The Pope's last day, Easter Sunday, was marked by an appearance on the Loggia balcony of St. Peter's Basilica, meeting the faithful in the piazza below, and a private meeting with U.S. Vice President JD Vance.
Pope Francis has died. He was history’s first Latin American pontiff who charmed the world with his humble style and concern for the poor but alienated conservatives with critiques of capitalism and climate change. He was 88.
Pope Francis died Monday. He was 88. His last public appearances, on Easter Sunday, were marked by a speech from the Loggia balcony and a meeting with crowds outside St. Peter's Basilica.
The death of a pope initiates a centuries' old ritual to elect a new pontiff
Pope Francis has died. He was history’s first Latin American pontiff who charmed the world with his humble style and concern for the poor but alienated conservatives with critiques of capitalism and climate change. He was 88.
Cardinal Kevin Farrell, the Vatican camerlengo, said the Pontiff had died at "7:35 this morning". He was 88.
New school board member; court rules on prison reform; UNL's Truman scholar
Pope Francis appealed for peace in Gaza and Ukraine as well as other conflict hotspots, in his Easter speech. The address was delivered by Archbishop Diego Ravelli, Vatican master of liturgical ceremonies.
A 19-year-old Asian elephant at the Zurich Zoo gave birth this weekend to a male calf whose name, starting with the letter Z, will be announced this week. A light-sensitive monitoring camera picked up the birth before dawn Saturday and the baby's earliest, wobbly steps inside the zoo’s Kaeng…
Democratic Sen. Chris Van Hollen joins CNN's State of the Union after his trip to El Salvador.
After delivering his Easter greetings to a crowd estimated at over 35,000 from the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica, Pope Francis delegated the reading of his traditional "Urbi et Orbi" ("To the City and the World") benediction to an associate. "It was a prayer for peace. He highlighted the s…
Pope Francis emerged from his convalescence on Easter Sunday to bless the thousands of people in St. Peter’s Square and treat them to a surprise popemobile tour through the piazza, drawing wild cheers and applause as he continues his recovery from a near-fatal bout of double pneumonia.
Fifteen years after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, the environmental impact is still felt along the Gulf Coast. Settlement money is also nearing an end, leaving states like Louisiana searching for alternative funding sources for their coastal restoration projects.
The U.S. Supreme Court on April 19 paused the Trump administration's deportation of alleged Venezuelan gang members under an 18th-century law.
Ashton Jeanty may become a first-round draft pick, with interest from the Raiders and Cowboys after his stellar season. How early will Jeanty be selected?
For the first time, every NFL team has its original first-round pick. Expect a night full of surprises and trades! Which teams will come calling on draft night?
US Vice President JD Vance met Saturday with the Vatican's No. 2 official amid tensions over the US crackdown on migrants.
Dodge County Sheriff's Office provides update after a fatal plane crash outside of Fremont.
From the outside, it looks like any other New England church building — a boxy, white structure with a single steeple surrounded by an old stone wall, set against rolling hills and pine forest. Inside, the South Solon Meeting House has a secret.
Kyle Coon, a blind U.S. paralympian, says he is excited to compete in the Boston Marathon, while being linked by the wrist to his Canadian running buddy Nico Lightbody from Sidney, B.C.
0419 Today in History
Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen held a press conference Friday to share details about his Thursday meeting with Kilmar Abrego Garcia in El Salvador. (Scripps News)
Credit: Pima County Superior Court via 857 Tucson
Amid the crawfish farms, towering pine trees and sugarcane fields of rural Louisiana, nearly 7,000 people are waiting at immigration detention centers to learn whether they will be expelled from the United States. (AP Video/Stephen Smith)