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Trump again assails Pope Leo, potentially complicating Rubio's visit

WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump has renewed his criticism of Pope Leo XIV, potentially complicating a fence-mending visit that Secretary of State Marco Rubio plans to make this week to the Vatican.  Trump said the first American-born pontiff is helping Iran and also making the world less safe.

First direct US-Venezuela commercial flight in 7 years

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) – The first direct commercial flight between the United States and Venezuela arrived Thursday in the capital of the South American country, seven years after the U.S. Homeland Security Department ordered an indefinite suspension, citing security concerns.

Italy's Meloni denounces deepfake photo as a political attack

ROME (AP) – Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni on Tuesday denounced the circulation of a deepfake photo of her – posing in bed, wearing lingerie – and complained that such artificial intelligence-created images were being used to attack her.

Mark Zuckerberg 'personally authorized' Meta's copyright infringement

NEW YORK (AP) – Five publishing houses and author Scott Turow sued Meta and CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Tuesday, alleging the company illegally used millions of copyrighted works to train its AI language system Llama. The class action lawsuit, filed in federal court in Manhattan, accuses the tech giant of copyright infringement.

Spirit Airlines has stopped flying. Here's what happens next

Lawyers for Spirit Airlines returned to a U.S. bankruptcy court in New York on Tuesday to seek approval for dismantling the once-busy budget carrier and turning its parts into cash for creditors.

A real WKRP radio comes to Cincinnati, decades after sitcom

CINCINNATI (AP) – WKRP isn’t dead – as of Monday, it’s living on the air in Cincinnati.

Trump again assails Pope Leo, potentially complicating Rubio's visit

WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump has renewed his criticism of Pope Leo XIV, potentially complicating a fence-mending visit that Secretary of State Marco Rubio plans to make this week to the Vatican.  Trump said the first American-born pontiff is helping Iran and also making the world less safe.

Zelenskyy slams Russia's 'utter cynicism' as strikes kill 22 in Ukraine

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) – Russian drone and missile strikes carried out overnight and later on Tuesday killed at least 22 people and wounded more than 80 others, Ukrainian authorities said, hours before Kyiv was due to enact a ceasefire and three days before Moscow promised its own pause in hostilities.

Italy's Meloni denounces deepfake photo as a political attack

ROME (AP) – Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni on Tuesday denounced the circulation of a deepfake photo of her – posing in bed, wearing lingerie – and complained that such artificial intelligence-created images were being used to attack her.

YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) – European leaders on Monday said President Donald Trump’s surprise decision to pull thousands of U.S. troops out of Germany is just the latest signal that Europe must take more responsibility for its security.