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Pope Francis places a red biretta on the head of new Cardinal Timothy Radcliffe, a British Dominican and theologian, during a consistory to create cardinals Dec. 7 in St. Peter's Basilica at the ...

We can choose how to interpret something. We can decide that we have a preference for one interpretation of an idea over ...

President Donald Trump is using the power of the federal government to intimidate or neuter potential sources of opposition ...

First Nations architecture has utilised biogenic materials for millennia. Paul Memmott spotlights readily available bush ...

On Mothering Sunday, we can remember the famous mothers of the Bible. Many of these mothers played an important role not only ...

Voters across South Mississippi have the chance to choose mayors and councilmembers in today’s primary elections.

Some books explore their subjects more deeply than you’d expect. Perhaps due to the mysteries of publishing schedules, we ...

Fossil fuel and agriculture industry executives on Wednesday criticized a plan by President Donald Trump's administration for ...

The law firm where Doug Emhoff, former Vice President Kamala Harris’s husband, is a partner, agreed to similar concessions as ...

The 2007 jukebox musical 'Across the Universe' features a wide range of Beatles covers, some of which rival the originals.

There are some terribly British films coming out this year that are not in fact directed by Brits: Pressure (Andrew Scott does D Day), Hamnet (Jessie ...