Month: January 2020

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Pope Francis was happily greeting children and pilgrims in St. Peter’s Square on Tuesday when he slapped a woman’s hand to free himself. The pope was making his way to the Nativity scene at the center of Vatican City. As he walked away from the crowd, a woman grabbed his hand and yanked him toward

Carley McCord, the sports reporter killed in a Louisiana plane crash Saturday, “smelled of raw talent” from birth, those who knew her said in an obituary ahead of her funeral this week. She discovered her passion for sports in high school, when she became a national powerlifting champion by 15, according to her obituary posted

Two people were killed after getting swept up by a massive avalanche in a mountain pass in British Columbia, Canadian authorities said. The two skiers were climbing by foot on a slope near the Alaskan border when they were buried by the avalanche, which barreled into a terrain trap, Avalanche Canada said. A third skier

Investigators with the National Transportation Safety Board are working on coming up with plans to recover the wreckage of a tour helicopter that crashed in Hawaii, killing seven people. The helicopter crashed into a ridge on Thursday about 25 minutes after taking off from Lihue Airport, the agency said in a news release. It then