Monica de Leon Barba missing: FBI offers $40k reward to solve kidnapping

The FBI on Thursday announced it is offering a reward of up to $40,000 for information about the disappearance of a San Mateo woman who was kidnapped in Mexico four months ago.

Pope Francis improving since hospitalization with infection, Vatican says

Pope Francis was hospitalized with a respiratory infection and rested well overnight. The 86-year-old pope had part of one lung removed as a young man.

Father stabbed to death outside Canada Starbucks in front of toddler daughter

According to local reports, the father was with his family when a stranger started vaping. The father had asked the man to stop vaping near his toddler daughter.

Pope Francis hospitalized for pulmonary infection after experiencing difficulty breathing, Vatican says

Pope Francis was hospitalized with a lung infection Wednesday after experiencing difficulty breathing in recent days and will remain in the hospital for several days of treatment, the Vatican said.

Several dead, missing after boat carrying African natives capsizes in Caribbean

At least 14 people from the African nation of Cameroon were rescued from waters in the eastern Caribbean early Tuesday after their boat capsized, but three people were dead and 13 others missing.

Greenland has opted to stay in daylight saving time forever

Unlike most of Europe, Greenlanders will leave their clocks untouched come autumn when daylight saving time ends.

Israel's Netanyahu delays judicial overhaul after mass protests

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced a delay in his judicial overhaul plan on Monday, saying he wanted "to avoid civil war" by making time to seek a compromise.

Is the David porn? Come see, Italians tell Florida parents

The move came after an image of Michelangelo's masterpiece was shown to a sixth-grade class, prompting the school's board to pressure its principal to resign.

Italy invites Florida parents, students to see ‘David’ statue after principal resigns

The Florence museum and the city's mayor extended an invitation after the Florida school's principal was forced to resign after parents complained that an image of the nude statue was shown to a sixth-grade art class.

170 trillion pieces of plastic are in the Earth’s oceans, study finds

"We’re breathing it in. We’re drinking it in our water … eating microplastics in our foods. We’re literally eating and drinking our trash."

Israel sees protests after Netanyahu fires defense chief

Protesters in Tel Aviv blocked a main highway and lit large bonfires, while police scuffled with protesters who gathered outside Netanyahu's private home in Jerusalem.

'Chabelo,' beloved Mexican kid's comic Xavier López, dies at 88

Xavier López's Sunday variety show, where he performed as Chabelo, ran for an astonishing 48 years -- Mexico's longest-running TV show.

Famed composer Andrew Lloyd Webber announces son's death

Nicholas Lloyd Webber, the Grammy-nominated composer, record producer and eldest son of Andrew Lloyd Webber, died Saturday in England after a protracted battle with gastric cancer and pneumonia.