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LAS VEGAS (AP) -- A deputy public defender in Las Vegas who defied a judge's request that she not wear a "Black Lives Matter" pin in court has become the latest voice of protest in a national debate over police brutality and race relations....
BEIRUT (AP) -- An airstrike in northern Syria killed four medics responding to an earlier bombing raid, a relief group said Wednesday, as the U.N. announced it would resume aid deliveries suspended after an attack on a convoy two days ago that killed 20 people....
UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- World leaders from Pakistan to Ukraine unleashed their regional grievances Wednesday, taking the stage of the U.N. General Assembly to rage against their neighbors and presenting a picture of a chaotic world consumed by intractable conflicts....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The federal charges portraying Manhattan bombing suspect Ahmad Khan Rahami as a man bent on murderous destruction set the stage for the most anticipated terror prosecution since the Boston Marathon bombing....
Police in Tulsa, Oklahoma, broadly released dashcam and aerial footage, 911 calls and police radio traffic with unusual swiftness following last Friday's shooting death of an unarmed black man by a white officer....
TULSA, Okla. (AP) -- An unarmed black man shot dead in the middle of a street by a white Oklahoma police officer had run-ins with the law dating back to his teenage years and recently served four years in prison....
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) -- Authorities tried to quell public anger and correct what they characterized as false information Wednesday after a night of looting and arson added Charlotte to the list of U.S. cities that have erupted in violence over the death of a black man at the hands of police....
NEW YORK (AP) -- Investigators of last weekend's bombings have released an image of two men who took a suitcase they found on a city street, possibly without realizing a wired pressure cooker they removed from it and left behind could have blown them to bits....
Alexandria, La., Sep 21, 2016 / 11:46 am (CNA/EWTN News).- The Vatican announced Wednesday that Pope Francis has appointed Bishop David Prescott Talley, currently auxiliary bishop of Atlanta and a former Baptist, to serve as the coadjutor bishop of the Diocese of Alexandria.As coadjutor, Bishop Talley possesses the right of succession as head of the Diocese of Alexandria upon the resignation of its current ordinary, Bishop Ronald Herzog. Bishop Herzog will celebrate his 75th birthday – 'mandatory retirement' age for bishops – on April 22, 2017.Archbishop Wilton Gregory of Atlanta said Sept. 21 that Bishop Talley “is a servant minister of our Church, who is graced with extraordinary wisdom, patience, kindness and dedication.”The bishop, he said, “developed these gifts as a priest and bishop here in the Archdiocese of Atlanta, where he always cared for our people as a true minister of mercy and kindness. Thus, he now begins this new appointment wi...
By WASHINGTON(CNS) -- The findings of a recent Georgetown University study on how Catholicsregard Muslims show an "urgent need" to "cultivate positive dialogue" not just amongCatholics and Muslims, but with other faith traditions as well, according toArchbishop Blase J. Cupich of Chicago."Experiencehas shown that when people of different faith traditions build personalrelationships and engage in dialogue to learn about one another, they developthe capacity to work together; and they come to appreciate the positive elementsin one another's traditions," said a Sept. 21 statement by Archbishop Cupich, theCatholic co-chairman of the National Catholic-Muslim Dialogue.Accordingto a survey of 1,027 Catholics, nearly half of Catholics can't name anysimilarities between Catholicism and Islam. When asked about the overall impressionof Muslims, three in 10 Catholics admit to having unfavorable views, and Catholicsare less likely than the general American public to know a Muslim personally.Thes...
