 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Reed Hoffmann)

Preliminary report didn't flag an engine failure before a skydiving plane crash that killed 12

9:18 AM on Friday, July 3

A preliminary report issued by federal safety investigators didn't flag any serious safety failures that could have led to the fiery crash of a plane last month on a skydiving outing in Missouri that killed all 12 people aboard

A plane drops a load of water on the Aspen Acres Fire near Colorado City, Colo., on Thursday, July 2, 2026. (Michael Seamans/The Gazette via AP)

Wildfire southwest of Denver forces thousands to evacuate and destroys more than 160 structures

9:14 AM on Friday, July 3

A wildfire burning southwest of Denver has forced the evacuation of thousands of residents and destroyed more than 160 structures by Friday as erratic winds pushed the blaze across two Colorado counties

FILE - President-elect Donald Trump, from right, talks with Usha Vance and Vice President-elect JD Vance, not pictured, before a service at St. John's Church, Jan. 20, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Trump reads a children's book on Usha Vance's podcast, then riffs on past presidents and himself

8:47 AM on Friday, July 3

President Donald Trump has offered a running commentary on his predecessors, his physique, and how he’s spending his time in the White House on second lady Usha Vance's podcast where guests are supposed to read picture books to children

FILE - Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill speaks with attendees during an election night watch party for U.S. Senate candidate Rep. Julia Letlow, R-La., May 16, 2026, in Baton Rouge, La. (AP Photo/Matthew Hinton, File)

Louisiana's top court halts the criminal case against the state attorney general

7:49 AM on Friday, July 3

Louisiana's Supreme Court has halted for now the criminal case against state Attorney General Liz Murrill

Lyra McKee's sister Nichola Corner, center, speaks to the media outside Belfast Crown Court in Belfast, Ireland, where Paul McIntyre, Peter Cavanagh and Jordan Gareth Devine have been found not guilty in a non-jury trial of the murder of journalist Lyra McKee, Friday July 3, 2026. (PA via AP)

3 men acquitted in killing of journalist shot while covering Northern Ireland protest

7:15 AM on Friday, July 3

Three men have been acquitted of murder in the killing of Belfast journalist Lyra McKee

United States Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, left, speaks with NATO's Supreme Allied Commander Europe General Alexus Grynkewich, right, during a meeting of the North Atlantic Council in defense ministers format at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Thursday, June 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

NATO commander says Europe has backfilled most gaps from US cutbacks on military equipment

6:49 AM on Friday, July 3

NATO’s top commander says European allies have mostly filled gaps left by the U.S. reducing its military contributions to the organization's crisis plans

Bashar Hilal, 10, plays with dogs left behind by their owners after they fled following the outbreak of the latest Israel-Hezbollah war, at an animal shelter in the village of Kfaroue, near Nabatiyeh, southern Lebanon, Thursday, July 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

Photos of pets and farm animals rescued from the war in southern Lebanon

6:09 AM on Friday, July 3

Dawn Spears, left, and her grandson, Giizhig, 9, right, prepare tomatoes for planting Tuesday, April 21, 2026, at a farm in Hopkinton, R.I. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel)

Tribes hope Farm Bill can feed more people and preserve Indigenous culture

6:02 AM on Friday, July 3

Dawn and Cassius Spears would like to expand their farm’s reach beyond their farm stand, but it’s challenging

A woman uses a hose to wet down grass around the Mountain Shadows Mobile Estates in hopes of keeping the Aspen Acres fire from reaching homes in the mobile home park near Beulah, Colo., on Monday, June 29, 2026. (Jerilee Bennett/The Gazette via AP)

Wildfire anxiety mounts amid fast-moving blazes and repeat evacuations

6:00 AM on Friday, July 3

Residents across a number of states are facing uncertainty as wildfires spread across the West

Runners wearing Independence Day-themed items jog at dawn past an overlook in Arlington, Va., as Washington prepares for sweltering temperatures, Friday, July 3, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Extreme heat bears down as America 250 celebrations ramp up. Trump heads to Mount Rushmore

4:30 AM on Friday, July 3

Festivities marking the 250th anniversary of American independence are ramping up across the United States

This photo provided by NASA shows Kieran Wilson, LINK’s principal investigator, and Hunter Robertson, a space systems engineer, both at Katalyst Space, standing next to their spacecraft inside the SES (Space Environment Simulator) at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., April 17, 2026, ahead of thermal vacuum testing. (Sophia Roberts/NASA via AP)

Rescue mission launches to save NASA telescope that's falling back to Earth

3:32 AM on Friday, July 3

A three-armed spacecraft is rushing to the rescue of a NASA telescope that’s in danger of crashing back to Earth

This screenshot of the Interpol webpage shows a Red Notice for Anastasiia Berezovska, a suspect in the Monaco bombing that reportedly targeted a Ukrainian tycoon with links to Russia. (Interpol via AP)

Interpol names suspect in Monaco bombing that reportedly targeted Russia-linked Ukrainian tycoon

2:33 AM on Friday, July 3

Interpol has identified a 39-year-old Ukrainian woman as the main suspect in a Monaco bombing that reportedly targeted a Ukrainian tycoon linked to Russia

The Rev. John Ubel, pastor of the Church of Saint Agnes, processes into the sanctuary with altar servers at the start of one of the Catholic parish’s Latin Masses in St. Paul, Minn., Sunday, June 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Giovanna Dell’Orto)

As Pope Leo faces traditionalists' schism, a Minnesota church merges old customs with fidelity

9:50 PM on Thursday, July 2

Priests at the Church of Saint Agnes in St. Paul, Minnesota, celebrate a traditional Latin Rite Mass every Sunday, even though the practice has become a symbol of cultural and political battles among some Catholics

A California farmer is giving away tons of nectarines that he's not allowed to sell

9:43 PM on Thursday, July 2

A California farmer has been giving away free nectarines this week amid a legal dispute with a food market and distributing company claiming exclusive rights over the variety of white nectarine he grows

A woman looks at an apartment building burning after a Russian missile attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, July 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Danylo Antoniuk)

Putin shrugs off fuel shortages in Russia as he ramps up attacks on Ukraine

9:08 PM on Thursday, July 2

President Vladimir Putin remains unfazed by Ukraine's attacks on Russian oil refineries, despite severe fuel shortages

A worker unloads portable air-conditioning units outside of Madison Square Garden ahead of a reported wedding between singer Taylor Swift and National Football League player Travis Kelce on Thursday, July 2, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Ryan Murphy)

A fairytale at MSG: Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s wedding set to take place

9:02 PM on Thursday, July 2

Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce's wedding is set for Friday at Madison Square Garden

FILE - President Donald Trump, right, shakes hands with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House, Sept. 25, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Erdogan's warm ties with Trump offer Turkey an edge ahead of NATO summit

9:02 PM on Thursday, July 2

President Donald Trump has berated and belittled many of the European leaders who are expected to attend the upcoming NATO summit in Turkey

The coffins of slain Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, center on top, and members of his family are displayed ahead of the dayslong funeral ceremonies at the Imam Khomeini Mosalla Grand Mosque in Tehran, Iran, Friday, July 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Iran prepares for dayslong funeral for late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, killed in war

6:50 PM on Thursday, July 2

Iran is preparing for the dayslong funeral of the late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

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