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After a lighter schedule the week after Easter, high school teams start the second half of their spring seasons with a bang. A light Monday slate gives way to much more action the rest of the week, with a...
VATICAN CITY -- Three years after multiple bombings killed more than 260 people on Easter and lingering questions remain about those behind the attacks, Pope Francis appealed to Sri Lankan authorities to shed light on what happened. "Please, for the...
WASHINGTON -- The president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and the chairman of its Committee on Migration have voiced their support for the Biden administration's "Uniting for Ukraine" initiative to welcome Ukrainian refugees coming to the United...
A few years ago, I read a very sad book. The book told the story of a family that had experienced years of financial, medical and relational tragedies. I spent most of the week crying along with the characters...
Is America's collective teeth grinding an indication of its happiness level? A Twitter user mentioned how badly she grinds her teeth in her sleep. A torrent of responses replied, detailing clinching, grinding, mouth guards, cracked, broken teeth and worn-down enamel,...
ALAPOCAS — Kaely Tornek scored late in the game on an 8-meter opportunity to lift Wilmington Friends to a 15-14 victory over Archmere in girls lacrosse on April 23 in Alapocas. It was a mild upset as the Quakers...
WILMINGTON — Salesianum led just once in its baseball game against Middletown on April 23. But that one time happened to be at the end, when Brandon Baffone drove in the tying and winning runs with a walkoff double...
CLAYMONT — The first three batters in the Archmere lineup combined to reach base nine times on seven hits, scored seven runs and drove in four as the Auks defeated Wilmington Friends, 9-2, in baseball action on April 22....
Bruce Ingram spent 28 years teaching at Saint Mark’s High School, retiring after the 2018-19 academic year. Earlier in April, he was back on the Wilmington campus where he taught English and theology for a personal project that touches...
WASHINGTON -- The images and reports of human suffering in Ukraine are shocking: destroyed homes and apartment buildings, bodies of bound and shot people littering the streets, women holding infants crawling over the rubble of a shelled maternity hospital,...