The decision to settle comes as the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission has signaled that diversity, equity, ...

Police and prosecutors throughout the region say they now have tools available to help fight criminals who prey on businesses ...

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

a script coordinator who claimed he had been passed over for a writing job on “SEAL Team” because he is a straight white man. Beneker alleged that CBS’ diversity hiring goals — which, at the time, ...

The death of a pope sets in motion a series of carefully orchestrated rites and rituals well before the conclave to elect his ...

The Vatican says Pope Francis' funeral will be held on Saturday, April 26, in front of St. Peter's Basilica, after the ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — The death of a pope starts a centuries-old ritual involving sacred oaths by the cardinals electing a ...

If the pope has died, the camerlengo, or chamberlain, must certify the death and seal the ... voting session. Black smoke from the Sistine Chapel chimney means no decision; white smoke signals ...

But first, the pontiff is transported to lie in state in St ... sending up black smoke to signal no choice has been reached yet, and finally white smoke to reveal that a new pope has been selected.

Starting Wednesday, the faithful will be invited to the church to pay their final respects to Francis, whose body will lay in state on the ... of George Floyd, a Black man who died after being ...

Now, it’s “annulled,” or marked in such a way that it can’t be used as a seal. This is the name given ... of coal tar), and sulfur to produce black smoke. But if there is a winner, the ...