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Pope speaks with Putin, denouncing recent attacks as he shows recovery from lung surgery progressing

ROME (AP) — Pope Leo XIV gave strong indications Friday that he was recovering well from lung cancer surgery and was very much in charge of running the Catholic Church, speaking on the phone with Russian President Vladimir Putin, meeting with top aides and celebrating Mass in a makeshift hospital chapel. The Vatican said that during the call with Putin, "the Holy Father expressed his deep concern about the grave humanitarian situation in the city of Oleshky, in the Kherson region, and called for a ceasefire to allow the delivery of food and medical assistance, and the voluntary and ...

Picture This: Marietta streets projects move forward

Marietta Mayor Josh Schlicher discusses street paving projects and repair during Thursday evening council meeting. Council also discussed legislation surrounding the Start Westward monument. For more information read the full article in the weekend edition of the Marietta Times. (Photo by Gwen Sour)

Has Kristen Welker ever been weaker?

Twenty years ago, Democrat politicians had a reason to be queasy over making an appearance on NBC's "Meet the Press." Back then, host Tim Russert asked pointed questions, often relying on research to bring up potentially embarrassing statements and actions. Even Barack Obama knew he was going to get a serious probe of his past statements and policy positions. The current host, Kristen Welker, is no Tim Russert. On Oct. 11, she interviewed Michigan Democrat Abdul El-Sayed. The first question was Russertesque, quoting El-Sayed from 2012 criticizing Obama, who is now about to join him on ...

MAGA masculinity: Protesting too much

We've seen Robert F. Kennedy Jr. lifting weights in snug Levis, sweat pouring down his naked muscled chest. Last February, the secretary of health and human services was "giving body" in the "Rock Out Workout" video. A jeans-clad Kennedy flexes alongside Kid Rock in black shorts, then strips off his shirt and joins Rock in a grotto-like pool. Provocative questions followed. Kennedy has become a hero to a MAGA movement that celebrates masculinity and pushes back against what it sees, not without reason, as an anti-male attitude flooding far-left feminism. I'm not the first opinion to ...

No. 4 Buckeyes, No. 5 Hoosiers ready for a real grind

(AP) — No. 4 Ohio State and No. 5 Indiana have plenty of pizzaz on their rosters. Each school has efficient quarterbacks, elite receivers and big-play threats all over the field. But they win the old-fashioned way — running the ball and stopping the run. So in the only top five contest Saturday, the Buckeyes and Hoosiers will be ready to grind things out to grab the inside track to a Big Ten title game berth in this rematch of last season's league championship game. "When you stop the run and kind of try to take the legs out from underneath them, they've got to start playing ...

Local Calendar

Friday, Oct. 16 High school football: Parkersburg at Cabell Midland, 7:30 p.m.; Morgantown at Parkersburg South, 7 p.m.; South Harrison at Williamstown, 7 p.m.; St. Marys at Magnolia, 7 p.m.; Roane County at Scott; Herbert Hoover at Ripley, 7 p.m.; Tyler Consolidated at Oak Glen, 7 p.m.; Doddridge County at Braxton County, 7 p.m.; Calhoun County at Valley, 7 p.m.; Webster County at Gilmer County, 7 p.m.; Liberty at Ritchie County, 7:30 p.m.; Buffalo at Ravenswood, 7:30 p.m.; Eastern at Belpre, 7 p.m.; River at Caldwell, 7 p.m.; Federal Hocking at Southern, 7 p.m.; Frontier at ...