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Pope Leo XIV greets the crowd after the Regina Caeli prayer from the main central loggia balcony of St Peter's basilica in The Vatican, on May 11, 2025. (Photo by Alberto PIZZOLI / AFP) (Photo by ALBERTO PIZZOLI/AFP via Getty Images)

Pope Leo XIV: Those who support the death penalty are ‘not really pro-life’

Pope Leo XIV recently announced his opinion that individuals who support the death penalty are “not really pro-life.”

US Capitol police officers stand behind a roped-off area with a sign announcing the closure of the visitor center on the first day of the US government shutdown in Washington, DC, on October 1, 2025. Efforts to bring a quick end to the US government shutdown floundered Wednesday when senators rejected a plan to resolve an acrimonious funding stand-off between President Donald Trump and Democrats in Congress. With the government out of money after Trump and lawmakers failed to agree on a deal to keep the lights on, many federal departments and agencies have been closed since midnight. (Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP) (Photo by BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

Government shutdown likely to last until Friday

The federal shutdown will extend at least until Friday, as lawmakers are still at an impasse over a government funding deal.

MAGDEBURG, Germany: Jane Goodall, the world's foremost authority on chimpanzees, communicates with chimpanzee Nana, 06 June 2004 at the zoo of Magdeburg (eastern Germany). The British primatologist began her pioneering study of chimpanzees more than 40 years ago in Tanzania. AFP PHOTO DDP/JENS SCHLUETER GERMANY OUT (Photo credit should read JENS SCHLUETER/DDP/AFP via Getty Images)

Jane Goodall, renowned primatologist and wildlife advocate, dies at 91

Jane Goodall, the famous anthropologist, conservationist, and primatologist, has died at age 91.

WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 01: U.S. Vice President JD Vance speaks as White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt (R) looks on during the daily press briefing in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House on October 01, 2025 in Washington, DC. Vance joined Leavitt to discuss the federal government shutdown, after Congress and the White House failed to reach a funding deal by the October 1 deadline and halted U.S. government services for the first time in nearly seven years. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

VP Vance calls out Schumer, Senate Dems for holding Americans ‘hostage’ amid Govt. shutdown

Vice President JD Vance recently criticized Senate Democrats, singling out Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and denouncing what he described as the “preposterous” assertion that the Democrat Party is not seeking to provide taxpayer-funded healthcare to illegal immigrants amid the government shutdown.

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North Carolina: 6 Beach houses collapse as Hurricanes Humberto and Imelda hit near Atlantic shore

Six beach houses in Buxton, North Carolina, collapsed into the Atlantic Ocean as a result of Hurricanes Humberto and Imelda. Five of these homes fell within a 45-minute period in the afternoon, with a sixth collapsing later that day.

U.S. Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-NY) speaks to the media at the U.S. Capitol on September 30, 2025 in Washington, DC. If lawmakers fail to reach a bipartisan compromise the federal government shutdown will begin at midnight. Schumer was accompanied by Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA), Sen. Brian Schatz (D-HI) and Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN). (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images) / U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) (C) speaks at a news conference at the U.S. Capitol Building on September 30, 2025 in Washington, DC. The Senate is bracing for a government shutdown after they failed to pass the Republican Appropriations and Extensions Act which would provide a temporary extension on government funding. Three Democrats joined Republicans in their vote for the legislation. Thune was joined by Sen. John Barrasso (R-WY) (L) and Sen. John Hoeven (R-ND) (R). (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Senate fails to pass funding bills to end shutdown — again

For the second time in 24 hours, Senate Democrats blocked a House-passed stopgap spending bill that would have funded the government and ended the ongoing shutdown.