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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Uber has been wielding a secret weapon to thwart authorities who have been trying to curtail or shut down its ride-hailing service in cities around the world....
MIAMI (AP) -- Not only is the Mexican government not building a wall; it's spending $50 million to beef up its legal aid to migrants who fear deportation, a response to President Donald Trump's crackdown on illegal immigration....
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) -- Before she was arrested following an immigration protest, Daniela Vargas dreamed of earning her college degree in Mississippi, then becoming a math professor and soccer mom, driving three kids around in an SUV....
NEW YORK (AP) -- A former journalist fired for fabricating details in stories made at least eight of the scores of threats against Jewish institutions nationwide, including a bomb threat to the Anti-Defamation League, as part of a bizarre campaign to harass and frame his ex-girlfriend, federal officials said Friday....
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- Vice President Mike Pence repeatedly stonewalled media requests to view public records when he was Indiana's governor, including emails about state business distributed from a private AOL account that was hacked last year....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Some Democrats worry the appointment of a Jeff Sessions subordinate to oversee an investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election won't be a clean enough break from the embattled attorney general....
NEW YORK (AP) -- President Donald Trump, his administration under siege for contacts with Russian officials, is calling for "an immediate investigation" into Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer's own ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin....
(Vatican Radio) German authorities have detained two Syrians, one of whom allegedly was involved in the slaying of dozens of civilians in Syria. The arrests of the suspected members of the extremist Nusra Front comes amid pressure on Germany's government to bring war crimes suspects to justice.Listen to Stefan Bos' report: Germany's federal prosecutor's office says a Syrian man, identified as 35-year-old Abdalfatah H.A., is suspected of war crimes over the killing of 36 Syrian government employees by his unit in March 2013. Prosecutors say he allegedly carried out "so-called Shariah death sentences" when he was part of the extremist Nusra Front group.German media report that the man came to Germany as an asylum-seeker, but the prosecutors office declined to confirm that.The other suspect, identified as 26-year-old Abdulrahman A.A., belonged to the same combat unit as Abdalfatah H.A.. Investigators say that both men participated in an armed battle ag...
IMAGE: CNS photo/James Ramos, Texas CatBy James RamosHOUSTON (CNS) -- When Nick Guarisco landed at Bush Intercontinental Airport on Ash Wednesday morning, heplanned to catch a late afternoon Mass in his hometown of Baton Rouge, Louisiana,to get his ashes, but Father Charles Samperi had a different plan.Stationed outside theTerminal C Interfaith Chapel March 1, Father Samperi greeted anyone who walkedpast. A visible and verbal reminder that it was indeed Ash Wednesday, thepastor of nearby St. James Catholic Church calmed fears of missed flights:"It takes just 15 seconds to get ashes," he'd say.Hearing this, Guarisco,23, immediately turned the corner into the chapel where Deacon Paul Pinonmarked his forehead with ashes.Noting the difficultiesof being a young Catholic in college, the Louisiana State University studentsaid ashes help him to "stay true to (his) faith and not get off the path.Now with Lent here, (the ashes) remind you to get prepared."In college "there'sa lot of sin to av...
IMAGE: CNS photo/EPABy Jonathan LuxmooreOXFORD, England (CNS) -- Aspokesman for Egypt's Catholic Church praised local Muslims for helpingembattled Christians after a series of Islamic State attacks in Sinai.Father Rafic Greiche, spokesman for the CopticCatholic Church, said Christians must differentiate between ordinary Muslimsand extremists."Ordinary Muslims are kindand try to help however they can -- they'reoften first on the scene, rescuing the injured and taking them to hospitals,"he told Catholic News Service March 3, as Christians continued to flee Egypt'sNorth Sinai region.Father Greiche said the attackshad affected only Coptic Orthodox Christians, but added that Catholic churchesand schools in Ismailia had offeredshelter to Orthodox families with help from Caritas.Father Greiche said Islamic Statemilitants were now "strongly entrenched" in North Sinai, having beenallowed by the Hamas and Muslim Brotherhood organizations to use tunnels fromthe Gaza Strip.He added that civil...
