The process of becoming a saint in the Catholic Church is one that takes decades, even centuries, to finalize. However, two recent popes' journey to sainthood has been accelerated and will reach fruition today in Rome.
Drugs and poverty have heightened violence and crime in various Central American nations. Though Venezuelan cities, for example, have seen a rise in crime over the last couple of years, the bloodiest cities are found in five Central American nations. Guatemala is one of them, and recent events add to that nation's hardships.
The months-long battle over tax incentives between Maryland officials and "House of Cards" executives ended Friday when they announced a deal had been struck, meaning the show would continue filming in Maryland.
A male classmate stabbed a teenage girl to death at their high school in Connecticut on Friday; police suspect she turned down his invitation to take her to prom.
The extremely cold weather this winter that brought record below freezing temperatures to the East Coast and much of the Midwest exposed a major concern in the nation's electricity grid.
The class action lawsuit was filed on behalf of thousands of employees Two of the most valuable and famous companies in the world, Apple and Google, have been slapped with a class action suit filed in 2011 by tech workers.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said the new Palestinian unity government — which includes unification with the terrorist group Hamas — will recognize Israel's right to exist.
U.S. Rep. Michael Grimm has been indicted for alleged campaign finance fraud. U. S. Rep. Michael Grimm (R-N. Y. ) is facing criminal charges from federal prosecutors, according to Grimm's lawyer.
Five service members were killed when a U.K. helicopter crashed in Afghanistan Saturday. Five NATO service members were killed when a U. K. helicopter crashed in southern Afghanistan Saturday.
Since 2008, the Peruvian government has been battling illegal miners. Amidst the wilderness of the Amazon jungle, explosives ravage the land, illegal prostitution oppresses the local population and disease spreads unmonitored.
In 2012, the Peruvian government passed legislation to curb the illegal gold mining rampant in its Amazonian departments. However, it did not fully enforce them until now. A deadline, which expired on April 25, allowed for illegal miners to register with the government. According to the AP, the government of President Ollanta Humala has vowed to enforce this latest deadline and will move against the remaining illegal miners.
Venezuela looks for support in its left-wing allies in South America. Although protests in Venezuela continue, the Maduro government has not budged to the opposition's demands.
Net Mundial, a global internet governance conference being held this week in Brazil ended on Thursday with little concrete progress to show. Nevertheless optimistic participants representing a wide range of interests celebrated the constructive conversations that took place during the two-day event, which coincided with Brazil signing its groundbreaking "Internet Bill of Rights" into law.
The Federal Communications Commission will release a proposal soon to reinstate its Open Internet rules in a new form, after a federal court struck down the current incarnation of the FCC's net neutrality-friendly rules. But the new rules may not not enshrine certain net neutrality principals, leading tech watchers and advocacy groups, including the National Hispanic Media Coalition, to preemptively condemn the changes.
A 16-year-old student was stabbed to death Friday morning inside of a Connecticut high school, just hours before she planned to attend her school prom. Officials are now investigating whether the attacker killed the teenager after she rejected his request to be her prom date.
