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On Tuesday, 115 "cardinal electors" will be locked inside the Vatican to begin the secretive process of selecting the new leader of the world's 1.2 billion Catholics. It's one of the more spectacular and intriguing theatrical dramas on the planet.

Juanita Castro has died in Miami at age 90. Florida had been her home since shortly after fleeing the island nearly 60 years ago.

A UN gathering in Kenya seeks to address the huge problem of plastic waste. But some at the talks are skeptical of solutions put forth by fossil fuel and plastic industries.

The conflict in Israel and Gaza has brought grief and pain to many Jews and Muslims in the U.S. We invited a rabbi and an imam to share how they are counseling their congregations here in the States.

Small, cheap drones like those Hamas used against the Israeli military are reshaping warfare. It's an evolution the Pentagon has noticed. The U.S. military is training troops in counter-drone warfare.

Just a few weeks ago, warnings were flying thick and fast that the Olympic Games would reduce London to chaos, jamming the capital's roads and clogging up its aging transport system. Officials urged residents to work from home and plan their travel carefully. The public seems to have taken that advice to heart.

In the heated, political back-and-forth of the health care debate, doctors' voices aren't always heard. A new, comprehensive nationwide survey finds that 73 percent of doctors support the inclusion of a public option.

New EPA rules require oil and gas companies to slash climate-changing methane from their operations.

At a summit on mental health in aviation, pilots and safety experts urged regulators to reform rules that discourage people from seeking treatment because they're afraid of losing clearance to fly.

Federal prosecutors have charged a South Carolina man with carjacking resulting in death and the gunning down of a New Mexico state police officer who had stopped to help him.