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Pope's historic speech to Spain's parliament demands respect for migrants and gets 7-minute ovation

By SUMAN NAISHADHAM and NICOLE WINFIELD
Jun 08, 2026 10:46 am - Spanish lawmakers gave Pope Leo XIV a standing ovation on Monday after he called for respect for migrants' rights and international law in a historic address to parliament that signaled a new level of acceptance of the Catholic Church in the overwhelmingly secular country.
Inside the Trump-backed push to bring AI doctors into American medicine

By Elizabeth Dwoskin
Jun 08, 2026 10:03 am - Today, chatbots can only legally offer medical guidance with a disclaimer attached: Neither the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, nor any state licensing board, allows a fully autonomous AI to practice medicine. But Trump administration officials — citing concerns about the prevalence of chronic disease and issues such as the shortage of rural doctors — are driving a significant shift.
Ukrainian strikes hit oil sites in Russia and Crimea

By Associated Press
Jun 08, 2026 7:55 am - Ukrainian forces struck oil facilities in Russia and occupied Ukraine, Ukrainian and Russian officials said on Monday, as part of their campaign aimed at making Moscow pay an economic cost for the war.
Israel and Iran trade strikes, threatening to drag the region back into full-scale war

By JON GAMBRELL
Jun 08, 2026 7:20 am - Israel and Iran traded fire early Monday in their first attacks since the U.S. struck a ceasefire with Tehran two months ago. Hours later, Iran's military said that it would stop offensive operations.
Maverick Republican Sen. Bob Packwood of Oregon, who resigned after sexual harassment scandal, dies

Jun 07, 2026 3:09 pm - PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Former Sen. Bob Packwood, a moderate Oregon Republican whose reputation as a champion of abortion and women's rights was spoiled at the end of his c...
Cleared ‘Broadview 6’ immigration protesters seek evidence of White House pressure to indict

By Hannah Meisel
Jun 07, 2026 11:32 am - Attorneys for the now-cleared “Broadview Six” defendants are seeking any possible evidence of pressure from White House officials on the U.S. attorney’s office in Chicago to secure an indictment against the group of Democratic activists, local elected officials and candidates this past fall.
Female Navy officers say they fear a career cap after Hegseth cuts women from promotions list

By KONSTANTIN TOROPIN
Jun 06, 2026 8:25 pm - After Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth cut nine Navy officers, including all the women, from a promotion list, several female officers say they see the unusual intervention as a sign that their careers now have a ceiling and worry for the future generation of female military leaders.
Trump issues pardon to former Republican congressman convicted of insider trading

Jun 06, 2026 8:18 pm - President Donald Trump has issued a pardon to Stephen Buyer, a former Republican congressman from Indiana who served nearly two years in prison for making illegal stock trades based on inside information after he left office.
Diabetes researchers ejected from conference after criticizing White House

By Carolyn Y. Johnson
Jun 06, 2026 6:35 pm - Five diabetes researchers, including the editor of a leading journal, were removed from the field’s premier conference in New Orleans on Friday morning, after handing out copies of an editorial criticizing the Trump administration’s “dismantling” of the biomedical research enterprise.
Trump family’s stablecoin wealth fueled by Binance relationship

By Olga Kharif and Tom Maloney
Jun 06, 2026 6:12 pm - A Trump family crypto venture is generating bumper profits from its foray into stablecoins, thanks partly to a promotional arrangement with Binance Holdings Ltd.

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