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The papal conclave, the secretive election process to elect the next leader of the Roman Catholic Church, commences on Wednesday.

Raja Krishnamoorthi has announced his bid to run for Senate, confirming speculations that he would join the field looking to win the seat left open by Dick Durbin.

The process of electing a new pope is a mix of tradition, pageantry and practical necessity.

Pope Leo XIV was elected as the Catholic Church's 267th leader on Thursday.

With the eyes of the world on St. Peter's Square ahead of the secretive conclave to elect the next pope, David Muir shares new images from inside the Vatican and reports on the historic event.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement conducted raids targeting businesses in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday.

President Donald Trump plans to announce next week that the U.S. will refer to the Persian Gulf as the Arabian Gulf or the Gulf of Arabia

Lawyers for four former housekeepers of Smokey Robinson filed a lawsuit against the singer and his wife on Tuesday.

Virginia Marie Gonzales, 33, of Austin, was arrested for injury to a child after her 7-year-old girl was found "locked in a closet and starving" last month, police said.

The Pakistani army said India attacked Kotli, Muzaffarabad and Bahawalpur.