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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- South Korean special prosecutors said they would indict Samsung's de facto chief Tuesday on bribery, embezzlement and other charges linked to a political scandal that has toppled President Park Geun-hye....
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) -- A high-level North Korean delegation arrived in Kuala Lumpur on Tuesday seeking the body of leader Kim Jong Un's half brother, the victim of a nerve-agent attack that many suspect Pyongyang itself of orchestrating....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Flailing and divided, congressional Republicans are hoping for clarity from President Donald Trump on key issues like health care when he delivers his first speech to a joint meeting of Congress. It comes as Republicans are discovering, a month into Trump's administration, how difficult it will be to make good on their many promises now that they control Washington in full....
DETROIT (AP) -- Japanese auto parts maker Takata Corp. pleaded guilty to fraud Monday and agreed to pay $1 billion in penalties for concealing an air bag defect blamed for at least 16 deaths, most of them in the U.S....
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) -- The U.S. Justice Department said Monday it is abandoning its longstanding opposition to a key aspect of Texas' toughest-in-the-nation voter ID law, costing voting rights groups their most important ally and possibly encouraging other conservative states to toughen their own election rules with President Donald Trump in charge....
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The accounting firm responsible for the integrity of the Academy Awards said Monday that its staffers did not move quickly enough to correct the biggest error in Oscars history - the mistaken announcement of the best picture winner....
Looks like Peter just laid down the ultimate one-up for Lent...
Washington D.C., Feb 27, 2017 / 02:24 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- The U.S. bishops are responding with solidarity and concern for the Jewish community, following a surge in anti-Semitic actions in recent weeks.“On behalf of the Bishops and people of the Catholic Church, as the Chairman of the Bishops’ Committee for Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs, I want to express our deep sympathy, solidarity, and support to our Jewish brothers and sisters,” said Bishop Mitchell T. Rozanksi of Springfield in a press release.“I wish to offer our deepest concern, as well as our unequivocal rejection of these hateful actions,” Bishop Rozanski continued.On Feb. 20, more than 150 headstones were damaged in University City, Missouri at the Chesed Shel Emeth Cemetery. Just a week later, over 100 headstones were found similarly knocked over at the Mount Carmel Jewish Cemetery in Philadelphia.Archbishop Charles Chaput of Philadelphia was "deeply saddened" by the vanda...
Lincoln, Neb., Feb 27, 2017 / 03:24 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Controversial immigration policies issued by United States President Donald Trump’s have thus far prompted numerous critiques from concerned U.S. Catholic bishops.The most recent order, issued Feb. 20, directed officials to more aggressively find, arrest, and deport illegal immigrants, regardless of whether they have committed serious crimes.In his most recent column, “Standing in Solidarity”, Bishop James Conley of Lincoln joined other bishops in their criticism of the order, saying it would do “very little to resolve the immigration problems in our country.”“Nor will it meaningfully impact the security of our nation, or the safety of our citizens,” he said. He noted that the previous administration also oversaw numerous deportations, which had little effect on the security of the nation.“Mass deportation is a panacea: the appearance of an answer without really resolving an...
By Matthew GambinoPHILADELPHIA (CNS) -- Respondingto the destruction of some 100 gravestones at a Jewish cemetery inPhiladelphia, Archbishop Charles J. Chaput Feb. 27 deplored the "senseless actsof mass vandalism."The gravestones were discoveredtoppled over from their bases the previous morning at Mount Carmel Cemetery in NortheastPhiladelphia.The archbishop issued a statementin which he called on the clergy, religious and laypeople of the Archdiocese ofPhiladelphia "to join in prayerful solidarity with the families of those whosefinal resting places have been disturbed. Violence and hate against anyone,simply because of who they are, is inexcusable."Theincident at Mount Carmel Cemetery mirrors gravestones destroyed at another Jewishcemetery near St. Louis about a week before.In a statement Feb. 24,the chairman of the U.S. bishops' Committee on Ecumenical and InterreligiousAffairs, expressed solidarity and support for the Jewish community and alsocalled for the rejection of such hat...
