FILE - Callum Ganz, 17, center, gives a pre-show pep talk to castmates in Crazy for You on opening night as the Theatre Palisades Youth group returns to the stage after losing their theater in the Palisades fire, in Los Angeles, Feb. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Jocelyn Gecker, File)
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Good news: Behind the scenes of some of the most uplifting stories of 2025
It was one of the year's biggest stories — the selection of the first American pope — and an Associated Press journalist was interviewing the pope's brother at his home in suburban Chicago. Suddenly, they heard a ringing coming from the basement. "That might be the pope," the new pontiff's brother said.