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SAN DIEGO (AP) -- Colin Kaepernick and San Francisco 49ers safety Eric Reid kneeled during the national anthem Thursday night, continuing the quarterback's preseason protest of American racial injustice and minority oppression....
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A gunman who killed a federal airport screening officer and wounded three people in a terrifying rampage at Los Angeles International Airport three years ago agreed to plead guilty in a deal that spares him from a possible death sentence....
BEIRUT (AP) -- Syria's government secured a deal to restore its authority over another rebellious Damascus suburb on Thursday while Syrian rebels captured new ground in a lightning advance on the central city of Hama and suspected government airstrikes killed 25 civilians in the surrounding province....
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) -- A massive fireball and explosion erupted Thursday at SpaceX's main launch pad, destroying a rocket as well as a satellite that Facebook was counting on to spread internet service in Africa....
MEXICO CITY (AP) -- Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto said Thursday that Republican standard-bearer Donald Trump's proposals represent a "threat" to his country, a day after the two men met in the Mexican capital....
MIAMI (AP) -- The Latest on Hurricane Hermine: (all times local):...
CARRABELLE, Fla. (AP) -- Hurricane Hermine roared toward Florida's Gulf Coast late Thursday, sending battering waves against docks and boathouses as the state braced for its first direct hit from a hurricane in over a decade....
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Vatican City, Sep 1, 2016 / 02:32 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- As the Catholic and Orthodox worlds unite to celebrate a day of prayer for the care of creation, the Vatican’s social justice head is offering a reminder that the human person must be at the center of efforts to better the environment.“It's very simple: the core of development is the human person. And that's why Pope Benedict referred to development as a vocation. It's a vocation that we people have and that basically is a spiritual reference,” Cardinal Turkson told CNA Sept. 1.“It's so important that we get a very clear perspective about what we're doing, about the dignity of people, about their own relationship and dignity, (and) relation with God,” he said.The cardinal stressed that it’s especially important to remember that “in rendering service in any country to anybody, we seek to improve upon the image of God that already exists in the person.”Cardinal Tu...
Lincoln, Neb., Sep 1, 2016 / 04:11 pm (CNA).- The Diocese of Lincoln held its first “Sacred Music Clinic” Aug. 27 at St. Thomas Aquinas Church on the campus of the University of Nebraska in Lincoln.The event was sponsored by the diocesan liturgical commission at the suggestion of Bishop James Conley.The turnout of diocesan musicians – cantors, adult or youth choir directors, singers, organists and other instrumentalists – far exceeded organizers’ expectations. A total of 230 people attended from 59 parishes in the Diocese of Lincoln and two parishes from the Archdiocese of Omaha.“We were overjoyed with the turnout,” said Father Daniel Rayer, chancellor and chairman of the diocesan liturgical commission. “It far exceeded our expectations. We maxed out the facility so we are thankful to the participants for bearing with cramped spaces.”He said that several members of the diocesan commission who have attended the annual Catholic Mus...
