Pope Leo XIV, the Chicago-born leader of the Catholic Church, blessed hundreds of rave-goers in Košice, Slovakia, and said their "presence is a tangible sign of the fraternity and peace that is instilled in our hearts by friendship with Christ."

Sheikh Hasina, Bangladesh's ousted prime minister who's in exile in India, was sentenced in absentia to 21 years in prison for illegally securing plots in the Purbachal New Town project for herself and her family despite their ineligibility.

Nathan Hochman, district attorney in Los Angeles County, Calif., said the fatal shooting of a 22-year-old Latin artist "was a ruthless and targeted attack that stole the life of a young woman ... and inflicted profound lifelong trauma on her family and the two survivors."

Kendrick Weeks, Western Wildlife Div

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