As the war between Israel and Hamas continues in Gaza, many Christian pilgrims have stayed away from the Holy Land this Easter, but in Jerusalem, the thousands of Christians who live in the city have begun to celebrate annual rituals amid an increasingly hostile environment. On Good Friday, Christian pilgrims could be seen filling the city’s ancient alleyways, praying and …
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A three-ship convoy left a port in Cyprus on Saturday with 400 tons of food and other supplies for Gaza as concerns about hunger in the territory soar. World Central Kitchen said the vessels and a barge were carrying an estimated 300 tons of ready-to-eat items like rice, pasta, flour, legumes, canned vegetables and proteins that were enough to prepare …
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AT&T said it has begun notifying millions of customers about the theft of personal data recently discovered online. The telecommunications giant said Saturday that a dataset found on the “dark web” contains information such as Social Security numbers for about 7.6 million current AT&T account holders and 65.4 million former account holders. The company said it has already reset the …
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This story was originally posted on March 23. In Aurora, Colorado, James Craig was a well-known dentist. He and his wife Angela Craig were raising six children. On March 6, 2023, Angela Craig reported feeling sick and her husband took her to a hospital. There would be two hectic weeks and three hospital visits. On March 15, Angela Craig was …
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Chance Perdomo, an actor who starred in the television shows “Gen V” and “Chilling Adventures of Sabrina,” died Saturday in a motorcycle accident, his publicist confirmed to CBS News. Perdomo was 27. “On behalf of the family and his representatives, it is with heavy hearts that we share the news of Chance Perdomo’s untimely passing as a result of a …
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The Vatican confirmed Pope Francis would preside over the Easter Vigil service on Saturday night, after he decided at the last minute to skip his participation in the Good Friday procession at the Colosseum as a health precaution. The Vatican’s daily bulletin confirmed Francis would lead the lengthy vigil in St. Peter’s Basilica, one of the most solemn and important …
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Jane Dorotik has spent two decades fighting for her freedom. The California mother and wife was convicted of murdering her husband Bob in 2001, but always maintained her innocence. From prison, where she was serving a sentence of 25 years to life, Jane spent years filing motions pushing for a new examination of the evidence. Working with Loyola Project for …
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Grinnell, Iowa — A for-profit company has proposed turning a boarded-up former nursing home here into a psychiatric hospital, joining a national trend toward having such hospitals owned by investors instead of by state governments or nonprofit health systems. The companies see a business opportunity in the shortage of inpatient beds for people with severe mental illness. The scarcity of …
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No one matched all six numbers in Saturday night’s Powerball drawing, leading the jackpot to grow to an estimated $975 million. The numbers drawn were: 12, 13, 33, 50, 52 and the red Powerball 23. No one has won Powerball’s top prize since New Year’s Day, amounting to 37 consecutive drawings without a jackpot winner. That streak without a winner …
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MASSAPEQUA, N.Y. — Thousands lined up to pay their respects at the funeral for fallen NYPD Officer Jonathan DillerSaturday on Long Island. There was a sea of blue as Diller’s flag-draped coffin was carried into St. Rose of Lima Church in Massapequa — a tremendous show of support from law enforcement agencies across the Tri-State Area. Before the service, a …
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