Fouad Twal, the top Roman Catholic cleric in Israel, urged the country to take action after a spate of crimes in which vandals scribbled graffiti on Christian and Muslim holy sites, saying the vandalism "poisons the atmosphere of coexistence" ahead of a visit from Pope Francis.
Jeffery Willard Wooten, 49, faces charges of murder, armed robbery and aggravated assault, accused of fatally shooting 44-year-old Randy Lands in Knox County, Tenn., and of brandishing a pitchfork to rob a Waffle House in Norcross, Ga.
Jim Wright, 91, the former U.S. House speaker from Texas who resigned amid an ethics investigation in 1989 but insisted he had broken no rules, said he regrets leaving Congress, adding that he "may have made a gross misjudgment" in believing that his departure would change lawmakers' attitudes toward one another.
Buddy Ray McCabe, 39, was arrested after Midland, Texas, police said they found him hiding in a dumpster with a checkbook, gold watch and other objects that had been reported missing from a home a block away.
Abdullah Abdullah, the leading vote-getter in the first round of Afghanistan's presidential election, gained a key endorsement of Zalmai Rassoul, who finished third in the vote and cited "national unity, stability, peace and prosperity" for his decision to back Abdullah over Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai in the coming runoff election.
Sgt. George Walker of the Conway, N.H., Police Department said a series of car break-ins that officials have blamed on a bear is a common occurrence in the area at this time of the year as the animals come out of hibernation and begin to search for food.
Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., said on ABC's This Week that he is waiting until the end of the year to consider whether to run for president but that he believes he has a vision for the nation's future and a strategy for achieving it.
Samiullah Khan Afridi, the lawyer for Shakil Afridi, the Pakistani doctor who helped the U.S. find Osama bin Laden, is quitting the case, saying he and his family "are under severe threat" from militants.
Angel White and Charles Morris married in Biloxi, Miss., with some help from an anonymous donor who put two wedding rings into a Salvation Army kettle and asked that they be given to a Christian couple who could not afford a diamond and were making a lifetime commitment.
A Section on 05/12/2014