A federal judge placed a temporary restraining order on a provision in the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” which President Donald Trump signed into law July 4, that would have stopped Planned Parenthood from receiving Medicaid payments for a year.

The approved version creates a new federal tax credit for individuals who make donations to 501(c)(3) public charities providing scholarships to elementary or secondary school pupils.

PARIS — Symbolic lifting of the statues surrounding the spire of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris marked the beginning of one of the last phases of the roof reconstruction before the towers of the Parisian icon will reopen to the public on Sept. 20.

After more than a decade without its most famous vacationer, the quiet town of Castel Gandolfo once again counts the pope among its summer residents.

While still a senior at St. John’s Catholic Prep in Buckeystown, Samantha Hackley spent the majority of her school days this past year at Mount St. Mary’s University in Emmitsburg, where she was enrolled as a full-time student.