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In Cuba, Pope calls for more freedom

Pope Benedict XVI demanded more freedom for the Catholic Church in communist-run Cuba and preached against “fanaticism” in an unusually political sermon Wednesday before hundreds of thousands at Revolution Plaza, with President Raul Castro in the front row.

Officials say 3 killed in Canadian train derailment

A Canadian Via Rail passenger train derailed west of Toronto on Sunday, killing three railroad employees and injuring dozens of passengers, officials said.

Peru court sentences Joran Van der Sloot to 28 years

A Peruvian court on Friday sentenced Joran van der Sloot to 28 years in prison for murder of a young woman he met at a Lima casino.

Joran Van der Sloot pleads guilty to killing Peru woman

Joran van der Sloot pleaded guilty on Wednesday to the 2010 murder of a 21-year-old Peruvian woman he met at a Lima casino who was killed five years to the day of the unsolved disappearance in Aruba of an American teen in which he remains the main suspect.

KU professor, students help rewrap 450-year-old mummy

The mummy was really more like a funeral bundle of bones that had been burned or broken and wrapped up and placed in a vessel.

Joran van der Sloot hints he'll plead guilty

Joran van der Sloot asked for more time Friday to decide how to plead as his trial opened in the murder of a 21-year-old Peruvian woman. The Dutch citizen said he was inclined to confess but doesn't accept the aggravated murder charges sought by the prosecution.

Officials investigate case of American teen deported to Colombia

15-year-old, now in Colombian custody, lied to authorities, giving same name as illegal alien

The grandmother of a Dallas teen who was deported to Colombia is hoping the 15-year-old can come back soon and says federal officials should have done more to identify the girl after she gave a fake name and claimed to be an adult.

Trial for Joran van der Sloot, suspected of killing Natalee Holloway and a Peruvian woman, begins Friday in Peru

Joran van der Sloot goes on trial in the murder of a young Peruvian woman Friday, nearly seven years after he became the prime suspect in the unsolved disappearance of an American teenager on holiday in Aruba.

Paroled American Berenson arrives in US from Peru

Lori Berenson, a New Yorker paroled from a Peruvian prison after 15 years behind bars for aiding a leftist revolutionary group, arrived in the U.S. on Tuesday for her first visit home since her arrest in 1995.

Mexico Mayan region launches apocalypse countdown

While some doomsday theorists may suggest putting together survival kits, people in southeastern Mexico, the heart of Maya territory, plan to throw a yearlong celebration of the pending end of the world. And to make a profit while they party.

Holy Week observed worldwide

People around the world celebrate Holy Week in different ways.

A visit to Cuba

Lawrence Journal-World photographer Richard Gwin recently attended the 50th anniversary of the Cuban Revolution in Havana. During the May Day celebration, the streets began to fill at 6 a.m. as more than 1 million Cubans joined to march for the Revolution.