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Trips to the AFC and NFC Championship games will be on the line.

New Bedford Mayor Jon Mitchell is among those in attendance at this year's Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia.

Hillary Clinton says in a text message to supporters that she's picked Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine to join her on the Democratic ticket as their party's nominee for vice president. In the message, Clinton says: ``I'm thrilled to tell you this first: I've chosen Sen...

Convention season is here and for political junkies like me it's the Super Bowl, World Series, World Cup and Christmas all rolled into one. The Republican National Committee has commenced it's nomination convention in Cleveland.  T...

Pope Francis says the future of the church depends on an increased role for the laity and on valuing the "immense contribution" of women. Francis delivered a homily in Spanish Saturday while celebrating Mass in front of about 1,600 people at the main cathedral in downtown Philadelphia...

Sweeping through the landmarks of America's biggest city, Pope Francis on Friday offered comfort to 9/11 victims' families at ground zero, warnings to world leaders at the United Nations and encouragement to schoolchildren in Harlem as he mixed the high and low ministry so characteristic of his papacy...

The Bishop of Fall River says Pope Francis is strengthening the Catholic Church wherever he goes.  The Pope will be officially welcomed to the United States on Wednesday with a ceremony on the south lawn of the White House. Bishop Edgar Da Cunha of the Fall River Diocese calls Francis a tremendous evangelist for the Catholic Church...

The founder of the cable giant Comcast is dead. Ralph J. Roberts passed away last night in Philadelphia of natural causes. He was 95-years-old. Roberts founded Comcast in 1963 after buying a small cable provider in Mississippi. Over the next 50-years he helped grow the company into the world's largest cable and home internet service provider in the country...

Amtrak now says its rail service between New York and Philadelphia will probably be suspended through Monday, while tracks and other equipment are repaired in the area where a derailment Tuesday night killed eight people. The railroad had earlier said limited service would resume Monday...

(Associated Press) - The Amtrak train that derailed in Philadelphia accelerated rapidly in the final full minute before it headed into a sharp curve and crashed. That's according to the lead investigator for the National Transportation Safety Board...