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2 days ago | 
wng.org | Christina Grube
The event formerly known as the International Film Festival, revealed changes to its dress code policy this year, including formally barring attendees from donning explicit outfits. For the sake of decency, nudity is not allowed in festival areas, including the red carpet, according to the new policy. The Cannes hospitality team will stop anyone violating the dress code from accessing the red carpet, the policy added.
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2 days ago | 
wng.org | Christina Grube
President Donald Trump brokered a $142 billion defense deal Tuesday while visiting Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in the capital city of Riyadh. The deal is the largest defense sale agreement in history, according to the White House. Over a dozen American defense contractors will equip Saudi Arabia with state-of-the-art warfighting equipment and services, the White House said.
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6 days ago | 
wng.org | Christina Grube
Authorities detained Newark Mayor Ras Baraka on Friday for trespassing on an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention site in the city, U.S. Attorney Alina Habba said in a Friday statement. Baraka willfully disregarded the law and ignored multiple warnings from security officials telling him to leave, she said. That won’t stand in New Jersey because no one is above the law, she added.
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6 days ago | 
wng.org | Christina Grube
Madison police on Thursday arrested the father of the Abundant Life Christian School shooter, acting Madison Police Chief John Patterson said during a press conference later that day. Jeffrey Rupnow faced felony charges of contributing to the delinquency of a child and two counts of providing a dangerous weapon to a minor resulting in death, police records showed.
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6 days ago | 
wng.org | Christina Grube
Pope Leo XIV on Friday carried out his first Mass after being elected to serve as the 267th pontiff on Thursday. Leo, formerly Cardinal Robert Prevost, made history as the first American-born pope. The Chicago native began his Friday homily in English and switched to Italian about a minute into the message. What was his message? Leo began by calling the audience to recognize the Lord’s marvels and blessings He continually gives and began speaking on Matthew 16:16.
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1 week ago | 
wng.org | Christina Grube
U.S. District Judge Liles C. Burke formally dismissed a case on Thursday that sought to overrule a state law protecting minors from receiving transgender procedures and surgeries. The dismissal came after the plaintiffs who sued to overturn the law filed a joint motion for dismissal last Thursday. Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall’s office described the dismissal last week as a landmark legal win for the state.
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1 week ago | 
wng.org | Christina Grube
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints last month agreed to a settlement in principle for over 100 child sex abuse cases filed in the California court system. The San Diego Union-Tribune first reported the burgeoning settlement on Thursday, citing joint motions noting that parties reached an initial settlement during an April mediation session. Details on the tentative settlement were not released.
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1 week ago | 
wng.org | Christina Grube
Chicago native Cardinal Robert Prevost, 69, will take the name of Pope Leo XIV and serve as the Catholic Church’s 267th pope. Prevost was born in 1955, took vows in the church’s Order of Saint Augustine at the age of 26, and received ordination the following year, according to the College of Cardinals. He received a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics at Villanova University and a Master of Divinity from Catholic Theological Union in Chicago.
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1 week ago | 
wng.org | Christina Grube
Pakistani forces killed at least 40 soldiers and blew up military installations along the border dividing the disputed Kashmir, Pakistani Information Minister Attaullah Tarar said during a Thursday session of Pakistan’s parliament. Pakistan also shot down 25 drones from India, Tarar added. Pakistani forces shot down at least a dozen Israeli-made Harop drones sent by India, Pakistan military spokesman Lt. Gen. Ahmad Sharif Chaudhry also said early Thursday morning.
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1 week ago | 
wng.org | Christina Grube
The Kremlin remained committed to honoring the previously announced three-day ceasefire in its war on Ukraine in order to honor Victory in Europe Day, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Tuesday. President Vladimir Putin last week unilaterally called for a pause to the fighting from May 8-10 to mark the 80th anniversary of Nazi Germany’s surrender to the Allies, ending the conflict in World War II’s European theater.
