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Christoph Sator/picture alliance via Getty Images (ROME and LONDON) — Pope Francis’ condition remained stable on Tuesday, and his prognosis remains reserved, according to the Vatican. The pope had needed medical intervention amid two episodes of “acute respiratory failure” on Monday, Vatican sources told ABC News. The pope did not have any episodes of respiratory […]

A passenger at Boston Logan was stung by a scorpion while retrieving her luggage in the baggage claim area of customs, according to police. (Massport) (BOSTON) — A passenger at Boston Logan was stung by a scorpion while retrieving her luggage in the baggage claim area of customs, according to police. The incident occurred at […]

Christoph Sator/picture alliance via Getty Images (ROME) — Pope Francis “slept all night” following Monday’s medical intervention amid two episodes of “acute respiratory failure,” the Vatican said Tuesday. “The pope slept all night, now he continues his rest,” the Holy See, the Vatican’s press office, said in a brief update. The episodes on Monday were […]

North Korean defector Ryu Seong-hyeon in Seoul, South Korea. (ABC News) (SEOUL) — A former sergeant in the North Korean military says that few of Pyongyang’s soldiers have been captured fighting against Ukraine because they’re told their families will be executed if they are caught alive. “Most soldiers will kill themselves before they’re killed by […]

Leonardo Montecillo/Agencia Press South/Getty Images (MEXICO CITY) — There is only one gun store in the entire country of Mexico, yet America’s southern neighbor is awash in violent crimes perpetrated with millions of firearms made in the United States. In a historic case on Tuesday, the Supreme Court will consider whether American gun manufacturers, including […]

Roman Chop/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images (LONDON) — President Donald Trump directed his administration to “pause” all military aid to Ukraine, two White House officials told ABC News on Monday, following last week’s combative Oval Office meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and with Trump pressuring Kyiv into accepting a peace deal to end […]

Annabelle Gordon for The Washington Post via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump directed his administration to “pause” military aid to Ukraine after the contentious Oval Office meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Feb. 28, two White House officials told ABC News. A White House official said Trump has been clear that he […]

René Priebe/picture alliance via Getty Images (LONDON) — At least two people were killed and several others were injured when a car drove into a crowd in Mannheim, Germany, on Monday, during an annual carnival celebration, police said. “A 40-year-old suspect drove a car into a group of people who were in the Planken area […]

Chris Furlong/Getty Images (ROME) —  Pope Francis suffered two episodes of “acute respiratory failure” on Monday, the Vatican said. The episodes were caused by a “significant accumulation of endobronchial mucus and consequent bronchospasm,” the Vatican’s press office said in a brief statement. Two bronchoscopies were performed on the pontiff, with “the need to aspirate abundant […]

Sean Gallup/Getty Images (LONDON) — Local emergency services in Ufa, in Russia’s Bashkortostan republic, reported a fire at one of the country’s largest oil refineries, with one Ukrainian official describing the incident as a drone attack. The Ministry of Emergency Situations of Bashkortostan reported a fire on the territory of the Ufa oil refinery in […]