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Hundreds of thousands of flag-waving young people from around the globe gave Pope Francis a raucous welcome to the World Youth Day festival in Portugal’s capital on Thursday, in a sign of youthful support for the 86-year-old pontiff and his calls for i…

Six white former law enforcement officers in Mississippi pleaded guilty Thursday to violating the federal civil rights of two Black men.

The Catholic volunteer with the group Food Not Bombs says Houston’s law violates his right to freedom of expression and religion.

More than 1,400 of Freddie Mercury’s personal items, including his flamboyant stage costumes and handwritten drafts of “Bohemian Rhapsody,” are going on display in a free exhibition at Sotheby’s London ahead of their auction in September. (Aug. 3)
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Negasi Zuberi was arrested for allegedly kidnapping a woman who claimed he held her in a cell in his garage, posed as an undercover police officer.

The signal was not strong enough for data to be extracted, but NASA said the detection is a positive sign that Voyager 2 continues on its planned path

Critics worry that the faster programs could do a disservice to young students.

Wednesday night’s opening ceremony of the Jamboree, which brought more than 40,000 scouts, mostly teens, to a campsite built on land reclaimed from the sea in the southwestern town of Buan, South Korea. (August 3)

An Italian military aircraft landed at an airport near Rome early on Wednesday with 99 passengers evacuated from Niger. (August 3)

Workers put up barricades and secured the area outside the E. Barrett Prettyman U.S. Federal Courthouse in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday night. Former President Donald Trump is due in court on Thursday. (Aug. 3)