VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis today denounced how migrants, the poor and marginalized see their “human dignity crucified” every day through injustice and corruption, and urged the faithful in an Easter Vigil message to keep hope alive for a better future.
CHICAGO — United Airlines just made another policy change aimed at preventing a fiasco like the one it endured this week.
CINCINNATI — Jesse Winker doubled home the go-ahead runs with his first major league hit, and the Cincinnati Reds overcame two more homers by Eric Thames for a 7-5 victory today, ending the Milwaukee Brewers’ four-game winning streak.
ROME — Emma Morano, at 117 the world’s oldest person who is also believed to have been the last surviving person born in the 1800s, died today at her home in northern Italy, her physician said.
NEW YORK — Columbus Blue Jackets forward Matt Calvert will talk to league officials about his cross-check to Pittsburgh’s Tom Kuhnhackl late in the third period of a Game 2 loss to the Penguins.
COLUMBUS — Ohio State's spring game has been productive from a recruiting standpoint, if nothing else.
CHILLICOTHE, Ohio — A jury in southern Ohio has cleared a man in the killing of a woman whose body was found dangling from a chain-link fence.
WASHINGTON — President Trump has called North Korea a “problem” country and said it will be dealt with through a broad set of options, though they’re vague for now. It may be up to his vice president, Mike Pence, to fill in the details during a visit to Asia.
HAMILTON, Ohio — An Ohio sheriff has issued an order protecting a trespassing jailbird.
MONTPELIER, Vt. — he bird population in Vermont’s forests has declined 14.2 percent over 25 years, largely due to several factors, including invasive species, climate change, and the natural cycle of maturing forests, scientists with the Vermont Center for Ecostudies say.
LONDON — British officials say two Russian warships will be escorted by the Royal Navy as they transit the English Channel.
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — A federal judge dealt another blow today to Arkansas’ unprecedented plan to execute eight inmates in an 11-day period, saying the men have the right to challenge a drug protocol that could expose them to “severe pain.”
WASHINGTON — Once soft on Russia and hard on China, President Trump rapidly reversed course in the last weeks, concluding there’s more business to be done with Beijing than with Moscow.
ISTANBUL — Turkey’s state-run news agency says 49 people with alleged links to the Islamic State group have been detained for planning “sensational attacks” in the run-up to Sunday’s referendum on increasing the powers of the president.
HARPURSVILLE, N.Y. — And baby makes glee.
PHOENIX — Authorities say a former NFL player was moving a truck that ran over and killed his 3-year-daughter in the driveway of their suburban Phoenix home.
BETTSVILLE, Ohio — A Gibsonburg, Ohio man was injured in a rollover crash near this Seneca County community early today, authorities said.
FRENCHTOWN TOWNSHIP — A Newport, Mich. man is dead after he was struck by a vehicle late Friday, according to the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office.
KABUL, Afghanistan — The number of militants killed in an attack by the largest non-nuclear weapon ever used in combat by the U.S. military has risen to 94, an Afghan official said today.
PYONGYANG, North Korea — North Korea paraded its intercontinental ballistic missiles in a massive military display in central Pyongyang today, with ruler Kim Jong Un looking on with delight as his nation flaunted its increasingly sophisticated military hardware amid rising regional tensions.
JOHANNESBURG — Food aid will be cut for more than a million hungry Nigerians affected by Boko Haram’s insurgency if promised funding from the international community doesn’t arrive, according to a United Nations official.
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — At least 10 people were killed and 12 others injured when a massive mound of garbage collapsed on part of a poor neighborhood near Sri Lanka’s capital during festivities to mark the local new year, officials said today.
COLUMBUS — Anti-smoking advocates hope this week’s announcement of an $800 million hole in the state’s next two-year budget may give lawmakers more of an appetite for a hike in the state’s cigarette tax.
The Walleye looked to be well on their way to a lopsided win in their Kelly Cup playoff opener, but then had to fend off a rally from rival Kalamazoo on Friday night.