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HAVANA (AP) -- Fidel Castro changed the flavor of the milk Cuban children drink at breakfast....
DETROIT (AP) -- The Fidel Castro that Sam Riddle and many other African-Americans admired was not the brutal revolutionary dictator who plunged Cuba into economic ruin and held the island nation in an iron grip....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Nearly three weeks after Election Day, Michigan officials certified Monday that Donald Trump won the state by 10,704 votes out of nearly 4.8 million to claim all of its 16 electoral votes. There's more wrangling to come, though, on the final vote count for this oh-so-contentious campaign....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Donald Trump's tweets can't erase the reality that he lost the popular vote in this month's election, according to The Associated Press' vote-counting operation....
NEW YORK (AP) -- The drama, disputes and falsehoods that permeated Donald Trump's presidential campaign are now roiling his transition to the White House, forcing aides to defend his baseless assertions of illegal voting and sending internal fights spilling into public....
MOSUL, Iraq (AP) -- Residents of the Iraqi city of Mosul fought each other around trucks delivering humanitarian aid as they jostled for scant supplies on Monday, while government troops fighting to retake the city from Islamic State militants inched closer toward the city center....
Vatican City, Nov 28, 2016 / 10:34 am (CNA/EWTN News).- After the death of Jesuit Fr. Peter Hans Kolvenbach, former head of the order, over the weekend, Pope Francis has sent a letter to the Society praising the priest’s fidelity and offering prayers for the repose of his soul.“Learning of the news of the holy death of Fr. Peter Hans Kolvenbach S.J., former Superior General of the Society of Jesus, I wish to express to you and to the entire Jesuit family my most sincere condolences,” the Pope said in a Nov. 28 letter.Addressed to the current head of the Society, Fr. Arturo Sosa, the letter recalled the “integral fidelity” with which Fr. Kolvenbach served Christ and the Gospel, as well as his “generous commitment to exercising his ministry for the good of the Church.”Francis offered his prayers for Fr. Kolvenbach, asking, through Divine Mercy, for “eternal peace for his soul.”“Spiritually present in the rite of funerals, I c...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Tom TracyBy Ana Rodriguez-SotoMIAMI(CNS) -- While many celebrated loudly on the streets, the death of Fidel Castrotriggered a more subdued reaction among the Cuban exiles who attended the noonMass Nov. 26 at the National Shrine of Our Lady Charity."Todayis a day like any other," Luis Gutierrez told the Florida Catholic, Miami's archdiocesannewspaper. "The fact that 'el caballo' has died means nothing."Gutierrezused the Cuban slang -- "caballo," or horse -- for Castro, whose death had beenannounced earlier that morning. The 90-year-old reportedly died late at nightNov. 25. But his 57-year-old regime continues to rule Cuba, with his youngerbrother, Raul Castro, now at the helm.Thatis why, despite the joy on the streets of Little Havana, Westchester and Hialeah,the death of Fidel Castro in 2016 means much less than it would have in 1976 oreven 2006. An oppressive regime still shackles basic freedoms on the island,keeping a stranglehold on a beleaguered economy.In1976, ...
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- 'Tis the season for bright, cheery holiday music playing ad nauseam on the radio, in shopping malls and television commercials. But if you're not feeling the Christmas spirit, there's still a song for you....
NEW YORK (AP) -- You might have thought about it, heard it. A lot. You might have even felt it: Dictionary.com's word of the year is "xenophobia."...
