

The rites and rituals following the death of a pope, his funeral and burial, explained
The death of a pope sets in motion a series of carefully orchestrated rites and rituals well before the conclave to elect his successor begins. They involve the certification of death and public display of his body for the faithful to pay their respects, followed by the funeral and burial...

NICOLE WINFIELD
4 days ago4 min read


The Latest: Pope Francis dies at age 88
Pope Francis died Monday at age 88. History’s first Latin American pontiff charmed the world with his humble style and concern for the poor but alienated many conservatives with critiques of capitalism and climate change...

Associated Press
4 days ago18 min read


SHOOTING AT FORT STOCKTON CARNIVAL UNDER INVESTIGATION
A festive evening at the Fort Stockton Carnival turned into a crime scene late Wednesday night after gunshots rang out around 9:00 PM…
Josiah Carrasco
Apr 171 min read


Texas House Democrats could hold GOP priorities hostage to force statewide school vouchers vote
House Democrats are threatening to kill all constitutional amendments for the rest of session unless the House votes to put school vouchers before voters in November. They appear to have the numbers to make good on that special session-inducing threat…

Renzo Downey
Apr 163 min read


The Latest: Trump administration sues Maine over transgender athletes in girls sports
President Donald Trump's administration announced a lawsuit Wednesday against Maine’s education department for not complying with the government’s push to ban transgender athletes in girls sports, escalating a dispute over whether the state is abiding by a federal law that bars discrimination in education based on sex…

Associated Press
Apr 167 min read
Suspect in shooting at Dallas high school is in custody, officials say
DALLAS (AP) — A suspect in a shooting at a Dallas high school that wounded four students and drew a heavy police response to the campus...

JAMIE STENGLE
Apr 162 min read


Trump Administration Allegedly Pressures Amazon to Remove Books Critical of Trump, Raising First Amendment Concerns
Independent journalist David Pakman recently alleged that the Trump administration is pressuring Amazon to remove books critical of former President Donald Trump from its marketplace, a move experts warn could violate First Amendment protections and establish a troubling precedent for political censorship in the United States...
Josiah Carrasco
Apr 114 min read


Japan's Nikkei 225 index dives nearly 8% after the big meltdown on Wall St
Japan’s share benchmark nosedived on Monday after the meltdown Friday on Wall Street over U.S. President Donald Trump's tariff hikes…

Associated Press
Apr 61 min read


Big News from The Carrasco Chronicle
We’re officially going fully online!

The Carrasco Chronicle
Apr 61 min read


OPINION-He vowed to wreck the economy. He won anyway. Now he's doing it.
One month from today I’m flying to France to join a World War II tour, and I suspect that some curious European will ask me to explain or...

Dick Polman
Apr 60 min read


Thousands of Ukrainian civilians are still held by Russia with uncertain hope of release
When she heard her front door open almost two years ago, Kostiantyn Zinovkin’s mother thought her son had returned home because he forgot...

DASHA LITVINOVA and HANNA ARHIROVA
Apr 65 min read


No state has axed its income tax on wages in 45 years. Now 2 Southern states are on a path to do so
About 45 years have passed since a U.S. state last eliminated its income tax on wages and salaries. But with recent actions in Mississipp...

DAVID A. LIEB
Apr 64 min read


Heavy rains flood Congo's capital, killing at least 22 people
KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Major flooding in the Congolese capital of Kinshasa has killed at least 22 people and cut off access to over half...

JEAN-YVES KAMALE
Apr 61 min read
Texas county that swung to Trump grapples with immigration crackdown after bakery is targeted
Leonardo Baez and Nora Avila-Guel's bakery in the Texas community of Los Fresnos is a daily stop for many residents to share gossip over...

VALERIE GONZALEZ
Apr 64 min read


RFK Jr. visits West Texas as a second child is buried after dying from a measles-related illness
U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. traveled to West Texas on Sunday after a second elementary school-aged child who was not vac...

DEVI SHASTRI and AMANDA SEITZ
Apr 64 min read