Maurice Stokes entered the National Basketball Association 70 years ago, in 1955, when the relatively few Black players were mostly used in supporting roles. They defended, set screens, scrapped for ...

Season 7 star Ashley Adionser announced in a Tuesday statement to People, which was obtained by USA TODAY Wednesday, that she and her husband Tyler Francis "have been separated for several weeks ...

Kevin Lloyd Skifstad, 67, of Cloquet went home to be with the Lord, surrounded by his family, on Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025, after a struggle with a rare lung disease. Kevin was born in Bigfork, Minnesota ...

President Donald Trump has received criticism from Pope Francis as the 47th U.S. president is set to unleash his mass deportation plan. The Holy Father weighed in on the anticipated operation ...

LONDON, Jan 22 (Reuters) - British maritime services firm Lloyd's Register apologised on Wednesday for its role in enslaving Africans in the 18th and 19th centuries. At least 12.5 million Africans ...

Had St. Francis University basketball icon Maurice Stokes lived a long, healthy life, as opposed to one cut tragically short, he likely would have been an important person in Chuck Cooper III’s ...

The actor, 48 — also known for starring in blockbusters like American History X, The Wolf of Wall Street, and the series My Name Is Earl — weighed more than 500 pounds at the age of 24.

Had St. Francis University basketball icon Maurice ... Clifton was the first Black player to sign a NBA contract and Earl Lloyd was the first Black player to appear in a regular-season game ...

Pope Francis delivers his blessing during the traditional Wednesday General Audience at Paul VI Audience Hall. Photo: Stefano Costantino/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images ...

ROME — Pope Francis has called plans by President-elect Donald Trump for the mass deportation of undocumented immigrants a “disgrace,” signaling the return of the rocky relationship that ...

Eleven years after the exhibition centre was demolished, 160 years after the railways arrived, over 900 years since the de Vere family first built their eponymous manor house, Earl’s Court is ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Pope Francis delivers his blessing as he recites the Angelus noon prayer from the window of his studio ...