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Pope Francis’ fascination with the devil took on remarkable new twists Tuesday, with a well-known exorcist insisting Francis helped “liberate” a Mexican man possessed by four different demons despite the Vatican’s insistence that no such papal exorcism took place. The case concerns a 43-year-old ...
Kazuhiro Shiraishi, 66, is a guest-house manager in the Izu-kogen Highlands, a famous resort area on the Izu Peninsula of Shizuoka Prefecture. Looking out onto the Pacific Ocean, and just 90 minutes by train from Tokyo, Izu has a warm climate all year round ...
“I was stopped by two men in a government-registered vehicle, blindfolded and dragged off the street. They took me away to a house in a place I did not know. I was forced into a room with blood all over the walls and floor, ...
Guitarist Dustin Wong hesitates for a split second. It’s a pause that would go unnoticed during most other sets, but Wong has spent the last 40 minutes seemingly in a trance while playing guitar and looping the notes via an array of pedals in ...
Tim Duncan saves the day as the Spurs hold off the Grizzlies in overtime
The New York State Assembly has passed a resolution honoring a “comfort women” memorial erected last year, saying it “serves as a reminder of the crime against humanity committed” by the Imperial Japanese military. The nonbinding measure, similar to one passed by the New ...
New Yorkers experienced a taste of Japanese culture Sunday by taking part in traditional “Awa odori” and “Bon odori” dance performances and putting on kabuki makeup at an annual Japan Day event in Central Park. Performers from the Home Island Project, a group from ...
Japanese carmakers are showcasing their sport utility vehicles and luxury cars at the annual New York International Auto Show, which opened Wednesday. Toyota Motor Corp. debuted the 2014 Highlander SUV with a redesigned exterior, bigger interior and three engine choices, including a hybrid option. ...
In a push to promote Japanese tourism and culture, the bustling Grand Central Terminal in Manhattan began hosting Japan Week on Tuesday, with food, drinks and nine kinds of “ekiben,” or boxed lunches sold at train stations. The meals, whose name is shorthand for ...
A New York City police officer was found guilty Tuesday of planning to kidnap and eat young women after a lurid trial that exposed an underground network of cannibal fantasists. Gilberto Valle, 28, dubbed the “Cannibal Cop,” faces a possible life sentence after a ...
The family of 24-year-old Ryo Oyamada, who was struck and killed by a New York Police Department patrol car on Feb. 21, said they have filed a notice of claim against the department and city. “My son came to America to study English and ...
Michael Stern was prepared for a gradual real estate rebound after buying a New York office tower in December 2009, with plans to convert it to condominiums following a housing plunge that sent prices down 31 percent. Now, long before the final floor tile ...
It’s computer scrolling, not ancient scrolls, for Jewish culture lovers as the world’s most famous Yiddish newspaper relaunched its website Monday in a bid to stave off extinction. Forverts, founded in 1897 when Yiddish-speaking Jews from Eastern Europe were pouring into America, has been ...
The captain of a packed ferry that crashed into a New York City pier, injuring 74 people, blamed malfunctioning brakes and a faulty motor for the accident, U.S. investigators said Thursday. “As the boat was coming in, the captain found that the reverse thrust ...