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Pope Leo XIV was eating regularly Wednesday and began walking and doing respiratory exercises, and his tests are normal following surgery to remove a cancerous mass from his lung, the Vatican said.

An Austin, Texas, bomb squad swarmed a residence this week after someone found live grenades inside a box bought at an estate sale.

A prosecutor told jurors in London on Wednesday that comedian and actor Russell Brand was a sexual predator with an "indiscriminate and voracious" desire for sexual contact, opening the case in his rape and sexual assault trial.

Maryland voters on Nov. 3 will decide whether the Democrat-run legislature can eliminate the state's lone Republican district -- but GOP ad campaigns against the ballot question have been virtually nonexistent.

BILLY CRYSTAL says he no longer talks to God after a year in which he lost his Pacific Palisades home to wildfire and his close friend Rob Reiner to murder: "I don't trust him."

Persistent inflation will drive up seniors' Social Security checks next year, with the government announcing a 3.6% cost-of-living increase.

A pregnant wellness influencer said she was "shocked" when a male flight attendant refused to put her 9-pound carry-on bag into an overhead compartment, news outlets report.

A federal judge suggested that President Trump lurks behind the National Park Service's snap decision to chop down hundreds of trees on the golf course that's part of the National Mall park.

The Trump administration has no plans to wade into the Justice Department's investigation into Rep. Ilhan Omar following a federal enforcement raid on her home, Vice President J.D. Vance said.

Consumer prices rose 0.6% in September after rising 0.4% in August, the government said Wednesday in a report that showed inflation accelerating heading into Election Day.