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PASADENA, Calif. (AP) -- A NASA spacecraft is zooming toward Jupiter for the closest encounter with the biggest planet in our solar system....
One of the most unsettling accounts from the shooting in Orlando was when a first responder told of hearing...
NEW YORK (AP) -- Investigators are conducting a forensic examination to identify the explosive compound that blew up in Central Park, seriously injuring the foot of a man who stepped on it, but authorities don't believe the device was designed to intentionally hurt people, police said Monday....
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Cathy Scoppo's heart sank the moment she noticed the U.S. flag that had draped the casket of her World War II veteran father had gone missing while on display at the upstate New York campground she manages....
From fireworks soaring above the Washington Monument to hot dogs being downed in New York City's famed frank-eating contest, Americans aren't shy about celebrating their nation's birthday. Many places are rolling out long-established Independence Day traditions on Monday (even if some of those traditions aren't as long-established as they sound). Rain was forecast in many cities, but revelers were trying not to let it dampen their fun. Some Fourth of July highlights from...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) -- A suicide bombing outside one of Islam's holiest sites killed four Saudi security forces on Monday, and similar attacks outside a Shiite mosque and a U.S. Consulate in two other Saudi cities raised fears of a coordinated assault aimed at destabilizing the Western-allied kingdom....
NEW DELHI (AP) -- The young men had been missing for months. Their families sensed something was wrong....
Vatican City, Jul 4, 2016 / 10:42 am (CNA/EWTN News).- In his most recently-published interview, Pope Francis expressed his dislike of conflict with so-called “ultra conservative” Catholics, but added that he's not held back by it.“They do their work and I do mine,” the Pope said in Spanish during his interview with Joaquín Morales Solá, a journalist of the Argentine daily La Nacion, published July 3.It was Morales who used the term “ultraconservatives” in his question.Francis responded, saying, “I want an open, understanding Church which accompanies wounded families,” whereas ultraconservatives in the Church “say no to everything.”However, the Roman Pontiff suggested he was undeterred by such attitudes.“I continue my path without looking over my shoulder,” he said. “I don't cut off heads. I have never liked doing that.”“I repeat: I reject conflict.”Morales sai...
Washington D.C., Jul 4, 2016 / 12:22 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Both the Catholic Church and the tradition of religious freedom can trace their roots in the United States to the earliest days of the founding of Maryland, says a new documentary premiering on EWTN over the Fourth of July Weekend.Greg Hendrick, producer of the documentary, “Catholic Beginnings: Maryland,” told CNA that “many of the roots of Catholicism in America originated in Maryland.”“It’s an essential part of U.S. history, not just for Catholics, but for all interested in exploring the grounds on which religious freedom and tolerance were founded.”The eight-part series premiered on EWTN beginning July 3 at 6:30 p.m. EST. While Maryland was not the first place to have Catholic populations in what would become the U.S. – Spanish colonies and French trading outposts were settled first – the EWTN series focuses on Maryland because of its major role in both Amer...
LONDON (AP) -- Britain's Conservative prime minister is stepping down. The Labour Party leader is barely clinging to power. And now the head of the U.K. Independence Party, a key architect of the dramatic vote to leave the European Union, has resigned as well....
