White plumes of acid and extremely fine shards of glass billowed into the sky over Hawaii as molten rock from Kilauea volcano poured into the ocean, creating yet another hazard from an eruption that...

The royal family, blessed with fantastic weather and a buoyant public mood at the royal wedding, has thanked people who attended or watched Prince Harry marry Meghan Markle. The family tweeted...

The Vatican has announced that Pope Francis will elevate to sainthood martyred Salvadoran Archbishop Oscar Romero alongside Pope Paul VI in a ceremony on Oct. 14. Pope Francis approved miracles...

It all started with a blind date that went really, really well. It was in July 2016, not even two years ago. Prince Harry and Meghan Markle were set up by a mutual friend, a woman who...

At least one gunman opened fire at a Houston-area high school Friday, killing eight to 10 people, most of them students, authorities said. Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said he could not be...

Every Chilean bishop offered to resign Friday over a sex abuse and cover-up scandal, in the biggest shakeup ever in the Catholic Church's long-running abuse saga. The bishops announced at the end...

The parents of the first baby born to a woman who had a womb transplant say they hope they can be an inspiration to others struggling with infertility. After what they describe as a...

Today is Tuesday, October 7, the 280th day of 2014. There are 85 days left in the year. Highlights in history on this date: 1571 - In a naval engagement, allied Christian forces -...

TOP STORIES FOR MONDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2014 NOBEL-MEDICINE STOCKHOLM - U.S.-British scientist John O'Keefe and married Norwegian researchers May-Britt Moser and Edvard Moser won the Nobel Prize...

Raising fresh concern around the world, a nurse in Spain on Monday became the first person known to catch Ebola outside the outbreak zone in West Africa. In the U.S., President Barack Obama said the...