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Religion

The world waits as cardinals work to choose the next pope

6:45am May 08, 2025

by Ruth Sherlock

The world is watching the Vatican on Thursday as 133 cardinals work to choose which of them will be the next pope.

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Cow Tumbles Out Of Trailer Bound For Slaughterhouse

Police in New Jersey alerted an animal shelter when a cow was found walking along I-80. The cow suffered cuts and scrapes when it fell out of the trailer.

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In The New Year, Opioid Makers Will Confront Numerous Lawsuits

by Brian Mann

Opioid manufacturers are facing dozens of lawsuits from state and local governments that blame them for the cost of the epidemic. Lawyers for both sides are due at trial in the coming year.

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Trade Wars Keep U.S. Farmers' Chickpeas In Silos

by Anna King

American soybean exports have started to move again, but China and India still aren't buying lentils, garbanzos or peas from the U.S. due to trade wars and tariffs.

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Education

Kansas Teen Set To Graduate High School And Finish Harvard Degree

When Braxton Moral of Kansas was in third grade, his teacher told his parents that he was "really, really gifted." In May he'll graduate high school and days later pick up his undergraduate degree.

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2 Movie Reviewers Pick This Year's Standout Films

Noel King talks to Claudia Puig and April Wolfe of the Los Angeles Film Critics Association about their favorite films of 2018.

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Economy

With 1 Trading Day Left In 2018, How Will Financial Markets Fare?

by Jim Zarroli

It was something of a banner year for the economy. The U.S. enjoyed healthy growth and very low unemployment, but the stock market is on track to finish the year with its worst performance since 2008.

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Texas Volunteers Start Pop-Up Medical Clinics To Help Screen Migrant Children

by Monica Ortiz Uribe

In response to the deaths of two Guatemalan children in U.S. custody, the Department of Homeland Security has ordered more stringent medical screenings of minors detained at the border.

Music & Culture

Katie Cook's Favorite Song Of 2018 Is 'Got My Name Changed Back'

Katie Cook, co-host of Country Music Television's Hot 20 Countdown, shares her favorite song of 2018. It's Got My Name Changed Back by Pistol Annies.

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World News

Votes Are Being Counted In Congo's Presidential Election

by Ofeibea Quist-Arcton

Never before has Congo had a democratic transfer of power, but Congolese finally voted Sunday in a long-delayed presidential election. Voters were choosing a successor to President Joseph Kabila.

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News Brief: Government Shutdown, Migrant Children, Congo Elections

The government shutdown enters its 10th day. Volunteers in El Paso, Texas, staff pop-up medical clinics to screen migrant children at the border. Ballots are counted in Congo's presidential election.

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National

White Supremacy Fuels Domestic Terrorism, Southern Poverty Law Center Says

Noel King talks to Heidi Beirich, director of the Southern Poverty Law Center's Intelligence Project, about the rise in hate crimes, and the outlook for 2019.

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Music & Culture

In Memoriam: The Musicians We Lost In 2018

by Tom Cole

As we do every year at about this time, we look back at some of the musicians who died. The 2018 song montage honors musicians from Aretha Franklin to Dolores O'Riordan to Roy Hargrove.

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