One of the Vatican’s powerful cardinals has resigned from his post amid a growing financial scandal.
Ecuador’s health minister resigns after vaccine access scandal
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Ecuador's health minister Juan Carlos Zevallos stepped down Friday, after his department allowed a university official receive a Covid-19 vaccine ahead of other priority groups. President Lenin Moreno announced Zev...
He had to drop out of Morgan State for financial reasons. Now he’s given $20 million to the university
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Want more inspiring, positive news? Sign up for The Good Stuff, a newsletter for the good in life. It will brighten your inbox every Saturday morning. Two years after Calvin Tyler first enrolled at Morgan State ...
‘A chronicle of scandal foretold’: Vaccine furor highlights long history of misconduct by elected officials in Peru
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It's been only three months since former Peruvian President Martin Vizcarra was impeached by his country's Congress and removed from office over corruption allegations which he has repeatedly denied. Yet there he wa...
Cuomo said ‘he can destroy me’: NY assemblyman alleges governor threatened him over nursing homes scandal
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New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has been pleading with lawmakers for support and even threatening political retribution against Democrats who have criticized him in an aggressive effort to contain political fallout from ...
Vatican bank’s former chief found guilty of money laundering, sentenced to nearly 9 years in prison
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The former head of the Vatican bank, Angelo Caloia, has been sentenced to nearly nine years in prison for money laundering and aggravated embezzlement. The 81-year-old was handed an eight year, 11 month jail term o...
Biden to nominate Gary Gensler for SEC commissioner, Rohit Chopra to lead Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
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President-elect Joe Biden is expected to nominate Gary Gensler to serve as the commissioner of the Securities and Exchange Commission and Rohit Chopra to lead the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, a source famil...
Dutch government resigns over child welfare fraud scandal
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The Dutch government has resigned amid a scandal that saw thousands of families wrongly accused of child welfare fraud. Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte announced the Cabinet's resignation in an address Friday, sayi...
White House counsel considering resigning, source says
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White House counsel Pat Cipollone is considering resigning, sources familiar with his thinking tell CNN. Since the election, he had considered it multiple times but has been urged to stay for the good of the country...
West Point faces worst cheating scandal in decades
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The US Military Academy at West Point is dealing with the fallout from a major cheating incident involving 73 cadets, the largest cheating episode at the elite school since 1976. Seventy-two of the cadets accused of...
Vatican OKs getting Covid-19 vaccines that used cell lines from aborted fetuses
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Being vaccinated against Covid-19 is morally acceptable, the Vatican deemed, after some anti-abortion groups raised concerns about how the vaccines were manufactured. Some groups had suggested the coronavirus vaccin...
Pope Francis to visit Iraq in March, Vatican says
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Rome Pope Francis will travel to Iraq in March 2021, the Vatican press office announced on Monday. His trip to the war-torn country could be his first trip outside of Italy since the coronavirus pandemic began. Fra...