Pope Francis is praising big families after saying Catholics don't have to breed "like rabbits." He says big families are a gift and don't cause poverty in the developing world, and that the...

Japan is expending maximum efforts as it races against time to free two hostages the Islamic State group is threatening to kill within 72 hours, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Wednesday, vowing never...

French prosecutors say four men are the first to be charged in connection with three days of terror in the Paris region that left 20 people dead, including three gunmen. Paris Prosecutor Francois...

TURKEY-CORRUPTION ISTANBUL - In what could be the final chapter of a graft investigation that once seemed to threaten the inner circle of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey's parliament is...

A man shot and fatally wounded a doctor inside a leading Boston hospital Tuesday before killing himself. Authorities said Stephen Pasceri, 55, entered Brigham and Women's Hospital sometime before...

A group of tourists who ran up the "Rocky" steps in Philadelphia got a knockout photo at the top - a selfie with Rocky himself. Peter Rowe said he and two friends had just finished...

President Barack Obama, undaunted by the new Republican majority in Congress, issued a sweeping challenge Tuesday night to do more for the poor and middle class and to end the nasty partisan...

The mayor of the southern French town of Beziers says five Chechens have been arrested in the region, including one with a cache of explosives. Beziers Mayor Robert Menard confirmed the arrests...

A 9-month-old boy is dead after his 5-year-old brother playing with a handgun accidentally shot him in the head. Authorities say the baby was pronounced dead at Children's Mercy Hospital in...

Pope Francis said Monday he hopes to visit Ecuador, Bolivia and Paraguay this year, as well as the Central African Republic and Uganda. The 2015 trips, still in their planning stages and not...