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CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- President Nicolas Maduro claimed a popular mandate Monday to dramatically recast Venezuela's political system, dismissing U.S. sanctions imposed on him and condemnations by his domestic opponents and governments around the world....
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- No one really got to know Sam Shepard - and that was the way he seemed to like it. Despite dozens of blatantly personal plays to his name, movie stardom and the spotlight of celebrity and acclaim, Shepard remained throughout his life an inscrutable figure, an American myth in plain sight....
PHOENIX (AP) -- The political defiance that made Joe Arpaio popular and seemingly untouchable as metro Phoenix's sheriff of 24 years ultimately led to his downfall Monday as he was convicted of a crime for ignoring a U.S. court order to stop traffic patrols that targeted immigrants....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- An Army medic who "ran into danger" to save wounded soldiers during a Vietnam War battle despite his own serious wounds on Monday became the first Medal of Honor recipient under President Donald Trump, 48 years after the selfless acts for which James McCloughan is now nationally recognized....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Firmly taking charge in an unruly White House, former Gen. John Kelly moved in Monday as President Donald Trump's new chief of staff and immediately made sure that Trump's profanity-spouting new communications director was shown the door, ignominiously ousted after less than two weeks on the job....
London, England, Jul 31, 2017 / 10:31 am (CNA).- Charlie Gard, an 11 month-old British infant who made headlines around the world over a fierce legal battle on parental rights, had been baptized the same week he died.In April, a picture of his tiny fist made the rounds on the internet of him clutching a St. Jude medal.The boy's parents, Chris Gard and Connie Yates, on Friday issued a statement announcing his death, saying: “Our beautiful little boy has gone, we are so proud of you Charlie.”Family spokesperson Alison Smith-Squire announced on Sunday that he will be buried with his toy monkeys, pictured with him in one of the viral photos of the boy.“We should be planning Charlie's first birthday but instead we're planning his funeral,” his mother said, according to the Sun.According to the Sun, his parents spent the weekend with family and on Monday were planning to register his death. They had wanted to keep a low profile from the media after the ...
Rome, Italy, Jul 31, 2017 / 12:17 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- To mark Monday's feast of St. Ignatius of Loyola, founder of the Society of Jesus, Pope Francis as usual visited his brother Jesuits at their General Curia house in Rome.The Church's first Jesuit Pope, who is taking a break from all public audiences during July, was welcomed by the Father General of the Jesuits, Fr. Arturo Sosa.Earlier in the day Pope Francis sent a tweet honoring St. Ignatius and asking for his prayers, telling his 35 million followers: “Like Saint Ignatius of Loyola, let us be won over by the Lord Jesus and, led by Him, place ourselves at the service of others.”Pope Francis has made a point to visit the Jesuits on the feast of their founder every year since his election.Shortly after he was elected Bishop of Rome in 2013, Francis marked the July 31 feast of the saint by celebrating Mass at the Church of the Gesù, the mother church of the Jesuit order and where St. Ignatius is buried....
IMAGE: CNS photo/Garcia Rawlins, ReutersBy Cody WeddleCARACAS, Venezuela (CNS) --Cardinal Jorge Urosa Savino said the nation's government must take the blamefor at least 10 deaths related to a controversial election."This is the responsibilityof the president of the republic, the high command, and the ministers," CardinalUrosa told the Caracas newspaper El Nacional July 31. "They will have toexplain this to God" and the courts.Some Venezuelans went to thepolls July 30 to elect members of a Constituent Assembly, a 545-member body chargedwith drafting a new constitution for the country. Venezuelan President NicolasMaduro ordered on the vote May 1, but political opposition and church leadershave questioned the process, which they say overrepresented pro-governmentsectors, ensuring a government victory. They have warned that the newconstitution could establish a one-party state. The opposition boycotted thevote and instead called on its supporters to take to the streets in protest."The ...
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- Venezuela's socialist government on Monday claimed a popular mandate to dramatically recast the country's political system even as condemnations of the process poured in from governments around the world and the opposition at home....
