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In retrospect, Pope Leo XIV had it all going for him.The new pope, whose election on the second day of the conclave stunned the Roman Catholic world, seemed to be from two places at once. He was born and educated in the United States, a country vital to the church’s finances. But he was also a missionary, pastor and bishop in Peru who ran the Pontifical Commission for Latin America, a part of the world where the church is vibrant.He had the good papal housekeeping seal of approval from Pope Francis, his predecessor, who put him in one of the…

Even before the state trial began last month for the former police officers charged with fatally beating Tyre Nichols in Memphis, the defense notched an important victory. The officers’ lawyers persuaded the judge to seat a jury from the area around Chattanooga, Tenn., hundreds of miles from where surveillance and body cameras captured the officers brutalizing Mr. Nichols, a 29-year-old Black man, in January 2023. Given how the videos had horrified Memphis, the lawyers said, they questioned whether local jurors could consider the facts impartially when the former officers — Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley and Justin Smith — went on…

The Israeli cybersecurity firm NSO Group was ordered on Tuesday to pay $167 million in damages to Meta, capping a six-year legal battle after NSO hacked 1,400 WhatsApp accounts belonging to journalists, human-rights activists and government officials.In December, Judge Phyllis Hamilton of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California ruled that NSO Group had broken cybersecurity laws by using its popular Pegasus spying software to target phones with WhatsApp installed in 20 countries. Meta owns WhatsApp, an encrypted messaging app with over two billion users, as well as Facebook and Instagram.In March, Meta filed a brief seeking…

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Four days after he was sworn in as defense secretary, Pete Hegseth directed the military service academies to scrub their curriculum of ideologies President Trump had deemed “divisive,” “un-American” and “irrational.”Hours later, department heads at West Point sent civilian and military professors emails asking for their course syllabuses.Some professors said they assumed the school would defend its academic program. Instead, the U.S. Military Academy’s leaders initiated a schoolwide push to remove any readings that focused on race, gender or the darker moments of American history, according to interviews with more than a dozen West Point civilian and military staff. Most…

There is growing pushback to the University of Saskatchewan’s decision to demolish two historical buildings on campus grounds, 114 Seminary Cres. (Lutheran Seminary) and 113 Seminary Cres. (Ogle Hall). The Friends of 114 Seminary Crescent expressing deep concern regarding the university’s decision, and is calling for the university to find another path forward.USask announced the demolition in April. It said, “The Board has made this decision based on several factors, including the significant risk to public safety posed by these vacant buildings, the prohibitive cost to repair these structures, and a lack of purpose for them that would align with…

Minjee Lee, Gabriela Ruffels and Steph Kyriacou have enjoyed solid opening rounds at the LPGA Tour’s Americas Open in New Jersey.The three Australians shot four-under-par 68s at Liberty National Golf Club, with compatriots Hannah Green and Hira Naveed a further shot behind.It could have been so much better for Lee, who dropped three strokes in her last four holes.Kyriacou finished strong with four birdies in her last six while Ruffles was steady all day, enjoying four birdies in a bogey-free round.They’re all chasing Jeeno Thitikul of Thailand, who took only 26 putts, eight of them for birdie, in a clean…

JAMMU, India: Blasts rang out across the Indian city of Jammu late on Thursday (May 8) during what the government said was a Pakistani drone and missile attack on military stations around the Kashmir region on the second day of clashes between the nuclear-armed neighbours. Sirens sounded and red flashes and projectiles erupted in the night sky above Jammu for about 2-1/2 hours, a Reuters journalist said, in what appeared to be an escalation in the countries’ worst confrontation in more than two decades. Two days of fighting have killed nearly four dozen people. “Military stations at Jammu, Pathankot &…

Mason Mount scores twice as Manchester United come from behind to win 4-1 against Athletic in their semifinal.Manchester United produced a dramatic late comeback to beat Athletic Club 4-1 in the Europa League and complete an emphatic 7-1 aggregate semifinal victory, setting up a mouthwatering showpiece against Tottenham. Fireworks crackled and red smoke filled an expectant Old Trafford on Thursday following an impressive 3-0 win against 10-man Athletic in northern Spain last week. But the air of excitement was tinged by the knowledge that Ruben Amorim’s United have shown a startling ability to implode during a horrendous Premier League season.…

A former top aide in President Donald Trump’s first administration is arguing that Republicans raising taxes on wealthy Americans “makes no sense.”Marc Short, the former chief of staff to ex-Vice President Mike Pence, was an integral part of negotiations for Trump’s 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA). He also served in Trump’s first White House as director of legislative affairs from 2017 to 2018.”Raising taxes on America’s highest earners and biggest job creators makes no sense. I don’t understand why there are some inside the current administration who are pushing Congress to raise the top rate, because again, these…