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The death or resignation of a pope starts a conclave, a centuries-old ritual of electing a successor that involves sacred ...

Some Black churches are pledging to support the National Museum of African American History and Culture following an ...

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From nuns in black-and-white habits to suited dignitaries and ordinary faithful in baseball caps, a multitude gathered in St. Peter’s Square for Pope Francis’ funeral on Saturday.

A Black man hospitalized for a week following an arrest in which Alabama police shocked him with a Taser and punched him died ...

The White House Correspondents' Dinner was once Washington's biggest night. With no Trump expected, will the dinner be stale?

They’d watched overnight as the bombardments grew closer, and observed through binoculars as the last U.S. Marines piled into a helicopter on the roof of the embassy to be ...

Here are the key things to know about the funeral of the first Latin American pontiff in the church’s history.

The trial of a former Michigan police officer charged with second-degree murder in the killing of a 26-year-old Black man is ...