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CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) -- The driver charged with killing a woman at a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville was previously accused of beating his mother and threatening her with a knife, according to police records released Monday....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Latest on President Donald Trump and the weekend's violence and death in Charlottesville, Virginia (all times local):...
EDINBURG, Texas (AP) -- Police in Texas acting on a tip found 16 immigrants locked inside a tractor-trailer parked at a gas station about 20 miles (30 kilometers) from the border with Mexico, less than a month after 10 people died in the back of a hot truck in San Antonio....
Washington D.C., Aug 14, 2017 / 10:59 am (CNA/EWTN News).- With deadly violence following a rally of white supremacists this past weekend in Charlottesville, Va., bishops throughout the nation denounced racism and racist ideologies.Cardinal Daniel DiNardo of Galveston-Houston, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, and domestic justice chairman Bishop Frank Dewane of Venice, Fla., issued a statement on Sunday condemning “the evil of racism, white supremacy and neo-nazism.”They also prayed for peaceful counter-protesters, saying that “our prayer turns today, on the Lord's Day, to the people of Charlottesville who offered a counter example to the hate marching in the streets.”“Let us especially remember those who lost their lives. Let us join their witness and stand against every form of oppression,” they said.This past weekend, a planned “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Va., to protest the city’...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Akhtar Soomro, EPABy Junno Arocho EstevesVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- When passing through the storm oflife's difficult moments, Christians must latch on to Christ and not the false sense of securityoffered by psychics and soothsayers, Pope Francis said.Speaking to pilgrims before reciting the Angelus Aug. 13,Pope Francis talked about theday's Gospel passage, which recounts the story of Jesus walking on water. Jesustells St. Peter to come to him, but his lack of faith when walking on the watertoward Jesus during a storm leads to him slowly to start sinking in the sea.Christians today, Pope Francis said, also can doubt the assurance of Christ'spresence when confronting life's "turbulent and hostile waters.""When we do not cling to the word of the Lord, butconsult horoscopes and fortunetellers to have more security, we begin tosink," the pope said.Although most Romans escape the city during the summer,hundreds of pilgrims still made their way to St. Peter's Square, waving b...
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- A 23-year-old man who was "out for blood" when attempted to detonate what he believed was an explosives-laden van outside an Oklahoma bank in a plot similar to the deadly 1995 bombing of the Oklahoma City federal building is expected to be formally charged Monday, authorities said....
CHICAGO (AP) -- From defiant lawsuits to reversing policies, U.S. cities and counties are zeroing in on their immigration rules to avoid losing millions in public safety dollars that the White House has threatened to withhold amid a high-stakes clash over sanctuary policies....
NEW YORK (AP) -- A top Federal Reserve official suggested Monday that the Fed will likely announce next month that it will begin paring its bond portfolio - a step that could lead to slightly higher rates on mortgages and other loans....
FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) -- Mudslides and torrential flooding killed at least 200 people in and around Sierra Leone's capital early Monday following heavy rains, with many victims trapped in homes buried under tons of mud....
OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) -- Hours after suspected Islamic extremists opened fire as patrons dined at the popular restaurant where she worked as a waitress, Amy Sawadogo was still wandering around barefoot at a crisis center asking about her colleagues....
