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By Maureen SmithJACKSON,Miss. (CNS) -- A bill that would keep agencies, cities and college campuses inMississippi from offering sanctuary to unauthorized immigrants would not keepcommunities safe and goes against the Christian tenet of caring for those inneed, said Bishop Joseph R. Kopacz of Jackson.Heissued a statement Feb. 15 opposing S.B. 2710, also known as the "sanctuarycities" bill, which passed the state Senate in a 32-16 vote Feb. 9. The billgoes to the state House for consideration.Themeasure would prohibit cities and institutions of higher learning from declaringthemselves sanctuary cities. There are currently no sanctuary cities in thestate, although the city of Jackson proposed such a declaration last year."As Christians we are called to welcome the stranger andcare for those in need. As citizens, we are called to keep ourcommunities strong and safe. We feel that the so-called 'sanctuary cities' billbeing debated right now in the Mississippi Legislature damages both of t...
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) -- Boeing workers' overwhelming anti-union vote at the aviation giant's 787 Dreamliner plant in South Carolina is a big victory for Southern politicians and business leaders who have lured manufacturing jobs to the region on the promise of keeping unions out....
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- The heart of Philadelphia's Italian Market was uncommonly quiet. Fine restaurants in New York, San Francisco and the nation's capital closed for the day. Grocery stores, food trucks, coffee shops and taco joints in places like Chicago, Los Angeles and Boston shut down....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- House Republican leaders sketched broad outlines of a replacement for President Barack Obama's health care law that left rank-and-file GOP members at odds and questioning details and timing of how the GOP intends to deliver on its long-promised alternative....
KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) -- An Islamic State suicide bomber struck inside a famed shrine in southern Pakistan on Thursday, killing at least 75 people in the deadliest attack in the country in more than two years....
RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) -- In a plea deal criticized by the father of a victim, a California man pleaded guilty Thursday to providing the high-powered rifles used to kill 14 people in the San Bernardino terror attack....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Trump administration asked the founder of a New York-based private equity firm to lead a review of the intelligence community as President Donald Trump vows to crack down on what he describes as "illegal leaks" of classified information....
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- President Donald Trump's administration said in court documents on Thursday it does not want a larger appellate panel to review a ruling keeping its travel ban on hold and will instead replace the ban....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump on Thursday made a messy case that he "inherited a mess" from his predecessor. Economic stats and territorial losses of Islamic State insurgents don't support his assertions about the problems handed to him on those fronts....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Donald Trump mounted an aggressive defense of his young presidency Thursday, lambasting reports that his campaign advisers had inappropriate contact with Russian officials and vowing to crack down on the leaking of classified information....
