CAMBRIDGE — Martins Ferry (5-2) continued its recent surge with a 36-0 blanking of Cambridge Friday night on the artificial surface at McFarland Stadium. Colby Kropka threw three touchdown passes and ran for a fourth score from 23 yards out. He connected with Maurice Barnett on scoring ...

CAIRO (AP) — Top Israeli officials on Thursday debated a tentative deal to pause the devastating two-year war with Hamas while their military forces carried out more strikes in Gaza, including one that reportedly left more than three dozen people trapped beneath rubble. The new strikes hit ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV criticized how the wealthy live in a “bubble of comfort and luxury” while poor people suffer on the margins, confirming in his first teaching document that he is in perfect lockstep with his predecessor Pope Francis on matters of social and economic ...

(AP) — A Pennsylvania state trooper remained hospitalized in serious condition Thursday and another was treated and released after both were shot multiple times by a man suspected of stealing clothing from a store before leading police on a high-speed chase, investigators said. The suspect, ...

HOUSTON (AP) — Texas’ top criminal court on Thursday again paused the execution of Robert Roberson, just days before he was set to become the first person in the U.S. put to death for a murder conviction tied to a diagnosis of shaken baby syndrome. This was the third execution date that ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street took a pause on Thursday as U.S. stocks and even the price of gold pulled back from record highs following torrid runs. The S&P 500 slipped 0.3% from its latest all-time high for just its second loss in the last 10 days. The Dow Jones Industrial Average ...