International Travel

In Sunday's bright sun, a large cap shaded 4-year-old Brandon Mirich's head, which is balding and sensitive from chemotherapy. The leukemia is in remission. So now he deals with the medications for three years. But this was an easy day in Howard Park....

SOUTH BEND - A St. Joseph Circuit Court magistrate has ruled that his court should have jurisdiction in a bitter custody tug of war between a Granger woman and her estranged husband in Cyprus. Marla Theocharides filed for divorce in the United States...

The last time they were together there were tears and hugs and cries of sadness. On Wednesday, after nearly eight years and several thousand miles, there were tears and hugs and cries of joy. The hugs began the moment Ali Sohrab saw his brother walk...

Dave Sanders didn’t need a hospice bed. He had his guitar. “That doesn’t surprise me,” says South Bend musician Jack Pavlekovich when told that his friend and former bandmate entertained family, friends and staff at Hospice House...

A St. Joseph, Mich. man is in jail after an FBI agent says he tried to ram his vehicle while he was tailing him because of suspected terrorist links. "They've been wonderful neighbors, and we wouldn't ask for anything else," said neighbor Jackie Wisecup....

ROME (AP) — Italian police say they have found the body of an American woman missing in Tuscany for three days and believe she was the victim of a hit-and-run driver. Carabinieri Col. Antonio Frassinetto told a news conference that the body of 23-...

Small steps have guided Jack Cooley through the first two years of college basketball, but the Notre Dame junior power forward recently took a big one to start his most important season to date. Eight days before the official start of practice, the Irish...

One player buried at the back end of the rotation for two years with the Notre Dame men’s basketball team has made an early push toward the front of the line. Insistent that he will play this season with more confidence, junior swingman Joey...

President Obama recently announced U.S. troop involvement in the Iraq War will stop at the end of the year, with members of the military returning home by the end of December. That comes as great news to families with loved ones in uniform, but it's...

With the holiday season just around the corner, 90,000 U.S. troops are still away from their families serving in Afghanistan. But that doesn't mean they have to be without the comforts of home. "Michigan Mommas" ... a group from Stevensville ...  packed...

HONOLULU (AP) — Federal officials are investigating the fiery crash of a helicopter that slammed into a mountain ridge on Hawaii's Molokai island, killing the pilot and four tourists aboard. Authorities say the aircraft carrying the five people was...

For 35 years, Phyliss Trippel has made regular trips to donate blood or platelets, mostly because she believes it’s the right thing to do. But getting a turkey isn’t a bad deal either. This month, people donating blood or platelets at a...