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Secretary of State John Kerry gave his first major foreign policy speech Wednesday at the University of Virginia. His comments come days before he leaves on his first trip as America's top diplomat. He's traveling to Europe and the Middle East.

Pope Leo XIV has made peace with Jannik Sinner. The top-ranked tennis player visited the new pope, gave him a tennis racket and offered to play, during an off day for Sinner at the Italian Open.

UConn is back on top of women's basketball, winning its 12th NCAA national championship by routing defending champion South Carolina 82-59 on Sunday.

France hosted top diplomats from the U.S., Germany, the U.K. and Ukraine to discuss efforts toward a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine.

Ten regional fire departments in Northeastern Pennsylvania received more than $1 million in grants for new equipment.U.S. Representative Matt Cartwright announced the grants today (Thursday, Nov. 2) from the Assistance to Firefighters Grant program.In Lackawanna County, fire departments in Scranton, Taylor and Throop received a combined $281,536 in grant funds. In Luzerne County, $573,079 was awarded between fire departments in Freeland, Mountain Top, Nanticoke, Pittston Twp., Plains Twp. and Duryea.In Monroe County, the Pocono Summit Volunteer Hose Company received $205,161.The AFG program is administered by FEMA to ensure that local fire departments and emergency medical service organizations have the resources and equipment they need to protect communities and emergency personnel from fires and other related hazards.

President Trump called off a planned Thursday meeting with top Hill Democrats to discuss a possible deal to avoid a shutdown. He called Democrats' demands "unserious." Democrats say he chickened out.

The combined company will become the world's fourth-largest steelmaker, and bring what analysts say is Nippon Steel's top-notch technology to U.S. Steel.

Foreign ministers from the world's top economies are meeting for the G20 in South Africa. But the U.S. is conspicuous in its absence.

NATO foreign ministers will meet in Brussels Wednesday, and the ongoing negotiations to end the war in Ukraine will be top of mind. But there will be a notable absence: The U.S.

Scientists have measured all kinds of athletes, and one sport consistently come out on top for maximizing the body's ability to convert oxygen to energy.