VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis is urging people to work together to stop crimes against migrants, including the 71 who perished in a smuggler’s truck on the main Budapest-Vienna highway. Francis on Sunday invited faithful in St. Peter’s Square in Rome to pray silently with him for migrants who die …
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MOGADISHU, Somalia – A day after Islamic extremists overran an African Union military base in Somalia, residents of a nearby town were describing what they saw during the attack and its aftermath. The attack early Tuesday happened next to the small farming town of Janale. No official death toll has …
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COLOMBO, Sri Lanka – Sri Lanka’s president has sworn in a new Cabinet for a consensus government including members of the two main rival political parties. President Maithripala Sirisena on Friday presided over the swearing in of 48 ministers. It followed a consensus agreement between the parties led by Sirisena …
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THE HAGUE, Netherlands – In a move that could clear the way to investigations of possible war crimes in Ukraine’s bitter conflict with Russian-backed rebels, Kiev has accepted the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court, backdated to early 2014. While Ukraine is not a member of the court, it can …
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CARACAS, Venezuela – An angry President Nicolas Maduro warned his Colombian counterpart on Wednesday that he had made a “serious mistake” by saying Venezuela’s Bolivarian revolution was self-destructing, as the heated rhetoric between the leaders reached new heights. The dispute between the South American neighbors began three weeks ago when …
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. – The Charlotte Hornets are turning to a pair of young, inexperienced power forwards after losing Josh McRoberts in free agency. McRoberts was the one player coach Steve Clifford said the team couldn’t afford to lose this offseason. Yet the seven-year NBA veteran is headed out the door. …
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PHILADELPHIA – Something about the Mariners brings out the best in Jerome Williams. The righty took a three-hitter into the eighth inning, Andres Blanco hit his first homer in three years, and the Philadelphia Phillies beat Seattle 4-1 in an interleague game Monday night. Williams improved to 6-2 against the …
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TORONTO – Rubin “Hurricane” Carter, the boxer whose wrongful murder conviction became an international symbol of racial injustice, died Sunday. He was 76. He had been stricken with prostate cancer in Toronto, the New Jersey native’s adopted home. John Artis, a longtime friend and caregiver, told The Canadian Press that …
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ALBANY, N.Y. – An American Indian tribe in upstate New York said Thursday it will launch a radio ad campaign pressing for the Washington Redskins to shed a name often criticized as offensive. The Oneida Indian Nation said the first ad will run on radio stations in Washington before the …
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If we trust 12 completely random people on a jury to decide whether to put someone to death for a crime they may have committed, shouldn’t we trust 12 to 18 of the smartest people in the college sports universe to pick the four best teams in college football? As …
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