Francis (/ˈfrænsɨs/, /ˈfrɑːnsɨs/; Latin: Franciscus ; born Jorge Mario Bergoglio; 17 December 1936) is the 266th and current pope of the Catholic Church. A native of Buenos Aires, Argentina, he was ordained as a priest in 1969. In 1998 he became the Archbishop of Buenos Aires, and in 2001 a cardinal. He was elected...
The Associated Press reports that Hugo Chávez, who led a leftist revolution and served as Venezuela’s president for nearly 14 years, has died at 58 years old. Chavez had been fighting cancer since 2011, and had chosen Venezuelan Vice President Nicolás Maduro as his heir-apparent when it became clear that health concerns might force...
According to CNN, Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II was hospitalized Sunday after experiencing symptoms of gastroenteritis that had already sidelined her weekend plans, Buckingham Palace announced. The 86-year-old monarch was taken to King Edward VII’s Hospital in London “as a precautionary measure” and is expected to stay for two days, said a palace spokesman, speaking...
Another photo from Pete Brady in Rockaway. The wind and waves are picking up hours before high tide and Sandy’s arrival. Pictures/courtesy facebook
Millions of people from Maine to the Carolinas awoke Tuesday without electricity, and an eerily quiet New York City was all but closed off by car, train and air as superstorm Sandy steamed inland, still delivering punishing wind and rain. The U.S. death toll climbed to 38, many of the victims killed by falling...
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