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President Donald Trump returns to the White House following a trip to Clarksville, Tenn., on the South Lawn of the White House, Saturday, Oct. 10, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Nathan Howard)

Judge orders the Trump administration to cancel taxpayer-funded promotional TV ads

By Associated Press

October 11, 2026 at 8:11 p.m.

President Donald Trump must cancel any remaining television commercials paid for with millions of dollars...

South Korean army soldiers watch the North Korean side from the Unification Observation Post in Paju, South Korea, near the border with North Korea, Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

South Korea’s military says North Korea fired a projectile toward the sea

By Associated Press

October 11, 2026 at 8:13 p.m.

South Korea’s military says North Korea fired at least one projectile toward its eastern waters,...

A man places a window covering on his boat as Hurricane Simon approaches Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, Saturday, Oct. 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

Hurricane Simon pounds resorts and vulnerable towns along Mexico’s Pacific coast

By Fernando Llano

October 11, 2026 at 7:45 p.m.

Hurricane Simon pounded Mexico’s Pacific coast as a Category 3 storm on Sunday, its eye...

Kenzielynn Kekoa, center, of Hilo, Hawaii, helps her family fill sand bags as Hurricane Nolo approaches in Hilo, Hawaii, Friday, Sept. 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Eugene Garcia)

Hurricane Nolo expected to unleash powerful winds, flash flooding on Hawaii

By Eugene Garcia

September 26, 2026 at 2:00 p.m.

Heavy rain and powerful winds are expected to bring flash floods and extreme surf to...

A paramedic looks at the body of a woman killed in a Russian strike on residential neighbourhood on Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, on Saturday, Sept. 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Kateryna Klochko)

Russian and Ukrainian strikes leave 10 dead as Trump calls on Zelenskyy to ‘settle with Putin’

By Associated Press

September 26, 2026 at 2:13 p.m.

Russian attacks killed four people across Ukraine, officials said on Saturday, while Ukraine continued to...

Four people arrested after two-state pursuit late Friday

By Post-Tribune

September 26, 2026 at 12:57 p.m.

Two teenagers from Illinois and a wanted felon are among four people who were arrested...

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., talks about the policies of President Donald Trump and Republican supporters in Congress as he holds a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

House Democrats plan vast oversight of Trump administration, with impeachment on the table

By Lisa Mascaro

September 26, 2026 at 3:39 p.m.

House Democrats are preparing a vast oversight agenda if the party sweeps control in the...

Motorcyclist killed late Thursday in wreck on I-94 near Chesterton

By Post-Tribune

September 26, 2026 at 11:03 a.m.

A Valparaiso man died Thursday night in a multi-vehicle crash on Interstate 94 involving two...

President Donald Trump boards Air Force One, Saturday, Sept. 26, 2026, at Joint Base Andrews, Md. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

President Trump rejects Iran’s proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz

By Associated Press

September 26, 2026 at 11:05 a.m.

Here is a look at the latest news from the Middle East on Saturday.

The Rev. Brian E. Konkol, Ph.D., looks over the audience at Valparaiso University’s Chapel of the Resurrection shortly after being inaugurated as the 20th president during ceremonies in Valparaiso, Indiana, Friday, September 25, 2026. The event drew students, staff, alumni and Konkol’s former coworkers from across the United States. (Andy Lavalley/for the Post-Tribune)

‘The world needs more Valpo grads’: VU’s 20th president stresses building character, servant leaders

By Doug Ross

September 26, 2026 at 10:50 a.m.

The Rev. Brian Konkol, sworn in Friday as Valparaiso University’s 20th president, stressed the need...

Pope Leo XIV is welcomed by Archbishop of Paris Laurent Ulrich, left, Cardinal Jean-Marc Aveline, second from right, and Institut Catholique de Paris Rector Emmanuel Petit as he arrives to meet with members of the provincial synodal assembly, catechumens and neophytes at the ICP in Paris, Saturday, Sept. 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

An estimated 700,000 people attend Pope Leo XIV’s Mass in Paris square

By Nicole Winfield

September 26, 2026 at 10:01 a.m.

Pope Leo XIV draws hundreds of thousands to Paris’ Champs-Élysées for a massive outdoor Mass.

In this March 7, 2017, file photo, rowers paddle along the Charles River past the Harvard College campus in Cambridge, Mass. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

Bradshaw: Colleges are starting to apply to students

By Gerald Bradshaw

September 26, 2026 at 9:00 a.m.

Across much of the country, the balance of power is moving in the other direction....

Man chased down, killed while driving before crashing in Grand Crossing

By Deanese Williams-Harris

September 26, 2026 at 8:50 a.m.

A 26-year-old man was pronounced dead Friday after he was chased down in traffic and...