In this hardscrabble Rust Belt city with deep Catholic roots, the Catholic Church's top official is facing calls for his resignation over his handling of sexual abuse allegations against priests.

Cardinal Donald Wuerl, perhaps the most powerful Catholic cleric in the United States, acknowledged the disquiet and turmoil surrounding his leadership -- as well as the Catholic Church as a whole -- amid a wave of multi-state abuse-related investigations that has shaken the church to its core.

The Catholic Church is facing a reckoning today in large part due to a damning Pennsylvania grand jury investigation released last month.

It wasn't too long ago that lawmakers in Mississippi would invoke verse and scripture to justify discrimination.

His career began and ended at sea.

Tuesday's election in the littlest of states is causing the biggest of stirs.

In the 14 years he lived as a drug addict, former NBA player Chris Herren had no shortage of moments that could have been his "rock bottom."

The hottest ticket in town these days is for the Who's Quadrophenia and More Tour concert on Tuesday night at the Dunkin' Donuts Center in downtown Providence, Rhode Island.

A crew is at work in Boston unearthing a time capsule believed buried by Samuel Adams and Paul Revere.

When Bill Murray delivered an impromptu toast to a rowdy bachelor party in Charleston, South Carolina, last weekend, he gave poignant and charming advice for everyone but the groom.