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Could five little words uttered in 2013 change the course of the Catholic Church?Pope Francis — also known as Time's Person of the Year and Twitter's #bestpopeever — has done a lot of talking since he was installed on the throne of St.

It looks like Sen. Rand Paul, a serial plagiarizer, is at it again or maybe now he’s just making stuff up.“Did you know that 'right to work' states have created jobs at a rate three times greater than Kentucky over the past decade?” the Kentucky Republican recently wrote in a letter touting a "right to work" for less law for the Bluegrass State.

HUNTSVILLE, Texas - Lawmen would come from across Texas just to walk a few miles in the boots made by inmate Arnold Darby.

Freezing rain, snow, ice and thunderstorms were wreaking havoc for millions of holiday travelers from the Louisiana Gulf Coast to eastern Canada early on Sunday, as a huge and deadly storm system moved east in time for Christmas.

Edgar M. Bronfman Sr., the billionaire businessman and longtime president of the World Jewish Congress, which lobbied the Soviets to allow Jews to emigrate and helped spearhead the search for hidden Nazi loot, died Saturday. He was 84.

From ice and snow in the Midwest and New England to thunderstorms and perhaps even tornadoes in the South, hazardous weather descended on a swath of the nation from Texas to Maine on one of the busiest travel and holiday shopping weekends of the year.

A pedestrian was struck and killed by an Amtrak train headed to Boston Saturday, which led to regional service disruptions during a busy day for holiday travel, rail officials said. The incident took place at 4:34 p.m. north of Aberdeen, Md., an Amtrak representative said.

The 17-year-old senior who was in a coma after being shot point-blank at a Colorado high school last week died Saturday with her family at her side, hospital officials said. Claire Esther Davis, a senior at Arapahoe High School in Centennial, Colo.

JPMorgan Chase, the largest bank in the United States, told customers Saturday that they would be limited to $100 in cash withdrawals and $300 in total purchases per day if they used Chase debit cards at Target during a recent security breach.

A public relations executive for an Internet company drew outrage online after a post from her Twitter account said: “Going to Africa. Hope I don’t get AIDS. Just kidding. I’m white!