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A German man who called himself “Bishop Ralph Napierski” attempted to sneak his way into the Conclave this past weekend. However, the man was unable to make it inside of the venue but he did make it past the initial checkpoint. The unidentified man wore a black fedora, a black long coat with a purple […]

CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago police are investigating the theft of eight school buses that were later found chopped in pieces at a West Side scrap yard. The buses were discovered missing from Sunrise School Bus and Charter garage on Chicago’s southeast side early Friday when workers turned up. The buses’ onboard GPS tracking systems allowed […]

Chicago‘s morticians and funeral home directors held a faux funeral procession through the streets of Chicago this past weekend to protest gun violence. According to CBS Chicago, Gloria Driver, one of the event’s organizers, she said sometimes you have to go beyond the church to seek change, saying, “sometimes we have to step out of […]

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The building that houses South Africa’s highest court, made partly with bricks from an apartheid-era prison, symbolizes what Nelson Mandela hoped his country would become, a haven of tolerance wiser for the nation’s past anguish. Its mosaics, slanting columns, and natural light are meant to welcome people to the Constitutional Court, guardian […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush compares journalists to “crack addicts” and “heroin addicts” for asking about the 2016 presidential campaign. Bush was asked Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press” who is more likely to win the White House — himself or Florida Republican Sen. Marco Rubio. Bush said to host David Gregory, […]

ANOKA, Minn. (AP) — A man wanted in a string of attacks last year against women in Georgia was charged Friday with killing a young woman in Minnesota whose bloodied body was found hidden in blankets in her mother’s towed car. Alberto Prece Palmer, 23, is charged with one count of second-degree murder in the […]

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — A town of 140 people in western Maine is considering an ordinance making gun ownership mandatory, the latest of a handful of communities nationwide to pass or consider such a rule even though the measures are widely considered unenforceable. All three members of the Board of Selectmen in Byron favor it, […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — The American job market isn’t just growing. It’s accelerating. Employers added 236,000 jobs in February and drove down the unemployment rate to 7.7 percent, its lowest level in more than four years. The gains signal that companies are confident enough in the economy to intensify hiring even in the face of tax […]

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Cardinals have set Tuesday as the start date for the conclave to elect the next pope, a milestone in this unusual papal transition and an indication that even without an obvious front-runner, the cardinals have a fairly good idea of who best among them can lead the Catholic Church and tackle […]

Willpower apparently can be bought. The chance to win or lose $20 a month enticed dieters in a yearlong study to drop an average of 9 pounds — four times more weight than others who were not offered dough to pass up the doughnuts. Many employers, insurers and Internet programs dangle dollars to try to […]

It’s that time of year again when all the nation’s college students hit the beaches and celebrate a little break from studying with the most indecent, deviant, alcoholic, drug-filled behavior they can muster. But while they may get their party on, those planning to party on Florida’s beaches may cut it short when it comes […]

DENVER (AP) — The judge in the deadly Colorado theater shootings has denied a request by defense lawyers to declare a state law on the insanity plea unconstitutional. In a ruling released Friday, state District Judge William Sylvester granted one defense request, for a written explanation of the consequences of pleading not guilty by reason […]