Some states want to give funds directly to child care providers. In Massachusetts, licensed child care centers can use state grants for overhead and staff. The Commonwealth Cares for Children grants ...

Missouri’s public schools would be fully funded and a policy some blame for undermining a child care subsidy program would be fixed, legislative budget negotiators decided Wednesday night as they ...

Russia and Ukraine have both reported attacks on their forces on the first day of a 72-hour ceasefire called by Putin.

U.K. officials said that Trump's auto tariffs would go from 27.5% to 10% on a quota of 100,000 vehicles and the import taxes ...

Robert Prevost has been elected the first pope from the United States in the history of the Catholic Church. The Chicago-born ...

He served for a year in the 1970s at the former Immaculate Conception and St. Henry parish in Compton Heights.

Pope Leo XIV 's choice of name signals a commitment to social justice which is very much in line with the late Pope Francis ' ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Robert Prevost has been elected the first American pope in history. Copyright 2025 The Associated Press.

White smoke is pouring out of the Sistine Chapel chimney, signalling that a pope has been elected to lead the Catholic Church ...

President Trump's casual cynicism demonstrates just how determined he is to ignore any and all restraints on his power.

This year's stripped down farm bill looks to heap subsidies on Big Ag while cutting food aid for working Americans.

Glowing lightsabers of various vibrant colors were waved through the air by young padawans in the Friends Room of the ...