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MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) -- Mining operations controlled by West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice haven't paid $4.6 million in safety fines and penalties, according to federal authorities....
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) -- Schools are going beyond "Just Say No" as they teach students as young as kindergartners about the dangers of opioids in the hope that they don't later become part of the growing crisis....
NEW YORK (AP) -- A businessman attacked a Muslim employee at a Kennedy Airport lounge, kicking her, shouting obscenities at her and saying that President Donald Trump "will get rid of all of you," authorities said....
GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba (AP) -- The U.S. detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, appears to be at another turning point....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The U.S. economy lost momentum in the final three months of 2016 as a downturn in exports temporarily depressed activity. But there were hopeful signs in housing and business investment that the economy will rebound in the coming months....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The politically ascendant anti-abortion movement gathered Friday for a triumphant rally on the National Mall, rejoicing at the end of an eight-year presidency that participants said was dismissive of their views....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump on Friday pledged America's "lasting support" to the U.S.' historic "special relationship" with Britain after he emerged from his first meeting with British Prime Minister Theresa May, leader of an ally who seeks to nudge the populist president toward the political mainstream....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump said Friday that his defense secretary's opposition to torture would override his own belief that enhanced interrogation "does work," quietly giving ground after growing public concern about a return to Bush-era use of waterboarding and other especially harsh procedures....
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis has extended his condolences to victims a tragic bus crash that occurred in Italy earlier this week.The bus was carrying Hungarian students who were returning to Hungary from a skiing trip in France.The Holy Father’s prayers for the victims and their families, and his expressions of closeness and support, were conveyed in a telegramme addressed to the Hungarian Bishops’ Conference, which was sent on the Pope’s behalf, and signed by the Cardinal Secretary of State.The full text of the telegramme follows: His Eminence Cardinal Péter ErdoArchbishop of Esztergom-BudapestHis Holiness Pope Francis was deeply saddened to learn of the bus accident in Verona, Italy, involving students of Szinyei Gimnázium, and he assures all those affected by this tragedy of his prayerful solidarity. Entrusting the deceased to the merciful love of Almighty God, he prays that their families and friends may be consoled in their grief and strengthen...
(Vatican Radio) Archbishop Ivan Jurkovic called on the World Health Organization (WHO) to “guard against the exploitation of vulnerable individuals” in relation to blood donation and medical products of human origin.Archbishop Jurkovic, Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the United Nations in Geneva, addressed the 140th meeting of the WHO’s Executive Board, which met on the theme “Principles for global consensus on the donation and management of blood, blood components, and medical products of human origin”.Archbishop Jurkovic said the principles proposed by the WHO regarding blood donation and medical products of human origin “rightfully place concern for the dignity of the donors at the centre of consideration in all matters related to such procedures”.Citing Pope Francis’ words to the UN General Assembly in 2015, he invited the WHO to take “practical and constant, concrete steps and immediate measures for ‘put...
