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Kawhi Leonard’s 39 ponits leads Clippers to a 105-102 win over Nuggets to even series 1-1
Kawhi Leonard scored 39 points on 15-of-19 shooting and the Los Angeles Clippers evened their first-round playoff series ...
Lindor slams Phillies again and buries memory of slow start in 2024
Francisco Lindor is off to a smashing start, for a change. And on Monday night, he picked up right where he left off against ...
From ‘conclave’ to ‘white smoke,’ a glossary of terms used in a papal transition
A change in popes — through death or resignation — is a complicated process, with centuries-old rituals involving the ...
Pope Francis’ conservative critics had a unique way to oppose him: a retired pontiff
As Amazonian bishops gathered at the Vatican on Oct. 21, 2019, a man entered a nearby church after dawn and stole three ...
A sequoia forest in Detroit? Plantings to improve air quality and mark Earth Day
Arborists are turning vacant land on Detroit’s eastside into a small urban forest, not of elms, oaks and red maples indigenous to the city but giant sequoias, the ...
Some GOP states are targeting driver’s licenses issued to immigrants illegally in the US
As drivers on U.S. highways cross from one state to another, they often are greeted by a large “Welcome to ….” sign. But not ...
An Irish-born American cardinal is entrusted as the ‘camerlengo,’ running the Holy See between popes
Cardinal Kevin Farrell remembers the day Pope Francis asked him to be the camerlengo, the Vatican official who runs the Holy See after the death of one pope and before the ...