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Pope allows women to vote at upcoming bishops’ meeting

by NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press April 26, 2023April 26, 2023

But under the new changes, five religious sisters will join five priests as voting representatives for religious orders.

Nation & World, News

Jailed Kremlin foe Navalny says he may face life sentence

by Associated Press April 26, 2023April 26, 2023

Imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny says he could be handed a life sentence on a set of new extremism and terrorism charges that he has described as a Kremlin-ordered political vendetta.

Nation & World, News

Chief Justice Roberts declines Senate request to testify on court ethics

by MARY CLARE JALONICK and MARK SHERMAN Associated Press April 25, 2023April 25, 2023

Roberts’ refusal to testify is the latest hitch for Democrats on the Judiciary panel.

Nation & World, Politics

Montana House cancels session after rally for trans lawmaker

by AMY BETH HANSON and SAM METZ Associated Press April 25, 2023April 25, 2023

The House has not allowed Rep. Zooey Zephyr, D-Missoula, to speak since last week when she said that those who voted to ban gender-affirming care for young people would have ‘blood on their hands.’

Nation & World

Taliban kill mastermind of suicide bombing at Kabul airport

by FARNOUSH AMIRI, MATTHEW LEE, AAMER MADHANI and LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press April 25, 2023April 25, 2023

A U.S. sailor, soldier and 11 Marines were killed in the Abbey Gate explosion in August 2021. The name of the IS leader hasn’t yet been released.

Health, Nation & World

More sanctions for deadly fentanyl if bill becomes law

by FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press April 25, 2023April 25, 2023

Proposed legislation would prod the Treasury Department to use its sanctions authority to quell the proliferation of the drug in the U.S.

Nation & World

Tokyo company: ‘High probability’ spacecraft crashed on moon

by MARCIA DUNN Associated Press April 25, 2023April 25, 2023

The lander was carrying a mini rover for the United Arab Emirates and a toylike robot from Japan.

Nation & World, New England

Longtime Concord Monitor editor, Pulitzer administrator Mike Pride dies at 76

by HOLLY RAMER The Associated Press April 25, 2023April 25, 2023

He led the New Hampshire paper to national acclaim and is the only person to serve as a juror, board member, board co-chair and administrator for journalism’s top awards.