VATICAN CITY (AP) - Cardinal Robert Prevost, an American missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and leads the Vatican's powerful office of bishops, was elected the first U.S. pope in the 2,000-year history of the Catholic Church. Prevost, 69, took the name Leo XIV. This is a photo gallery curated by AP pho...

In the wake of the tragedy that unfurled at the YNOT Outdoors Summer and After School Camp on Monday afternoon, leaving four people dead and at least six others injured - the strength of the Chatham community and all of its surrounding neighbors has been on full display. From therapeutic, spiritual, and medical profess...

By The Associated Press undefined Pope Francis, history's first Latin American pontiff who charmed the world with his humble style and concern for the poor but alienated conservatives with critiques of capitalism and climate change, died Monday. He was 88. Bells tolled in church towers across Rome after the announcemen...

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SPRINGFIELD, IL -Illinois State Fair officials unveiled the treasured Butter Cow today in the Dairy Building on the Illinois State Fairgrounds. Using the theme "Grow with Us," sculptor Sarah Pratt's creation brings together the interaction between the farmer, the land, and the animal. The sculpture features t...