The day before he died, in his final public address, Pope Francis expressed an Easter Sunday message of unity and an appeal for the marginalized and migrants. "All of us," he proclaimed, "are children of God!"
The family of Ecuadorian soccer player Jackson Rodriguez was rescued after being kidnapped from their home in the coastal city of Guayaquil, police authorities reported on Friday.
Wall Street's big three-day rally is running out of steam, and U.S. stocks are drifting in mixed trading Friday as they near the end of another roller-coaster week.
A judge in Wisconsin has been arrested for trying to help an illegal immigrant avoid being picked up by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers.
The Supreme Court will hear arguments Wednesday over what could be the nation's first religious charter school in a clash over religious liberty that has split Republicans in Oklahoma.
President Donald Trump is badgering the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates, but even if the Fed gave in to the pressure, it wouldn't necessarily lead to lower borrowing costs for consumers.
The U.S. Navy has called off the search for a sailor missing in Guam, assigned to the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz. Searchers pored over 11,000 square nautical miles in five days.