Pope Francis rocked the Catholic world — again — on Tuesday by announcing that women who have had an abortion are not automatically excommunicated but can seek forgiveness from priests during the church’s upcoming “Year of Mercy.”
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More than a century after first-class passengers aboard the ill-fated Titanic ate grilled mutton chops and custard pudding in an elaborate dining room, the ship’s last luncheon menu is expected to fetch up to $70,000 in an online auction, a curator said on Monday.
The man charged with fatally shooting a Houston-area deputy in a hail of gunfire spent four months in a mental hospital in 2012 after being declared incompetent to stand trial in an aggravated assault case, the Houston Chronicle reported on Tuesday.
The former director of the foundation of former Subway pitchman Jared Fogle will file a guilty plea on Tuesday in the child pornography case against him, Taylor’s attorney said.
A Texas sheriff’s office said on Monday it was working to complete an investigation into the fatal shooting of a man by two deputies, as video broadcast on local media appeared to show the man with at least one hand in the air before he was killed.
President Barack Obama on Monday will officially restore Denali as the name of North America’s tallest mountain, siding with the state of Alaska in ending a 40-year battle over what to call a peak that has been known as Mount McKinley.
Thunderstorms aren’t very common in the Las Vegas Valley, but on the Strip they’re about to become a regular occurrence — every 22 minutes, rain or shine.
A Bay Area man who found a $20 bill on a street outside San Francisco International Airport used it to play the California lottery and won $1 million, a lottery spokesman said Monday.
The night after Kanye West claimed at MTV’s Video Music Awards that he’s running for president in 2020, the “Ready for Kanye” committee was filed with the Federal Election Commission. But he’s not the first “oddball” candidate.
Two gas stations in Dinwiniddie County, Virginia engaged in a friendly gas price ‘war’ to compete for the lowest prices Friday afternoon.
The wholesale water supplier is rolling out its new ad campaign — “There’s Nothing Sexier than Saving Water” — this week to coincide with Tuesday’s start of the fall watering schedule, which limits irrigation use to three assigned days per week through Oct. 31.
Wes Craven died on Sunday at the age of 76, leaving behind a legacy of screams like no other in the film world. Here are six of Craven’s lesser-known films you should binge in his honor.
Jane Rosenberg, the courtroom sketch artist who was ridiculed for her Aug. 12 rendering of New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady, took another crack at it Monday during what was expected to be the final Deflategate hearing.
President Barack Obama will tape an episode of “Running Wild with Bear Grylls,” NBC and the White House announced Monday. The President will “trek through the wilderness” with survival expert Grylls, in the special edition of the show, set to air later this year according to a press release.
Hundreds of thousands of people signed up for infidelity website Ashley Madison in the last week, parent company Avid Life Media said on Monday, even after hackers leaked data about millions of its clients.