The Vatican delegate running the troubled Legion of Christ urged its priests on Wednesday to elect a new leadership worthy of authority, after suffering for years from shame and suspicion following...

An inquest jury Wednesday largely vindicated London police over a fatal shooting that set off a wave of rioting across England more than two years ago, finding that officers acted lawfully when they...

Pope Francis has broken with papal protocol once again, inviting a friend for a ride in his panoramic white car.   The Rev. Fabian Baez, a priest from Francis' hometown in Buenos Aires,...

Hundreds of people fell sick across Japan after eating frozen food that may have been tainted with a pesticide.   Food maker Maruha Nichiro Holdings used full-page ads in major newspapers...

A deep freeze spread from the U.S. Midwest to the East and South, setting record low temperatures from Boston to Birmingham, and leaving 21 people dead, authorities said. The Midwest and the East...

He is wanted in his native Kazakhstan, Ukraine and Russia. He was ordered jailed in Britain.   An opposition leader from a country that has been ruled by the same man since 1989, a former...

A Spanish court on Tuesday subpoenaed Princess Cristina, the daughter of Spain's King Juan Carlos, as a suspect in an investigation of alleged tax fraud and money laundering — the latest...

Dangerously cold polar air snapped decades-old records as it spread Tuesday from the Midwest to southern and eastern parts of the U.S. and eastern Canada, making it hazardous to venture outside and...

The German insurance company Munich Re says some 20,000 people died in natural disasters last year, about twice as many as in 2012.   Most of the deaths resulted from Typhoon Haiyan that hit...

No longer taboo, living together has become a more common arrangement for America's couples who become pregnant while dating.   Soon-to-be-released government figures show a major...