Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio was elected as the Catholic Church's new pope on Wednesday night. Bergoglio, who will adopt the name Francis I, became the church's 266th pontiff, who addressed the faithful from the balcony by St. Peter's Basilica. He represents the first pope from Latin America, and is seen as a conservative
Police in upstate New York are searching for a suspect after shootings at two different businesses -John's Barber Shop and Gaffey's Fast Lube and Car Wash- left four people dead and at least two wounded.
Libyan Colonel Mahmoud al-Shaif, the top security chief in Tripoli, said that 79 people have died over the past four days from drinking homemade alcohol. Its contents are suspected of containing poisonous methanol.
Steven Ray Thacker, 42, who was convicted of committing three murders in a three-state killing spree in 1999, was executed at the Oklahoma State Prison in McAlester, Reuters reported.
