Bailey Stepp, who has grown up in Oakdale and La Grange, was crowned the Mother Lode Queen on Thursday evening.

James Foley, a journeyman director best known for “Glengarry Glen Ross,” has died. He was 71. Taylor Lomax, a representative for the director, said Foley died earlier this week after a yearlong battle ...

The people of northern Peru call him el obispo. Sometimes he is also Padre Prevost. Maybe when the shock wears off, they will get used to his new title, Pope Leo XIV. Waiters, taxi drivers, teachers ...

The Trump administration will welcome more than two dozen white South Africans to the United States as refugees next week, an unusual move because it has suspended most refugee resettlement operations ...

Carlos Alcaraz returned from a brief injury layoff with a 6-3, 6-3 victory over Serbian qualifier Dusan Lajovic at the ...

Newark Mayor Ras Baraka was arrested Friday at an federal immigration detention center where he was protesting its opening, a federal prosecutor said. Alina Habba, interim U.S. attorney for New Jersey ...

Pope Leo XIV touched on faith, power and corruption in the homily of the first Mass he celebrated after being elected pontiff ...

A report by an independent agency found that California’s prisoner corrections system has failed to adequately prepare for natural disasters. The report last week detailed fractures in the ...

Rory McIlroy might have been scouting his Masters Club dinner menu when he told autograph seekers he was headed for a bite at Angelo’s Pizzeria, the current Philly hot spot for cheesesteaks. One fan ...

The NCAA Women's Basketball Rules Committee proposed that a coach's challenge be required to initiate a video review of out-of-bounds calls and three other types of plays. The committee met in ...

A priceless golden helmet and other Romanian artifacts stolen from a small museum in The Netherlands have not been melted ...

Ahmed Hassanein remembers the days of learning how to play football in his half-brother’s small kitchen in California. The ...