A change in popes is a complicated process, with centuries-old rituals involving the transition in leadership for both the ...

Pope Francis died Monday at the age of 88. As tributes pour in from around the world, the Vatican faces a transition.

Rome was famous for rejecting the idea of kingship. For almost 500 years, Rome was a staunch Republic, with rules in place to ...

When you’re the emperor Augustus, they let you do it.

In 286 AD, Ancient Rome was split into two parts: the Western Empire and the Eastern Empire. The Western Roman Empire had already fallen by the time this climatic shift began around 540 CE.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WTVO) — A bill passed in the Illinois Senate would remove “educational barriers” such as a college degree for someone applying for a state government job. Senate Bill 1884 ...

The U.S. Senate Commerce Committee voted 16-12, largely along party lines on Wednesday, to advance the Trump administration's nominee to oversee a $42-billion government fund to bring high-speed ...

The state allocation for the government program has more than doubled in the last four years to more than $5 billion. In response, Mishler has pitched Senate Bill 2, which would impose work ...

New research reveals a surprising link between the ancient tectonic history of oceanic plates and their fate as they subduct into Earth’s mantle. Compositional anomalies, formed millions of years ago, ...

Former central New York Rep. Brandon Williams testified this week in his Senate confirmation hearing to lead the National Nuclear Security Administration. Williams would be an Undersecretary in the ...