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No one expected an American pope. Here's the inside story of how 'Bob' became Pope Leo

When the 2025 conclave began, no one expected an American pope. But by its end, Cardinal Robert Prevost had become Pope Leo.
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No one expected Leo to be pope — except everyone who knew him as 'Bob'

When the 2025 conclave began, no one expected an American pope. But by its end, Cardinal Robert Prevost had become Pope Leo.
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The Supreme Court faces another term jam-packed with controversy

The Supreme Court term opens on Monday with big test cases on religion, guns and climate change. Plus, the emergency docket ...
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Coast Guard finds debris from medical plane carrying 6 people

Updated October 3, 2026 at 9:34 PM MDT The U.S. Coast Guard says searchers have found debris off Nantucket, Mass., from a Canadian air ambulance that was carrying six people traveling from Bermuda to ...