Category: North America

(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis has written a letter to President Vladimir Putin of Russia as he prepares to host this year's G20 summit in St. Petersburg. Listen to Lydia O'Kane's...

EMILY's List is branching out.   The organization that helps elect women to political office is launching American Women, essentially a research arm with the goal of being the "definitive...

Divisions among world leaders over Syria's alleged use of chemical weapons are likely to persist Friday as they wrap up the two-day G-20 summit in St. Petersburg, Russia.   Dinner...

Now chic among celebrities, electronic cigarettes are gaining favor among U.S. teenagers as new data show a recent doubling in usage.   Last year, 10% of high school students say...

FRANKLIN, Tenn. — A fat cat has seen the ounces melt away after working out on an underwater treadmill three times a week at an animal rehabilitation center here.  ...

NEW YORK (AP) — A teenager operating a remote control helicopter in a New York City park has been struck in the head by it and killed.   Police say...

George Zimmerman, who was acquitted of murder charges in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin, was stopped for speeding for the second time this summer.   Zimmerman was pulled over...

Teen births have continued to drop, reaching a historic low in 2012 and hitting half of what they were in 1991, says a government report out Friday.   The birthrate...

In my soon to be 77 years as a citizen of the United States of America, having lived through Japan’s sneak attack on Pearl Harbor, the dark days of WWII,...

Sarah had been told all her life she could do anything she wanted, that success was right around the corner. But now, stuck in a menial job at 25, with...