A jury in a Tennessee state court on Wednesday acquitted three former Memphis police officers of second-degree murder and all ...

Crowds were gathered in their tens of thousands in St Peter's Square in Vatican City for the first vote of conclave.

Most American adults believe an “increased focus on race” brought about no meaningful change in the lives of black Americans ...

A video showing a Minnesota woman at a playground admitting to using a racist slur against a Black child has garnered ...

The Catholic Church's cardinal electors entered the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican to choose a successor to Pope Francis, as ...

In a tradition that scholars date to the 19th century, smoke released from a chimney will be colored white if the cardinals ...

One hundred and thirty-three cardinals are beginning centuries-old rituals to elect a successor to Pope Francis.

The doors of the Sistine Chapel were sealed Wednesday as the papal conclave got underway. After three hours and fifteen ...

As cardinals gather at the Sistine Chapel to begin voting for a successor to Pope Francis, there is no single frontrunner, ...

After the ballots are pierced, they are burned in a cylindrical stove at the end of the voting session. Black smoke from the ...

Here's how the conclave creates black and white smoke and why the Catholic Church began using them to signal whether a new pope has been elected.