Pope Francis, 87, will visit Belgium and Luxembourg in September, less than two weeks after returning from a 12-day trip to Asia, the Vatican announced on Monday. Belgium’s bishops conference previously said the pope had been invited to attend celebrations for the 600th anniversary of the Catholic university of Louvain. The university was founded in […]
ROME (AP) — Pope Francis has added a stop in Luxembourg to a trip to Belgium in September, a three-day visit that will come as he is recovering from a much longer and challenging trip to Asia. The Vatican on Monday announced the Sept. 26-29 dates of the planned trip, saying Francis would first stop […]
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump agreed Wednesday to participate in general election debates on June 27 and Sept. 10, ending speculation about whether general election debates would happen at all. CNN will host the first debate in late June at 9 p.m. at its studios in Atlanta, it said in […]
The last time either President Biden or former President Donald Trump participated in a presidential debate was nearly four years ago, when they tangled in Tennessee at the height COVID-19 pandemic. Now Biden and Trump are finally set to meet again. Here’s what will be different this time — and why it matters. 🤼 Biden […]
York Co. court acquits Gastonia man in September 2022 double homicide Members of a York County jury acquitted a Gastonia man after a double homicide in Fort Mill in 2022, according to our news partners at The Herald in Rock Hill. PREVIOUS COVERAGE: Man accused of double homicide in Fort Mill makes first court appearance […]
Apr. 25—Trial dates for two former Raleigh County Schools employees charged with child abuse and battery have been scheduled for September. The two are accused of pinning an elementary-age special needs child to the floor using chairs. Wanelle Ortiz, a former special education teacher at Ridgeview Elementary School, will be the first to go to […]
The Football Association of Ireland’s director of football Marc Canham is hoping to have a Republic of Ireland manager appointed before September’s opening Nations League game against England. Having originally set a deadline of early April for a new manager, the search for Stephen Kenny’s replacement continues, having left as manager in November. Speaking to […]
(Reuters) – The Federal Reserve will wait until September before starting to cut interest rates, traders bet on Wednesday, after a government report showed inflation was stronger than expected last month for a third month in a row. U.S. short-term interest-rate futures plunged after the report, which showed the core consumer price index rose 0.4% […]
Benny Gantz, a member of Israel’s war Cabinet, on Wednesday called for new elections in September, saying it would bolster the country’s international credibility and reduce tensions within Israel’s deeply polarized society. Gantz stopped short of threatening to leave the war Cabinet, which was formed just days after the October 7 Hamas attack, if embattled […]
WARNING: The video above contains graphic content. (KRON) — The San Pablo Police Department released bodycam video on Friday from a police shooting that happened in September 2023. The man who was shot, 44-year-old Andre Smith, was hospitalized and placed in critical condition but later survived. Police were called to a home on the 2600 […]
An annual inflation measure watched closely by the Federal Reserve crept higher in February, its first rise in five months and a sign the central bank could remain wary about cutting interest rates too soon. An underlying gauge of price gains dipped but stayed elevated. And household spending surged more than expected, a development that could keep […]
The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation announced on Monday that work is scheduled to resume on a project to realign Wilhelm Avenue’s intersection with Cornwall Road in the City of Lebanon and North Cornwall Township. Weather permitting, work is scheduled to begin on Monday, April 1. The contractor of this $1,842,599 project, H&K Group, Inc., will […]