That the new pontiff’s ancestry can be partially traced to a historic enclave of Afro-Caribbean culture in New Orleans has ...

The meeting on Friday between Mayor Eric Adams of New York City and President Trump comes as documents related to his ...

Environmentalists said a ritual at the office of Lee Zeldin, the agency head, highlighted a disconnect between religious ...

Stephen Miller, a top aide, repeated a justification the administration has used in its immigration crackdown: that the ...

President Claudia Sheinbaum of Mexico on Friday morning said her government had sued Google over the company’s decision to ...

Jonathan McKernan is expected to be tapped for a Treasury Department post instead after waiting for months for the full ...

A highly contagious liver infection is surging among groups who are not typically at risk. At least seven people have died.

Also, David Souter, the Republican-turned-liberal justice, died. Here’s the latest at the end of Friday.

The new pope opposed letting women serve as deacons but endorsed some of his predecessor’s moves to expand their involvement.

In the suit, 15 Democratic states called Trump’s declaration illegal and said federal agencies were rushing permits for ...

A lawyer for the plaintiffs said that they had “prevailed against all odds” but called the damage award “disappointing.” ...

After Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost was selected to become the leader of the Roman Catholic Church, offers began flooding ...