As AI grips world, the thrill of collecting vintage computers is growing

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (AP) – Software engineer Josh Dersch loves old computers. He spends countless hours tinkering in his garage, trying to coax decades-old machines back to life. He estimates he owns more than 200 vintage computers and devices in his Seattle home.

One man works to slow the fastest-growing Ebola outbreak in history

BUNIA, Congo (AP) – Wiza Bondele goes to work every day at a hospital in Congo with one goal in mind: to slow the fastest-growing Ebola outbreak on record.

Pope Leo to meet with clergy abuse survivors in France

MILAN (AP) – Pope Leo XIV will meet with survivors of clergy abuse during a four-day trip to France next month that will include a visit to UNESCO headquarters, a meeting with French bishops in Lourdes and an interreligious meeting in the border city of Metz, the Vatican announced on Friday.

New images of the sun show its surface in the finest detail yet

NEW YORK (AP) – Scientists have captured images of the sun’s surface in the finest detail yet, revealing a strange and dynamic facade.

Pope prays at tomb of St. Francis in Assisi marking 800th anniversary

Pope prays at tomb of St. Francis in Assisi as youth event marks 800th anniversary of his death

Pope Leo XIV will visit Uruguay, Argentina and Peru in his first Latin American trip as pontiff

VATICAN CITY (AP) – Pope Leo XIV will make his first trip to Latin America as pontiff in November, returning to a region where he spent much of his ministry, with visits to Uruguay, Argentina and Peru, the Vatican announced Wednesday.

Gene-edited beagles may offer a future option for people with dog allergies

NEW YORK (AP) – Matt Walker couldn’t pet a dog without sneezing – until he and other scientists used a gene editing technique to produce a hypoallergenic beagle named Bailey.

Buckingham Palace: Princess Eugenie welcomes a baby girl in Portugal

LONDON (AP) – Britain’s Princess Eugenie has given birth to a baby girl, her third child and first daughter, Buckingham Palace said Tuesday. Eugenie, the younger daughter of the former Prince Andrew and his ex-wife Sarah Ferguson, and husband, Jack Brooksbank, announced the birth of the 6-pound, 9-ounce (3 kilograms), girl delivered Monday in Lisbon, Portugal.

DiCaprio and Bezos lead $200M project to save 100 of threatened species

LOS ANGELES (AP) – Foundations funded and co-founded by Leonardo DiCaprio and Jeff Bezos have launched an initiative committing $200 million to revive 100 of Earth’s most threatened species, including endangered lemurs, salamanders, pangolins, pigs and echidnas.