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VATICAN CITY (AP) — Some takeaways about the life of Pope Francis, who died Monday : Background Jorge Mario Bergoglio was born Dec. 17, 1936, to Italian immigrants in Buenos Aires, Argentina, the eldest of five children. He was ordained a Jesuit priest in 1969 and led the religious order in Argentina during the country’s murderous dictatorship from 1976-83. He became archbishop of Buenos Aires in 1998 and elevated to cardinal in 2001 by St. John Paul II. He was elected the 266th pope on March 13, 2013, on the fifth ballot. FILE – Pope Francis delivers his blessing as he recites the Angelus noon prayer from the window of his studio overlooking St.Peter’s Square, at the Vatican, Sunday, Jan. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, file) FILE – Pope Francis delivers his blessing as he arrives to hold his weekly general audience, in St. Peter’s Square, at the Vatican, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2014. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, File) FILE – Pope Francis meets migrants duri...

A man shot to death on a return visit to the Harlem NYCHA development where he grew up was a father of four with another child on the way, heartbroken relatives say. Christopher Jimenez, 34, was shot in the chest during a confrontation with two men in the lobby of a Manhattanville Houses building on W. 126th St. near Broadway about 5 p.m. on Thursday, police said. “Tragedy just happened in here, inside the building,” the victim’s mother, Victoria Roldan, 57, told the Daily News while standing with other mourners at a memorial to her son outside the building. Friends, neighbors and relatives left dozens of lit candles along with a photo of Jimenez and messages to him written on posters. “He was a good son and a good brother,” said Roldan. “I had seven kids. They were all together all the time.” The mother said Jimenez had moved to New Jersey, but he frequently traveled back and forth to his childhood home. He had four children, the oldest 13. Jimenez’s girlfriend is pregnant wi...

Pope Francis met with Vice President JD Vance on Easter morning in the Vatican before giving a blessing to well-wishers in St. Peter’s Square and riding through the crowd in his Popemobile on Sunday. Francis, 88, gifted Vance three big chocolate Easter eggs for his three children, who did not make the trip. The two men spoke briefly at the Vatican hotel where the pope lives. “I know you have not been feeling great but it’s good to see you in better health ,” Vance told the pope. “Thank you for seeing me.” Vance, 40, converted to Catholicism in 2019. He spent a total of 17 minutes inside Vatican City on Sunday before celebrating Mass at St. Paul Outside the Walls in Rome. “I pray for you every day,” Vance told the pope just before his departure. “God bless you.” Francis only recently left the hospital after a life-threatening battle with double pneumonia. He has been recovering at home and making brief public appearances. Though Francis delegated the celebration of Easter Mass...

The victim in a random knife attack on a Bronx subway deflected a stab to his heart with his arm, prosecutors revealed at the arraignment of the mentally ill parolee accused of attacking him. The 21-year-old victim was on his way to work with his uncle when stranger Lateef Green, 50, allegedly lashed out with a “knuckle knife” on a No. 5 train nearing the 219th St. subway station in Williamsbridge Friday morning. Green, who police say was pacing back and forth between cars on the moving train, stormed up to the victim and stabbed him multiple times in the arm and stomach, according to cops. His knife had holes in the handle for the wielder’s fingers, providing a firmer grip, according to police. Had the victim’s arm not gotten in the way, Green’s knife would have pierced his heart, prosecutors said Saturday. Police released surveillance images of Green, asking the public’s help identifying him, before nabbing him about 12 hours later. Prosecutors said his parole officer recogniz...

By STEPHEN WHYNO Peter Laviolette was fired as coach of the New York Rangers on Saturday, ending his tenure after two seasons, the second of which was a massive underachievement of missing the playoffs. General manager Chris Drury made the move less than 48 hours after the finale of a lost season that followed a trip to the Eastern Conference final last year and set the stage for Stanley Cup-contending aspirations. Instead, the result was inconsistent, uninspired hockey that caused New York to get eliminated from contention, finish six points out and cost Laviolette his job. Assistant Phil Housley was also fired. Owner James Dolan and Drury are expected to start the search for a full-time head coach soon, and roster changes are all but certain to happen in the coming weeks and months. “Today I informed Peter Laviolette and Phil Housley that we’re making a coaching change,” Drury said. “I want to thank them both and wish them and their families all the best going forward. Peter is f...

A South Carolina eighth grader has died following a school bus crash believed to have been caused by a blown-out tire on Thursday afternoon. The Chester County Coroner’s Office confirmed to The State that 13-year-old Pine Ridge Middle School student Jose Maria Gonzales Linares didn’t survive the accident that injured more than 20 passengers returning from a field trip near Charlotte, N.C. Lexington School District Two confirmed a Pine Ridge student died, but said no additional information would be released out of respect for the student’s family. School officials said Thursday that a bus carrying 35 students and two adults overturned on I-77 around 2 p.m. in Chester County. Rescue workers rushed to remove the trapped victims from the overturned bus that blocked traffic in both directions. Five people on the bus were hospitalized in critical condition , according to WCNC. The condition of those who remain hospitalized is currently unclear. The State reported passengers on two othe...

The federal government covered up an outbreak of E. coli that killed one person and spread across at least 15 states, according to a report published Thursday. A series of E. coli cases was first reported in November in St. Louis County, Mo., but the Food and Drug Administration never released any information about the outbreak, NBC News reported. “There were no public communications related to this outbreak,” the FDA wrote in its own internal report obtained by NBC News. The outbreak spread to 15 states and killed at least one person, though the case was not discussed in the FDA’s internal report. The outbreak was declared over in February. The first cases were detected in early November 2024 stemming from romaine lettuce consumed at a high school in St. Louis County, according to the report. The county health department eventually confirmed 115 cases of E. coli , 13 of which sent people to the hospital. Similar E. coli infections were reported across the Great Plains and Midw...