Dennis Hastert, the Illinois Republican who led the House of Representatives longer than any other Republican speaker and later served time in federal prison in a case tied to abuse of teenage athletes he...

Pope Leo XIV pushed back on the idea that worries about runaway artificial intelligence are overblown, telling reporters on Monday, Sept. 28, 2026, that the concerns are not “fake news.” The pope took questions aboard...

Eight 16-year-old students from Alandi drowned while swimming off Diveagar beach in Maharashtra’s Raigad district, India, on Thursday, Oct. 1, 2026, during a day trip run by their coaching institute. The dead are Rajveer Yuvraj...

A Nigerian Air Force transport plane plunged into a swamp in Ondo State on Monday, Oct. 5, 2026, and all 25 people aboard died, the service said. President Bola Tinubu declared three days of...

Eva Marie Saint, the Academy Award-winning actor who made her film debut opposite Marlon Brando in “On the Waterfront” and later played a cool, calculating spy for director Alfred Hitchcock, died Tuesday, Oct. 6,...