Cardinal Gregory Recalls Time When Black Catholics Could Not Study in US Seminaries

Venerable Augustus Tolton, a former slave turned Catholic priest, is now on the path to sainthood ... four years later, Pope Francis made Gregory the first African American cardinal in a ceremony ... Read More

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Read the latest national and world news, including stories from Newsday's reporters in Washington, D.C. Young brother and sister dead, several hurt when vehicle crashes into Michigan birthday ... Read More

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The United Nations and others said donors should resume support for UNRWA after a review found that Israel hadn’t backed up claims that many agency workers are members of terrorist groups. The ... Read More

Harrowing video shows elephant charging truck during African safari, killing American tourist

Shocking video captured the moment a 5-ton bull elephant in Zambia charged at a safari vehicle — flipping it over several times and killing an 80-year-old American ... when its path was blocked. Read More

Pope, looking strong, issues lengthy marching orders to priests during Holy Thursday Mass

In his remarks, Francis warned priests against “sliding into clerical ... dishonesty and hypocrisy,” he said. The Mass was the first major papal liturgy in St. Peter’s since Bernini ... Read More

Pope, Looking Healthy, Begins Busy Four Days Leading to Easter

Francis urged priests to be compassionate, admit when they have "strayed from the path of holiness" and avoid ... Francis is the first pope to hold the foot-washing ceremony outside churches ... Read More

Black Voices

made history again in November when voters overwhelmingly elected him as the first African American to serve as the city’s mayor. Lavern Meggett and her little sisters Marvette Meggett and Elizabeth ... Read More

Up First

NPR's Up First is the news you need to start your day ... these makers present a fractured and confused telling of the American story. Some share humor and joy but many present a version of ... Read More

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and it will set magenta as the most dangerous level In the two years before the World Anti-Doping Agency cleared 23 Chinese swimmers of doping allegations, that country’s government contributed ... Read More

Raven-Symoné clarifies her ‘not an African American’ 2014 remark: Still ‘haunts’ me

At the time, the “That’s So Raven” alum told the talk show host, 70, that she is “an American, [but] not an African American.” Raven got candid about her 2014 comments on a new episode ... Read More

Best States Rankings

The Best States rankings by U.S. News draw on thousands of data points ... With the outbreak of the Mexican-American War, several hundred members formed what became known as the Mormon Battalion ... Read More

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The European Union's foreign policy chief said on Monday the Middle East stood "on the edge of the cliff" and called for de-escalation in the conflict between Israel and Iran. Information ... Read More