Here’s a look at the $100 billion in disaster relief in the government spending bill
Congress is allocating more than $100 billion in emergency aid designed to address extensive damage caused by disasters after ...
Pope Francis reprimands Vatican staff for gossiping in annual Christmas message
Pope Francis told Vatican bureaucrats on Saturday to stop speaking ill of one another, as he once again used his annual ...
German Christmas market ramming is the latest attack to use vehicles as deadly weapons
A car-ramming at a Christmas market in Germany, which police are treating as an attack, is the latest in a grim series of ...
In a calendar rarity, Hanukkah starts this year on Christmas Day
Festival of Lights, begins this year on Christmas Day, only the fourth time that’s happened since 1900. For some rabbis, the ...
Senate review of Supreme Court ethics finds more luxury trips and urges enforceable code of conduct
A nearly two-year investigation by Democratic senators of Supreme Court ethics details more luxury travel by Justice Clarence ...
France’s Mayotte struggles to recover as cyclone overwhelms hospitals
A week after its worst cyclone in nearly a century, France’s impoverished Indian Ocean territory of Mayotte is still ...
Top-ranking NYPD officer abruptly resigns amid sexual misconduct allegations
The top uniformed police officer in the New York Police Department has resigned amid allegations he demanded sex from a subordinate. Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch accepted the ...
What we know about the suspect behind the German Christmas market attack
Authorities have not formally named the suspect in the car ramming in the city of Magdeburg that killed at least five people and wounded hundreds, saying only that he is a Saudi ...
Florida requires teaching Black history. Some don’t trust schools to do it justice
Buried among Florida’s manicured golf courses and sprawling suburbs are the artifacts of its slave-holding past: the ...
Senate passes Social Security benefits boost for many public service retirees
The Senate passed legislation early Saturday to boost Social Security payments for millions of people, pushing a longtime ...
Sectarian violence in Syria has been less intense than feared since Assad’s ouster
The toppling of Bashar Assad has raised tentative hopes that Syrians might live peacefully and as equals after a half century ...
Curt Cignetti's Errant Timeout Backfired Terribly in Key Spot for Indiana vs. Notre Dame
The Indiana Hoosiers' debut in the College Football Playoff hasn't gone as planned.Although Indiana started the game with an ...