Known in the church as the Rite of the Closing of the Coffin of the Roman Pontiff, the sealing ceremony was held by Archbishop Diego Ravelli and Cardinal Kevin Farrell in St. Peter's Basilica. More ...

WESTFIELD — Westfield High School recently announced that 16 students have been awarded the prestigious Global Seal of Biliteracy, an international language certificate that recognizes and celebrates ...

WASHINGTON (AP) – President Barack Obama awarded the nation’s highest military honor Monday to a Navy SEAL who participated in a daring 2012 raid that rescued an American hostage in Afghanistan.

PARIS — A special kind of iron curtain came down across central Paris on Thursday, with the beginning of an Olympic anti-terrorism perimeter along the banks of the River Seine sealing off a kilometers ...

WASHINGTON (AP) – A Navy SEAL who helped rescue an American hostage in Afghanistan received the nation’s highest military honor Monday, hailed by President Barack Obama as “a special breed of warrior ...

WASHINGTON (AP) – President Barack Obama shined a spotlight on a “special breed of warrior” as he awarded the nation’s highest military honor Monday to a Navy SEAL who participated in a daring 2012 ...