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International

No new pope elected yet after black smoke pours out of Sistine Chapel's chimney

Daniel Burke

Sarah Ventre

Black smoke streamed from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel on Thursday morning in Rome, signaling that the 133 cardinal electors have not come to a two-thirds agreement about who the next pontiff should be.
National

Once-fringe activists are fighting to be the voice of the anti-abortion movement

Odette Yousef

Most Americans balk at the idea of charging women who get abortions with homicide, but post-Roe, militant anti-abortion activists are finding state lawmakers are increasingly open to it.
Politics

GOP-led states are passing new restrictions for voters to get issues on the ballot

Ashley Lopez

Two dozen states allow citizens to propose ballot measures. But Republican lawmakers in many of those states are now adding hurdles to those efforts, saying they want to combat fraud.
Science & Technology

Glittering blue creatures are washing up on California beaches. Here's why

Vanessa Romo

Hundreds of thousands of Velella velella, more commonly known as by-the-wind-sailors, are drifting onto the coastline. Beachcombers say they look like "blue diamonds strewn across the beach."
80 years after VE Day a veteran says, 'I hope people will see the futility of it all'

Joe Hernandez

Army veteran Harry Miller was stationed in Germany when the Nazis surrendered. Upon hearing the news, he recalls that American troops went to sleep or shook hands. "And some just couldn't believe it."
Education

On Teacher Appreciation Week, union leaders say teachers are underpaid and under attack

Ayana Archie

The presidents of the National Education Association and American Federation of Teachers say the political climate has added to age-old money problems for teachers, such as underfunded schools.