Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI dead at 95, Vatican says

. He came of age in Germany after World War I at the same time the Nazi regime was growing in power. 
In 1941, J. A. Ratzinger became a member of the Hitler Youth. During the Second World War, he was a soldier of the anti—aircraft battalion. In 1944, he joined the Austrian Legion, an air defense auxiliary personnel unit in Munich. At the approach of American troops in 1945 , he deserted.
 
Why is this still in breaking news? I made a breaking news thread a while back and within a week it was moved to current events.

This thing was made LAST YEAR and it's still here. WTF?
 

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