LOS ANGELES — Jerry West, the legendary Lakers player and later coach and general manager who took the team to stunning heights season after season but could never quite satisfy his own impossibly high standards, has died. Regarded as a near

ATLANTA — Four people were injured Tuesday afternoon, including the suspect, during a shooting in a busy downtown Atlanta food court, police said. The incident took place inside Peachtree Center’s The Hub, located at 235 Peachtree Street, around 2:15 p.m., Atlanta

Pope Francis has once again been accused of using a highly offensive term for gay people during a closed-door meeting with Roman priests, merely weeks after the Vatican issued an apology for his use of the same word. Knewz.com has learned

A brave Brazilian mother recovered her 15-year-old daughter’s stolen phone by charging at the theft with her umbrella as he tried to escape on his bike. CCTV cameras mounted on businesses in São Paulo caught them in action as the assailant

The United States deployed sea and air military assets after the Russian Navy made true its threat of sending naval vessels with nuclear missile capabilities to its Cuban allies. Knewz.com has learned that both the US and Russian naval activity was

A North Carolina family visited their local sheriff’s office hours before deputies believe the father shot and killed his girlfriend and their two kids, and then set the family home on fire before turning the gun on himself. On April 18,

NEW YORK — Eight suspected terrorists from Tajikistan have been arrested in major cities across the country, including New York, Philadelphia and Los Angeles, over their alleged ties to ISIS, according to reports. The group of suspects were taken into custody over the course of

As a taxpayer and parent of a graduating senior at the Hartford Area Career and Technology Center, I was sent a questionnaire last week with the following email announcement of Hartford’s newly adopted “inclusivity” policy: Dear Members of the Hartford School