A New York co-op board says a woman concealed her aunt's death for four years so she could keep living in a rent-stabilized apartment.Diana Hansen-Young, president of the board of the building on Vanderbilt Avenue in Brooklyn, told the New York Post Friday that Brenda Williams claimed to be living in her aunt's apartment before Debbie Vaughn died at age 93 in 2007 -- but was actually living with her boyfriend and only moved in to the apartment after Vaughn's death.Williams told board members her

ROME (AP) ― In his most significant break with tradition yet, Pope Francis washed and kissed the feet of two young women at a juvenile detention center ― a surprising departure from church rules that restrict the Holy Thursday ritual to men. No pope has ever washed the feet of a woman before, and Francis’ gesture sparked a debate among some conservatives and liturgical purists, who lamented he had set a “questionable example.” Liberals welcomed the move as a sign of greater inclusiveness in the

MOSCOW (AP) ― A Soyuz capsule carrying three astronauts successfully docked Friday with the International Space Station, bringing the size of the crew at the orbiting lab to six. Chris Cassidy of the United States and Russians Pavel Vinogradov and Alexander Misurkin traveled six hours in the capsule before linking up with the space station’s Russian Rassvet research module over the Pacific Ocean, just off Peru, at 02:28 GMT. “It’s such a beautiful sight, hard to believe my eyes,” the 59-year-old

JOHANNESBURG (AP) ― Nelson Mandela was back in the hospital for the third time in four months Thursday, and the 94-year-old former South African president was reported to be responding well to treatment for a chronic lung infection.South Africa’s presidency said that doctors were acting with extreme caution because of the advanced age of the anti-apartheid leader, who has become increasingly frail in recent years.The Nobel Peace Prize laureate was admitted just before midnight to a hospital in P

A Philadelphia couple, honoring a deceased loved one, got married at his funeral, in a surprise ceremony that astonished 850 onlookers in the church.　The marriage of Reggie Wade, 39, and his bride, Monique McMillan-Wade, 29, took place this month at the funeral of Wade‘s uncle, Gregory “Chops” Scott, who was shot to death Feb. 27, the Philadelphia Daily News reported Thursday.　Before his death, Scott promised to walk the bride down the aisle, because her father had died years ago.　Wade said he a

Two British activists with a humanitarian convoy destined for the Gaza Strip were subjected to a brutal gang rape by five men in Libya's eastern city of Benghazi, the deputy prime minister said Thursday.The two women of Pakistani origin "were brutally raped in front of their father," Awadh al-Barassi said on his Facebook page, condemning "a horrible act."Barassi said he had been to see the two victims in Benghazi on Thursday, and that the family was "in a very bad psychological state."The women,