Pope Francis to skip Sunday public blessing as he recovers from major surgery

Pope Francis, “wisely" following doctors’ advice, will skip Sunday’s customary public blessing to allow himself to heal after abdominal surgery.

Children missing for 40 days after plane crash in Amazon jungle found alive

Colombian authorities have found alive four Indigenous children who survived a small plane crash 40 days ago and had been the subject of n intense search in the Amazon jungles that held Colombians on edge.

2-time FIFA Player of the Year Carli Lloyd to work as Fox studio analyst for Women's World Cup

JP Dellacamera will be Fox’s lead play-by-play commentator for the third straight Women’s World Cup and two-time FIFA Player of the Year Carli Lloyd will work as a studio analyst.

'EH!PACALOPYSE NOW!' Americans blame Canada as haze from northern fires continues

The front page headline of the New York Post screamed "BLAME CANADA!" The Boston Herald has "Thanks Canada," and the Dallas Morning News front page said "U.S. caught in a Canadian haze."

Mars or Manhattan? Wildfire smoke draws comparisons to Red Planet

The light-scattering effect of the smoke molecules turned the sky several shades of red throughout the day Wednesday and had some asking, am I on Mars or Earth?

Knife attack in French town critically wounds 4 young children

The children between 22 months and 3 years old suffered life-threatening injuries, and two adults also were wounded. A suspect, identified by police as a 31-year-old Syrian, was detained.

9-foot-long monster catfish caught in Italy

Alessandro Biancardi said he has never seen such a huge catfish in his 23 years of fishing.

Drug cartel killed 8 young workers at call center, placed bodies in bags: police

While the families believed their children worked at a normal call center, the office was in fact run by the Jalisco New Generation cartel, Mexico’s most violent gang.

Pope Francis undergoes intestinal surgery, will remain at hospital for several days

Pope Francis was admitted to the hospital Wednesday to repair a hernia in his intestine, the latest malady to befall the 86-year-old pontiff who had part of his colon removed two years ago.

Quebec ordering more evacuations with dozens of wildfires in Canada still out of control

The intense Canadian wildfires are blanketing the northeastern U.S. and parts of Eastern Canada, turning the sky yellowish gray and prompting warnings for vulnerable populations to stay inside.

Climate activists spray-paint private plane in Germany

Local news outlets reported that Germany’s Left Party chairman Martin Schirdewan called for a ban on private jets flying to Sylt.

Scantily clad 'witches' caught munching on deer carcass in bizarre security cam footage

A nurse and nature lover in Canada reportedly captured footage of what she said appeared to be "two witches holding a carcass-eating ritual" with a camera she set up near her home.

Haiti rocked by 4.9 magnitude earthquake leaving at least 4 dead, dozens injured

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 4.9 struck southern Haiti early Tuesday, killing at least four people and injuring 36 others, authorities said.

43 WWII veterans honored with free trip to Normandy for D-Day anniversary

This trip of a lifetime is underway for these heroic American veterans, who received quite an emotional send-off at the Atlanta airport.