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Federal judge orders release of detained Tufts student Rumeysa Ozturk

Fri, 09 May 2025 22:59:19 +0000

Rumeysa Ozturk, a Turkish student, has been held in an ICE detention facility in Louisiana since she was seized by masked federal agents outside her home near Boston.

By:Joanna Slater

What Pope Leo XIV means for the U.S. Catholic church and Trump

Fri, 09 May 2025 22:52:11 +0000

The new pope faces a divided church in his home country, as Catholics have split along political lines.

By:Michelle Boorstein

What to know about the first at-home Pap smear approved by the FDA

Fri, 09 May 2025 22:39:21 +0000

The wand developed by Teal Health allows patients to self-collect a vaginal sample and mail it to a lab for testing.

By:Sabrina Malhi

Newark mayor arrested during protest at ICE detention center

Fri, 09 May 2025 22:03:51 +0000

The arrest took place during a protest at the newly opened immigration detention facility, officials said.

By:María Luisa Paúl

Newark air traffic control loses contact with pilots in second outage

Fri, 09 May 2025 21:57:02 +0000

Radar systems at Newark Liberty International Airport stopped working for about 90 seconds Friday morning, the second major outage for the New Jersey airport.

By:Tim Craig

Trump fires Democrats on Consumer Product Safety Commission

Fri, 09 May 2025 21:54:15 +0000

The firings are his administration’s latest test to the limits of presidential power over independent agencies.

By:Todd Frankel, Maxine Joselow

‘Da Pope’ thrills Chicago Catholics — and raises high expectations

Fri, 09 May 2025 21:33:05 +0000

In a place where civic pride is a way of life, Chicagoans need little help believing the election of Pope Leo shows their city is among God’s favorites.

By:Annie Gowen, Kim Bellware

Leo XIV is the first Augustinian pope. Here’s what the order believes.

Fri, 09 May 2025 20:30:13 +0000

The Order of St. Augustine is a centuries-old religious order focused on community and charity.

By:Justine McDaniel

The latest on measles outbreak cases in the U.S.

Fri, 09 May 2025 20:19:53 +0000

The latest measles outbreak case counts, with data from the CDC and affected states.

By:Dan Keating

XIV facts about Pope Leo that may surprise you

Fri, 09 May 2025 20:11:05 +0000

The former Cardinal Robert Prevost, known as “Father Bob” in Chicago, is a White Sox fan, a naturalized citizen of Peru and is fluent in five languages.

By:Angie Orellana Hernandez, Tobi Raji

At least two Indian jets appear to have crashed during Pakistan strikes, visuals show

Fri, 09 May 2025 19:42:48 +0000

In a review of visuals posted online, The Post verified debris consistent with at least two French-made fighter jets flown by the Indian air force.

By:Imogen Piper, Jarrett Ley, Evan Hill, Maham Javaid

Pope Leo XIV’s Creole ancestry uncovered

Fri, 09 May 2025 19:18:19 +0000

After Robert Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV, was elected pope, genealogists got to work. What they found surprised them.  

By:Emmanuel Felton, Rachel Hatzipanagos, Vivian Ho

David Souter, Supreme Court justice favoring judicial restraint, dies at 85

Fri, 09 May 2025 16:40:41 +0000

On the high court from 1990 to 2009, he saw his role as one of quiet resistance against excess and dramatic change.

By:Ann Marimow

Trump ignores week honoring feds as ‘fear’ dominates their workplaces

Fri, 09 May 2025 10:00:00 +0000

This is Public Service Recognition Week, but the feds President Donald Trump has celebrated are the ones leading his assault on federal employees and agencies.

By:Joe Davidson

For U.S. Catholics, surprise and elation at first American pope

Thu, 08 May 2025 23:02:35 +0000

Robert Prevost’s election as pope stunned many Catholics skeptical that an American would ever be elevated to that role.

By:Kim Bellware, Joanna Slater, Dana Munro, Michelle Boorstein

Coal miners head to court over Trump cuts to black lung screening staff

Thu, 08 May 2025 20:38:57 +0000

About two-thirds of the staff that provides free examinations for the deadly disease, which one study says affects 1 in 5 longtime miners, was recently fired.

By:Tobi Raji, Maxine Joselow

Officer takes in homeless teen. Years later, he pins a police badge on him.

Thu, 08 May 2025 12:05:38 +0000

“I wanted to be just like him,” Jacob Bello said of his father figure, Andy McIlveen, a now-retired police officer who took him in.

By:Kyle Melnick

Federal purge guts infant death prevention campaign, alarming doctors

Thu, 08 May 2025 10:00:19 +0000

Doctors fear the potential impact of the Trump budget cuts, with the number of babies dying of SIDS or other unexpected causes already on the rise.

By:Justine McDaniel

How a Georgetown scholar went from ‘quiet’ researcher to detainee

Thu, 08 May 2025 10:00:04 +0000

Conservative groups stumbled across Badar Khan Suri by investigating the academic centers where he and his wife studied.

By:Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff

Sister creates AI video of slain brother to address his killer in court

Thu, 08 May 2025 10:00:02 +0000

Stacey Wales played the AI-generated video of her brother as a victim impact statement during the sentencing of his killer in an Arizona court.

By:Daniel Wu

Flu killed 216 children nationwide this season, the highest toll in years

Thu, 08 May 2025 07:00:35 +0000

New York, where 25 children died, saw a record number of pediatric deaths during the 2024-25 season. The state health commissioner blamed vaccine skepticism.

By:Andrew Jeong

Former Memphis police officers found not guilty in killing of Tyre Nichols

Thu, 08 May 2025 01:47:14 +0000

Tyre Nichols’s 2023 killing helped galvanize public support for police reform. He died after running from police and being beaten by several Memphis officers.

By:Emmanuel Felton, Rachel Hatzipanagos

Trump taps MAHA influencer for surgeon general, replacing first pick

Wed, 07 May 2025 23:56:40 +0000

Casey Means, a key ally to HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., replaces Janette Nesheiwat, a physician criticized for promoting coronavirus vaccines.

By:Fenit Nirappil, Rachel Roubein