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IMAGE: CNS photo/Stephanie Keith, ReutersBy Rhina GuidosWASHINGTON (CNS) --People had been on edge for a while. You could feel the tension rise inimmigrant neighborhoods in the U.S. as news of the first immigration raidsunder the Trump administration began in early February. Then news ofunusual detentions, some involving battered women and students who had been protectedunder previous policies, set off panic.A variety ofcommunities, from the Irish to Latinos, worry that the roundupsmark the beginning of what President Donald Trump promised in his campaign for the presidency:to deport the country's estimated 11 million unauthorized immigrants.Responding to the fears,Spanish-language television network Telemundo hosted a prime-time show Feb.12: "Immigration, Trump and Hispanics." The show featured activists, lawyers, childrenof deported parents and relatives, along with advice about what to do ifgovernment officials come knocking. The publication IrishCentral almost dailyhas been pos...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Even young infants can have conversations with mom or dad. Their turn just tends to involve a smile or babble instead of words. That's a key lesson from programs that are coaching parents to talk more with their babies - and recording their attempts....
CHESAPEAKE CITY, Md. (AP) -- A Maryland auction house is selling Adolf Hitler's personal traveling telephone....
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) -- North Korea said Friday it will reject the results of an autopsy on its leader's estranged half brother, the victim of an apparent assassination this week at an airport in Malaysia. Pyongyang's ambassador said Malaysian officials may be "trying to conceal something" and "colluding with hostile forces."...
NEW YORK (AP) -- Municipalities nationwide including New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Minneapolis, and Skokie, Illinois, are urging a federal judge to continue blocking President Donald Trump's travel ban....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Republicans will repeal and replace the health care law and overhaul the tax code without Democratic help or votes, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Friday....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Over the strong objections of environmental groups, the Senate confirmed Scott Pruitt to lead the Environmental Protection Agency on Friday, giving President Donald Trump an eager partner to fulfill his campaign pledge to increase the use of planet-warming fossil fuels....
NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) -- Shifting attention from his troubled White House, President Donald Trump hit the road Friday for a campaign-style rally, resurrecting the buoyant jobs promises that powered his election victory and pledging to "unleash the power of the American spirit."...
The Trump administration considered a proposal to mobilize as many as 100,000 National Guard troops to round up unauthorized immigrants, including millions living nowhere near the Mexico border, according to a draft memo obtained by The Associated Press....
Vatican Weekend for February 18th, 2017 features a review of Pope Francis’ General Audience, a look at how Michelangelo and Bernini left their mark on St. Peter’s Basilica, that coincides with the anniversary of the former’s death, and as February is the month where the Church celebrates events to help reinforce the institution of marriage, we find out about a program that helps couples whose marriage is heading for the rocks.Listen to this program produced and presented by Susy Hodges:
