Interrupted by jeers from observers, one of Pope Francis' top advisers on Tuesday denied an accusation that his testimony to an inquiry into child sex abuse was an attempt to deflect blame for the...

Under the eye of hundreds of riot police, workers began pulling down tents and makeshift shelters in the sprawling camp in Calais on Monday, dismantling the fragile structures that have served as...

Dozens of flights have been delayed or diverted at London's Gatwick Airport after its one runway was closed because of a suspected oil spill. The airport said flights were suspended after a...

Russian police on Monday arrested a woman who was seen waving the severed head of a small child outside a Moscow subway station. She is suspected of killing the child when it was in her care, officials said....

PRESIDENTIAL RACE LEESBURG, Virginia — The final sprint to Super Tuesday has erupted into a feud over a white supremacist as Donald Trump's Republican rivals scramble to stop the...

One of Pope Francis' top advisers acknowledged he had heard that an Australian Catholic school teacher who serially abused students might be involved in "pedophilia activity" in the 1970s,...

Leap Year is more than just a quirky thing that happens to newborns on the occasional 29th of February. The extra day that rolls around every four years, including 2016, includes a world of lore...

In an underdog win for a movie about an underdog profession, the newspaper drama "Spotlight" took best picture at a 88th Academy Awards. Tom McCarthy's film about the Boston Globe's investigative...

Kajetan Poznanski, the Polish man who was arrested in Malta and later extradited to his native country, has admitted and pleaded guilty to murder, Polish media report.  According to the...

PRESIDENTIAL RACE COLUMBIA, South Carolina — Hillary Clinton overwhelms Bernie Sanders in the South Carolina primary, drawing staggering support from the state's black Democrats and putting...