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The jury convicted Cardinal George Pell of abusing two 13-year-old boys whom he had caught swigging sacramental wine in Melbourne's St. Patrick's Cathedral in late 1996

In January, Wolf issued a new proposal to raise Pennsylvania's hourly minimum to $12 this year, making it one of the highest in the nation.

R&B singer R. Kelly's attorney entered a not guilty plea on behalf of his client Monday as the singer faces multiple charges of sexual abuse in Chicago.

University of Pennsylvania sophomore Claire Sliney won an Academy Award Sunday evening.

Former Vice President Joe Biden is seizing on that opening to position himself as the sole global policy expert in a crowded Democratic field if he decides to run.

The latest effort by Gov. Tom Wolf to impose a fee on municipalities that rely on state troopers, instead of a local police force, is generating new conversations.

A winter of discontent for the Academy Awards will culminate Sunday in an Oscar ceremony that may lack a host but isn't missing intrigue.

The reality is more prosaic, though still historic: Two hostile nations — one wealthy, one impoverished, both bristling with weapons — are talking at the highest level.

Pope Francis closed out his extraordinary summit on preventing clergy sex abuse by vowing Sunday to confront abusers with "the wrath of God."

All the bill needed to become law was President Donald Trump's signature. It would create a national archive of documents from civil rights cold cases.

Citing Manafort's lies to the FBI, several government agencies and his own lawyer, prosecutors said that "upon release from jail, Manafort presents a grave risk of recidivism.

Yalitza Aparicio, the Oscar-nominated, first-time actress in "Roma," is finding strong support among Mexican-American women despite backlash she is receiving in Mexico.