Pope to make late Italian teenager Carlo Acutis the first millennial and digital saint on April 27
Pope Francis said he will canonize Carlo Acutis next April, setting the eagerly awaited date for the late teenager to become ...
Susan Smith to ask parole board for her freedom after serving 30 years for drowning her children
Susan Smith, the South Carolina mother convicted of killing her two sons by rolling her car into a lake in 1994 with the boys strapped in their seats inside, will ask a ...
Russian lawmakers endorse bill to ban adoptions by gender-transition countries
Russia’s upper house of parliament on Wednesday endorsed a bill banning adoption of Russian children by citizens of countries ...
A suicide car bombing at a security post in northwestern Pakistan has killed 12 troops
A suicide bomber detonated his explosive-laden vehicle at a security post in northwestern Pakistan, killing 12 members of the security forces and wounding several others, ...
US Embassy in Kyiv shuts down after receiving warning of ‘significant’ Russian air attack
The U.S. Embassy in Kyiv said it has received warning of a potentially significant Russian air attack on Wednesday and would ...
‘Bomb cyclone’ knocks out power and downs trees across northwest US, killing 1
A major storm swept across the northwest U.S. Tuesday evening, battering the region with strong winds and rain and causing widespread power outages and downed trees that killed at ...
Ukraine has seen success in building clean energy, which is harder for Russia to destroy
Maxim Timchenko, CEO of DTEK, the largest private energy company in Ukraine, pulls out a piece of paper with bar charts ...
Trump has called for dismantling the Education Department. Here’s what that would mean
Throughout his campaign, President-elect Donald Trump heaped scorn on the federal Department of Education, describing it as ...
Investigation underway after Ankeny Chamber of Commerce audit shows financial irregularities
A criminal investigation is underway after an internal audit at the Ankeny Chamber of Commerce found "financial irregularities." The group's President and CEO was let go after further investigation, ...
5 things to know about Linda McMahon, Trump’s pick for education secretary
If confirmed by the Senate, McMahon will be put in charge of heading up changes to Title IX and determining how student debt ...
Trump nominates WWE co-founder Linda McMahon to lead Department of Education
President-elect Trump announced on Tuesday that he will nominate Linda McMahon to serve as secretary of the Department of Education on Tuesday. McMahon is co-leading Trump’s transition team. She was ...
Former Hong Kong publisher Jimmy Lai begins to testify in his national security trial
Former Hong Kong publisher Jimmy Lai began testifying Wednesday in his landmark national security trial that is widely seen as a measure of press freedom and judicial independence ...