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Supreme Court limits nationwide injunctions, but fate of Trump birthright citizenship order unclear
A divided Supreme Court has ruled that individual judges lack the authority to grant nationwide injunctions, but the decision ...
Wisconsin man sentenced to life in prison for killing cellmate because he was Black
A Wisconsin man serving time for attempting to kill his mother has been sentenced to life in prison for strangling his cellmate. A jury found 25-year-old Jackson Vogel guilty of ...
Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont featured in New York Times crossword
The Times’ longtime puzzle editor, Will Shortz, is a former Stamford resident. He founded the American Crossword Puzzle ...
How Zohran Mamdani’s win in the New York City mayoral primary could ripple across the country
(THE CONVERSATION) Top Republicans and Democrats alike are talking about the sudden rise of 33-year-old Zohran Mamdani, a state representative who won the Democratic mayoral primary in New York on ...
Jews were barred from Spain’s New World colonies − but that didn’t stop Jewish and converso writers from describing the Americas
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Scandinavia has its own dark history of assimilating Indigenous people, and churches played a role – but are apologizing
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What Trump’s budget proposal says about his environmental values
To us, former EPA leaders – one a longtime career employee and the other a political appointee – the budget proposal reveals a lot about what Trump and EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin want to accomplish.
Cyberattacks shake voters’ trust in elections, regardless of party
Nearly half of Americans, both Democrats and Republicans, question whether elections are conducted fairly. Some voters accept election results only when their side wins. The problem isn’t just ...
Pope Leo XIV appeals for unity within the Catholic Church in Holy Year messages to priests
Pope Leo XIV has renewed his call for unity within the Catholic Church. He spoke to priests during a special Holy Year week in Rome and he urged them to promote reconciliation and act in ...
Photos of 12 men who became Catholic priests in the US
At a time when the U.S. Catholic Church is grappling with a severe shortage of priests, the Diocese of Arlington, Virginia, ...
Bridgeport fire on Hillside Avenue displaces resident, official says
Around 12:45 a.m., Bridgeport firefighters were called to the 100 block of Hillside Avenue, she said. They arrived to find a ...