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IMAGE: EPABy Junno Arocho EstevesVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The latest"VatiLeaks"trial seemed to have all the makings of a classic courtroom thriller: financialscandal, secrets leaked by an insider and journalists defending their right toblow the whistle on allegations of corruption within a state that is the seatof the Roman Catholic Church.But the Vatican courtroom, locatedseveral feet from St. Peter's Basilica, is not at all like a typical courtroom,much less like ones depicted on TV shows such as "Law and Order" and"Judge Judy" or classic dramas like "A Few Good Men."Unlike Italy, where it can take years beforea final verdict is reached in a trial, Vatican City State is governed by its own laws andprocedures, which ona few occasions have led to a relatively quick verdict.Such was the case with the first"VatiLeaks"trial. The trial of Paolo Gabriele, thepersonal assistant to Pope Benedict XVI charged with leaking private documents,began Oct. 2, 2012,and concluded with a guilty verdict...
MONTREAL (AP) -- Together, Russia and Kenya won 27 medals at the last Olympics in track and field. Their total at the next one could be zero....
NEW YORK (AP) -- Will "Trending topics" become a "trending" topic on Facebook?...
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) -- Kansas is pursuing regulations that would give it one of the nation's toughest policies against allowing transgender people to update their birth certificates, prompting anger from advocates and threats of a lawsuit....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Donald Trump's former butler has drawn the attention of Secret Service for threats online he's made against President Barack Obama....
Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump came to Washington to meet with House Speaker Paul Ryan and other GOP leaders in Congress. Here's a look at Trump's day on Capitol Hill, as seen in images made by Associated Press photographers....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- When President Barack Obama tours Hiroshima's haunting relics of nuclear warfare, he will be making a trip that past administrations weighed and avoided. For good reason: The hollowed core of the city's A-Bomb Dome and old photos of charred children are sure to rekindle questions of guilt and penitence for World War II's gruesome brutality....
MIAMI (AP) -- An online gun auction website yanked George Zimmerman's ad to sell the pistol he used to kill unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin, saying it wanted no part in the deal, but a second site offered to post it....
SAO PAULO (AP) -- Brazil's Senate voted Thursday to impeach President Dilma Rousseff, a move that temporarily removes her from office while a trial is conducted. Rousseff is accused of using accounting tricks to hide budget deficits and bolster an embattled government. Rousseff has long argued she did nothing wrong....
BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) -- Picking up Brazil's reins after the Senate voted to suspend President Dilma Rousseff, acting President Michel Temer pledged Thursday to jumpstart the stalled economy and push ahead with a sprawling corruption investigation that has already ensnared top leaders of his own party and even implicated Temer himself....
