Even with Kobe Bryant back in the lineup, the Los Angeles Lakers are languishing at the bottom of the Western Conference in the NBA with a franchise-worst 1-9 win-loss slate. As of Tuesday, the Lakers are the second worst team in the league, next only to Philadelphia 76ers (0-10). But despite his team down in the dumps, Bryant is the league's second highest scorer so far averaging 27.3 points per game on a 37 percent field goal percentage.
If you're feeling lonely and want to be in a place where happiness abounds, then Costa Rica is the place to go. In a global happiness survey recently conducted by the University of California, Berkeley, Costa Rica topped the list of the happiest countries in the world, Forbes.com reported on Tuesday.
All hope's not lost on comet lander Philae. After finally spotting the refrigerator-sized probe on comet 67P Churyumov-Gerasminko on Monday, the European Space Agency said there is still a chance that the sleeping robot could continue its epic journey across four billion miles of space.
Pope Francis announced on Monday that he would visit the United States for the first time in September 2015. The visit is considered a pivotal one since it would take place just days before bishops from all over the world gather at a Vatican summit to finalize the Roman Catholic Church's stance on controversial issues including acceptance of gays and divorced and remarried Catholics.
For the first time, the US Navy has revealed that it has deployed combat-ready futuristic laser weapons aboard a warship patrolling the Persian Gulf not far from Iran.
Facebook has come up with easier-to-understand privacy guidelines to put you back in control of your own social networking universe. At the same time, the social networking giant has announced that it will slash promotional materials that appear in users' news feeds beginning early next year.
Pope Francis will bring the "joy of Gospel personally" to the people of Asia when he begins an eight-day mission to Colombo, Sri Lanka, and then to Manila and typhoon-devastated Tacloban City in the Philippines, Asia's largest Roman Catholic nation, on Jan. 12, 2015, the Vatican and other church officials have announced.
Performing one amazing act after another, the first man-made probe to land on a comet reported back to Earth on Saturday how it defied incredible odds on Day 1 of its residency near a craggy cliff on the icy comet 67P not very far from Jupiter.
What direction should the American Catholic Church take in the light of changes that Pope Francis is pursuing as part of his reform agenda? The question is not an easy one to answer for the more than 200 bishops from all over the U.S. currently meeting in Baltimore to choose their new leaders.
"A big step for human civilization." The head of the European Space Agency (ESA), Jean-Jacques Dordain, gushed out the words as he, other space scientists and the rest of mankind watched in awe on Wednesday as a European probe called Philae touched down on a speeding comet after a 10-year rendezvous.
Pope Francis has begun his long expected move to revamp the administration governing the Roman Catholic Church, making two crucial appointments in the Roman Curia geared towards his principal objective of bringing the Church closer to the people.
LANCASTER, Pa. — Four years in the making, the production “David” opened at Sight & Sound Theatres this year and explores the journey of an unassuming shepherd boy who became a king.
Secular intolerance has a “chilling effect” on Christians who are having to practice “various forms of self-censorship” as they're finding it difficult to express their faith freely in society, according to a new report detailing accounts from four countries.
Gunmen suspected to be Islamic Fulani herdsmen barged into a Catholic Church in southwestern Nigeria, opened fire and detonated explosives while the congregation was celebrating Mass on Pentecost Sunday, killing at least 50 worshipers, including women and children. It's feared that some Christians were also abducted after the attack.
For more than 1,500 days, Nigerian Christian teenager Leah Sharibu has been held captive by the Boko Haram terrorist group as Christians continue to be the target of attacks in the West African nation.
