By MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — When videos first rocketed around the Internet Thursday afternoon showing security officers forcibly removing Democratic Sen. Alex Padilla from a press conference with Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem in California, senators in both parties were already gathered together for a long series …

By TERESA M. WALKER AP Pro Football Writer NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Cam Ward talks so much that Tennessee coach Brian Callahan asked the rookie if he needed to wait until the Titans quarterback stopped before calling a play during practice.The answer?Nope. Ward listens even while talking. The rookie then …

By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The Indiana Pacers aren’t celebrating. The Oklahoma City Thunder aren’t panicking. The NBA Finals scoreboard is what it is — Pacers 2, Thunder 1 — going into Game 4 of the best-of-seven title series on Friday night. Everybody can count to …

By JACK BROOK and DEEPA BHARATH Associated Press/Report for America NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The new pope’s French-sounding last name, Prevost, intrigued Jari Honora, a New Orleans genealogist, who began digging in the archives and discovered the pope had deep roots in the Big Easy. All four of Pope Leo …

By TASSANEE VEJPONGSA and JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press VILLANOVA, Pa. (AP) — When Villanova University’s president, the Rev. Peter Donohue, was nearing graduation as a theatre student, a future pope wasn’t far away on campus, studying math two grades below him. On Thursday, church bells rang out for hours in …

ATLANTA (AP) — An 4.1 preliminary magnitude earthquake centered in Tennessee, shaking parts of southeastern US including Chattanooga. The US Geological Survey says the epicenter was near Greenback, Tennessee. The Associated Press reports the quake jolted Atlanta. Other reports say the tremor was felt in Knoxville and Cleveland, TN. UPDATE …

The following announcement was made by the University of Tennessee System President Randy Boyd on May 8, 2025: Dear UTC Community, I’m pleased to share that I will be recommending Lori Mann Bruce to the University of Tennessee Board of Trustees as the next chancellor of the University of Tennessee …

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Cardinal Robert Prevost, an American missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and leads the Vatican’s powerful office of bishops, was elected the first U.S. pope in the 2,000-year history of the Catholic Church. Prevost, 69, took the name Leo XIV. FILE – Newly elected …

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Robert Prevost has been elected the first American pope in history.

By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — White smoke poured from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel and the great bells of St. Peter’s Basilica tolled Thursday after cardinals elected the 267th pope to lead the Catholic Church on the second day of their conclave. The crowd in …