On May 10, the Catholic Church honors Father Damien, the Belgian priest who was elevated to sainthood for his work with ...

It was originally founded as a leper colony in 1934 away from residential areas, but the city has expanded to surround it. Perceptions of the disease are only slowly evolving, said Solomon Getahun ...

Tilahun Wale not only lost his right foot to leprosy -- a disease that still affects thousands in Ethiopia -- he also lost his family.

Six major islands in Hawaii are open to visitors, including Kauai, Oahu, Maui, Molokai, Lanai and Hawaii Island. (The other two major Hawaiian islands aren't open to visitors: Niihau is privately ...

A St Petersburg court has sentenced a 19-year-old woman to nearly three years in a penal colony after she was accused of repeatedly “discrediting” the Russian army, including by gluing a ...

A large amount of dead bees here, here, here," said Mattiaccio. Over half the colony’s size – wiped out. That’s half a million pollinators valued between $15 and $20,000. “We took some ...

Flood advisories have also been issued for Molokai and Oahu. The advisory for Molokai has been extended until 5 p.m. According to the NWS, there is a chance for thunderstorms into Friday evening ...

The Hippie Pope after his Good Friday visit to Rome’s Regina Coeli jail + In Kafka’s “The Penal Colony,” a man called only the Traveler visits an island penal colony of a country not his own.

IOWA COLONY — Iowa Colony’s first city manager, Robert Hemminger, is leaving the role and moving to Navasota to be closer to family. Hemminger spent four years with the city. We're always ...

Residents and activists say it only asserts what they have been long echoing: ‘We are a colony of Pakistan’. The proposed law, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Mines and Minerals (Amendment) Act, is aimed at ...

Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kalé sophomore June Troxel (3) avoids a pitch as Colony sophomore catcher Meghan Schoon blocks the ball during the Crimson Bears’ 8-2 loss to the Knights on ...