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Charlie Kirk, founder of Turning Point USA speaks during the Turning Point Action conference, July 15, 2023, in West Palm Beach, Fla.(Credit: Lynne Sladky/AP.)

Turning Point youth conference begins in Phoenix without founder Charlie Kirk

  • Dec 18
  • Jonathan J. Cooper, 
    Associated Press
Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York attends a news conference at the North American College in Rome, May 9, 2025. (Credit: Gregorio Borgio/AP.)

Pope names fellow Chicagoan, Bishop Ronald Hicks, as new archbishop of New York

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New York Gov. Kathy Hochul speaks during a House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform hearing, June 12, 2025, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington. (Credit: Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP.)

New York is set to legalize medically assisted suicide with ‘guardrails,’ governor says

  • Dec 18
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Turning Point youth conference begins in Phoenix without founder Charlie Kirk

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