St. Christopher Parish Makes a Difference in Nicaragua
Updated May 20, 2012 at 6:53 PM EDT TONAWANDA, NY (WKBW-TV) – A parish in Tonawanda is making a big difference in one of the poorest countries in the western hemisphere. St. Christopher parish …
Mexican Judge Holds More Generals in Drug Probe
May 20, 2012 Mexican investigators widened a probe into military corruption in the drug war, holding retired General Ricardo Escorcia and retired Lieutenant Colonel Silvio Hernandez in custody …
Suspect in Mexican mass beheadings arrested
MEXICO CITY – Mexican soldiers have arrested an alleged perpetrator of the massacre of 49 people whose corpses were decapitated, dismembered and dumped on a highway last week. Daniel Elizondo, …
San Salvador Prelate Backs Closing of Guantanamo
Supports Reception of 2 Former Inmates in El SalvadorSAN SALVADOR, El Salvador, APRIL 24, 2012 (Zenit.org).- On Sunday the archbishop of San Salvador said he hoped the prison in the United States …
3 charged in carjacking of Marvin Winans
Three young men were arraigned Sunday in the assault and carjacking of popular Detroit pastor and gospel singing icon Marvin Winans.
Tropical Storm Alberto hovers off SC coast
Tropical Storm Alberto weakened slightly off the South Carolina coast on Sunday, a day after becoming an early first storm of the 2012 Atlantic hurricane season.
Year after tornado, Obama to address Joplin grads
President Barack Obama will dliver the commencement address s commencement address on Monday will come one year after the deadliest tornado in the United States in six decades killed 161 people.
Running the rapids in Costa Rica
RICA – Blood rushed to my head with the speed and fury of extreme rapids. I was excited.Checking into Borinquen Resort and Spa in Costa Rica recently, I spotted a whitewater rafting brochure.Rafting …
Mexican martyrs' relics go on display in Texas
Relics of six canonized priests martyred in Mexico went on display in Houston on Friday, beginning a tour of several U.S. cities."It is our hope that the pilgrimage of these relics will remind …
4 dead after boat crash on Iowa river
The bodies of four people missing after a boat crash on the Mississippi River in Iowa were found Sunday within 100 yards of the crash site, according to the Iowa Department of Natural Resources. None were wearing a life vest.