Millions of faithful thronged Brazil’s Copacabana Beach to hear Pope Francis deliver Sunday Mass, the culmination of the Latin American pontiff’s first papal trip abroad.
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Italian Tour Bus Crashes, Killing Dozens
Investigators in southern Italy are examining the scene of a bus crash Monday, after a bus carrying nearly 50 people plummeted off a highway and into a ravine. Italian news agencies say at least 38 people died after bus crashed through a guardrail and fell nearly 100 feet to the rough terrain below.
Zimmerman Juror: He ‘Got Away With Murder’
In an interview with ABC News, the only minority in the all-female jury that acquitted George Zimmerman with the killing of Trayvon Martin said Zimmerman “got away with murder.”
Halliburton Will Plead Guilty To Destroying Evidence In BP Gulf Spill
Halliburton Energy Services Inc. will plead guilty to destroying evidence in connection to the Deepwater Horizon explosion in April 2010 that left 11 dead and resulted in the largest oil spill in U.S. history, the Justice Department said on Thursday.
Book News: Amazon Posts Loss As It Focuses On Long Game
Amazon reported an unexpected second-quarter Thursday of about $7 million — though revenue rose 22 percent — as it continues to bet big on investments in digital content.
Lincoln Memorial Closed After Being Splattered With Paint
“The chamber of the Lincoln Memorial is shut down Friday morning because of vandalism. U.S. Park Police tell WTOP the Lincoln statue and the floor inside the memorial was splattered with green paint,” the radio station reported. “They think the vandalism occurred at about 1:30 a.m.”
Amendment Limiting NSA Records Collection Fails In The House
An amendment that would have limited a phone records collection program run by the National Security Agency failed in the House of Representatives, this afternoon.
U.S. Is ‘Through The Worst Of Yesterday’s Winds,’ Obama Says
President Obama on Wednesday launched another effort to lay out his vision for with a midday speech at Knox College in Galesburg, Ill., in which he hit themes familiar to those who followed his 2008 and 2012 presidential campaigns.
Cyclist’s Felony Manslaughter Plea First Of Its Kind In U.S.
A bicyclist who struck and killed a pedestrian in San Francisco last year has pleaded guilty to felony vehicular manslaughter, prosecutors announced Wednesday.
‘Scene From Hell’ At Site Of Spanish Train Crash
The death toll is approaching 80, scores more were wounded and the eyewitness accounts are sobering in Santiago de Compostela, Spain, after Wednesday’s crash of a high-speed passenger train.