Who’s St. Francis, whose love for the poor, creation, and peace inspires Pope Francis?
As Pope Francis entered his third week in a hospital battling pneumonia, hundreds of pilgrims continued to make their way to this hilltop town to pray at the tomb of St. Francis, the hometown medieval ...
Israel cut off food and supplies to Gaza. Aid groups are scrambling. What's happening on the ground?
Israel’s cutoff of food, fuel, medicine and other supplies to Gaza’s 2 million people has sent prices soaring and humanitarian groups into overdrive trying to distribute dwindling stocks to the most ...
A South African play about Winnie Madikizela-Mandela explores Black women's long wait for absent men
A new play about anti-apartheid icon Winnie Madikizela-Mandela seeks to highlight the struggles of Black women in South ...
Record number of Americans applied for UK citizenship after Trump re-election
Americans applied for British citizenship in record numbers last year, with a historically high volume of applications submitted in the last quarter of 2024 – a period coinciding with US President ...
World's oldest llama enjoys comforting chronically ill children in North Carolina
A bucktoothed llama that spends its days comforting chronically ill children at a North Carolina camp founded by NASCAR royalty has been crowned the world’s oldest llama in captivity.
Philippine forces find wreckage of missing fighter jet and the bodies of its 2 pilots
Philippine military officials said Tuesday that rescuers have found the wreckage of a missing fighter jet and the bodies of ...
Businesses scramble to contain fallout from Trump's tariffs on Canada, China and Mexico
A Minnesota farmer worries about the price of fertilizer. A San Diego entrepreneur deals with an unexpected cost increase of ...
Suspect in Kabul airport bombing during Afghanistan pullout is caught and heading to US, Trump says
A suspected senior planner in the suicide bombing at the Kabul airport that killed 13 American service members during the chaotic U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan has been taken into custody and is ...
Judge denies Elon Musk's request to block OpenAI for-profit conversion but welcomes trial
A federal judge has denied Elon Musk's request for a court order blocking OpenAI from converting itself to a for-profit company but said she could expedite a trial to consider Musk's claims against ...
Trump's address to Congress showed the country's stark partisan divide
A president's speech to Congress — even without the formal gloss of a State of the Union address — is typically a time for a ...
US rejects alternative Gaza reconstruction plan proposed by Arab leaders
The Trump administration has rejected a long-awaited plan for the reconstruction of Gaza endorsed by Arab leaders, saying the president stands by his own vision which includes expelling the ...
One moment, calm waters. The next, a 900-pound dolphin landed on their boat
A placid fishing trip turned “berserk” for three New Zealand men when a dolphin weighing more than 400 kilograms (900 pounds) appeared to fall out of the sky before crash-landing in their small boat.