Julie Bosman

1 week ago | nytimes.com | Mitch Smith |Julie Bosman

Mr. Hoover was accused of directing the Gangster Disciples even after he went to prison in the 1970s. The federal commutation will not change his state prison sentence. When an Illinois judge sentenced Larry Hoover to up to 200 years in prison for murder in the 1970s, it was the sort of punishment that seemed destined to end his career as a Chicago gang leader.

2 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Julie Bosman

The suspect, Elias Rodriguez, has been charged with gunning down two Israeli Embassy workers outside a Jewish museum in Washington. Here is what we know about him. Elias Rodriguez, a Chicago resident, was charged on Thursday with first-degree murder and other crimes in the killings of two Israeli Embassy aides outside a Jewish museum in Washington.

2 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Julie Bosman

The man accused of killing two Israeli Embassy aides in Washington is a Chicago resident who has participated in pro-Palestinian activism and worked for a health care nonprofit, according to his online profile. Elias Rodriguez, 30, previously held jobs in production, research and writing. An online job biography said that he was born and raised in Chicago and graduated from the University of Illinois Chicago with a degree in English.

2 weeks ago | spokesman.com | Jason Horowitz |Julie Bosman |Elizabeth Dias |Ruth Graham

VATICAN CITY — Father Robert Prevost told the Peruvian soldiers to back off. It was the mid-1990s, and the troops, armed to the teeth, had stopped and boarded a minibus carrying the American priest and a group of young Peruvian seminarians. The soldiers tried to forcibly recruit the men. Citing a law that exempted clerics from military service, Prevost told the soldiers, “No, these young men are going to be priests; they cannot go to the barracks,” said the Rev.

2 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Jason Horowitz |Julie Bosman |Elizabeth Dias |Ruth Graham |Simon Romero |Mitra Taj

Un currículum de profunda educación religiosa, experiencia pastoral de primera línea, gestión parroquial y de gobierno del Vaticano -junto con un empujoncito del papa Francisco- pusieron a Robert Prevost en la vía rápida. Una fotografía sin fecha de Robert Prevost, ahora papa León XIV. Credit...