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Here is a look at the life of Pope Francis, the current pope and first non-European pontiff of the modern era. Personal Birth date: December 17, 1936 Birth place: Buenos Aires, Argentina Birth name: Jorge Mario Bergoglio Father: Mario Bergoglio Mother: Regina (Sivori) Bergoglio Religion: Roman Catholic Other Facts The first Jesuit pope. The first

Derek Chauvin’s defense attorney Eric Nelson asked the court Monday to delay Chauvin’s criminal trial or re-question jurors in the wake of a $27 million civil settlement between Minneapolis and George Floyd’s family. In a hearing Monday, Nelson said he is “gravely concerned” by the announcement, calling it “incredibly prejudicial.” “It’s amazing to me, they

Click here for updates on this story     PEARLAND, Texas (KTRK) — The Pearland assistant police chief was off-duty when he stopped to help a hit-and-run victim who was left in the middle of Manvel Road earlier this month. The hit-and-run accident happened March 3 on FM 1128 at County Road 101. Police said Sam Snow

Click here for updates on this story     HOUSTON (KTRK) — A Houston boxing legend and his wife have been fighting the fight of their lives for the past 12 months. Maurice Watkins, better known as Termite, a former professional boxer and Houston legend, contracted COVID-19 a year ago. “It’s hard to believe it’s been a

The European Union launched legal proceedings against the United Kingdom on Monday over London’s unilateral attempts to extend the Brexit grace period on food imports to Northern Ireland. The move comes after Northern Ireland Secretary Brandon Lewis announced on March 3 that the UK planned to continue to bypass bureaucratic requirements on those imports until

Police in Spain have seized a semi-submersible vessel designed to smuggle up to 2,000 kilograms of drugs, the first such ‘narco-submarine’ found to have been made in the country. The vessel, which is nine meters long, three meters wide and three meters deep (30 x 10 x 10 feet), was found in a warehouse in

Click here for updates on this story     BETTENDORF, Iowa (WQAD) — Masking up, social distancing, and curbside pickups may all seem like normal pandemic routines to us now – but when Covid-19 first hit our region, mangers at Hy-Vee had to think fast. There wasn’t a guidebook, on how to safely keep a business open,

Click here for updates on this story     SHREVEPORT, Louisiana (KTBS) — Crawfish season is underway, and prices are falling as time gets further into the season. It usually starts mid-January until early July. But what trends can we expect this year? Also have you thought of the process farms go through before selling crawfish to

Police in Spain have seized a semi-submersible vessel designed to smuggle up to 2,000 kilograms of drugs, the first such ‘narco-submarine’ found to have been made in the country. The vessel, which is nine meters long, three meters wide and three meters deep (30 x 10 x 10 feet), was found in a warehouse in

Click here for updates on this story     TORONTO, Ontario (CTV News) — A little girl has been rescued from a detention camp in northeast Syria and is on her way to Canada, but her Canadian mother is not with her. The four-year-old girl, whose identity is being withheld, was rescued not through the efforts of

Click here for updates on this story     ATLANTA (WGCL) — The Clayton County Sheriff’s Office arrested dozens of people accused of street racing Saturday night and deputies are looking for one man who got away. More than a dozen teens were part of the group. According to a statement from the sheriff’s office, the large

Click here for updates on this story     ARDEN, North Carolina (WLOS) — March 14 was a good day if you’re a pie lover. Sunday’s date, 3.14, represents the first three numbers of Pi — 3.14 — the mathematical constant. The seemingly never-ending number is the ratio of a circle’s circumference to its diameter. Its Greek

Click here for updates on this story     PORTLAND, Oregon (KPTV) — A retired Portland Public Schools teacher is on to the next phase of his COVID-19 recovery. Rick Barde is starting rehab on Monday after spending nearly two months in the hospital with severe symptoms. As Barde builds back his physical strength, he’s learning just

Click here for updates on this story     MADISON, WI (Madison365) — “[The paining] just gives the viewer a young black couple. They’re free….They’re free to be who they want to be and free from the stereotypes of what a Black couple is supposed to be like. Not full of drama and trouble and problems and