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MOSUL, Iraq (AP) -- Iraqi special forces mopping up in territory seized in eastern Mosul killed eight Islamic State militants Wednesday as residents fled to safety from nearby areas and men shaved the beards they were forced to grow while the extremists were in control....
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- A white man with a history of racial provocations and confrontations with police ambushed and fatally shot two white Des Moines area police officers in separate incidents Wednesday morning, police said....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama staunchly defended Hillary Clinton's use of private email as an "honest mistake," suggesting Wednesday that voters should discount innuendo-filled revelations that the FBI is looking into more emails just ahead of Election Day....
MIAMI (AP) -- After a year crammed with political shocks and head-scratchers, the contenders find themselves in the final days in a most familiar swing state. That's Florida....
Church leaders from South Sudan are urging Pope Francis to visit their troubled country in support of their efforts to restore peace between warring factions. At a meeting with Pope Francis in Rome, Catholic, Anglican and Presbyterian leaders gave him an update on the deteriorating situation in South Sudan. The Catholic Archbishop of Juba, Paulino Lukudu Loro, told him: "There is war, there are killings, there's death, there are refugees, and there are people in camps across the country.” Pope Francis was “ready to visit,” said Archbishop Loro. If the Holy Father came to the world’s youngest nation, it would raise awareness of the critical humanitarian and security situation. “The Holy Father can help us talk to the international community, to the regional community, and to our government,” the Juba prelate said. Francis Flood, CAFOD and Trocaire’s Country Representative in South Sudan, said Pope Francis would...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Massimiliano Migliorato, Catholic Press PhotoBy Carol GlatzVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- As nuncio to Syria, Cardinal-designateMario Zenari resides in Damascus. Even though the city does not come underattack as much as Aleppo, there are constant mortar attacks, and it makes himthink of the nation's children.If the attacks make him scared, he told Vatican Radio, hecan only imagine what the children are experiencing, especially when so manyexperience much worse, like "seeing homes collapse on top of them, havingto flee because their home or village was destroyed." He has said that by choosing to give him a red cardinal'shat, Pope Francis was not only honoring the people and the steadfast presenceof a papal representative in the war-torn nation."It's a gesture of love for the martyred Syrianpopulation and it is also a gesture of supporting diplomacy,"Cardinal-designate Zenari told SIR, the news agency of the Italian bishops'conference.Since 2008, Cardinal-designate Zenari has...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) -- A peek into a distant star-breeding ground has uncovered scenes worthy of a watercolor master....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Donald Trump blames Mexico and China for stealing millions of jobs from the United States....
GOGJALI, Iraq (AP) -- Iraqi special forces paused their advance in an eastern district of Mosul on Wednesday to clear a neighborhood of any remaining Islamic State militants, killing eight while carrying out house-to-house clearances....
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- A key aide to Donald Trump's vice presidential nominee, Gov. Mike Pence, continues to earn $23,000 a month as Indiana's sole Washington lobbyist even as he has taken a paid position with the Republican presidential campaign and regularly travels with Pence to political rallies across the country during working hours....
