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Welcome to the Daily Briefing. Start with these reads:Nicole Fallert here. Had the day off? Catch up with our news quiz. We have the news to know on Tuesday, from a Texas runoff election to a dispatch from a Great Lakes cruise.The national spotlight on Tuesday will be on Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s runoff […]

news AlertsThere are no new alerts at this timePope Leo XIV made a historic apology Monday for the role the Holy See itself played in legitimizing slavery and for having failed to condemn it for centuries, calling the Vatican’s record a “wound in Christian memory.”Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free […]

Welcome to the Daily Briefing. Start your day off with these reads:Nicole Fallert here, bringing you the news to know on Memorial Day Monday, from what’s open and closed today and an emotional tribute to late NASCAR legend Kyle Busch.As Memorial Day observances take place on Monday, participants in parts of the eastern half of […]

news AlertsThere are no new alerts at this timeIn today’s newsletter: A Noticias Telemundo investigation finds a marked increase in cases of people posing as federal agents. Iran warns an agreement to end the war with the U.S. is not imminent. And the race to prevent a massive explosion from a chemical tank in California.Subscribe […]

US officials credit overnight cooling and monitoring for stabilising tank after leak fears triggered mass evacuationFirefighters contending with an overheating tank of hazardous chemicals in southern California said they had eliminated the threat of the tank exploding in an overnight operation, Orange county fire officials said on Monday.The damaged chemical tank in southern California had […]