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CAIRO (AP) -- Body parts recovered from the crash of EgyptAir Flight 804 showed signs of burns and were so small that they suggested the jet was brought down by an explosion, a member of the team examining the remains said Tuesday. But the idea of a blast was promptly dismissed by the head of Egypt's forensic agency as "baseless" speculation....
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) -- Louisiana is poised to become the first state in the nation to expand its hate-crime laws to protect police, firefighters and emergency medical crews - a move that could stir the national debate over the relationship between law enforcement and minorities....
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) -- After knocking down one of the last vestiges of Cold War antagonism with a former war enemy, President Barack Obama on Tuesday took his push for closer ties directly to the Vietnamese people, meeting with activists and entrepreneurs. Amid the geopolitical statecraft, he faces calls to more strongly address what's seen as an abysmal human rights record....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- New guidelines say weight-loss surgery should become a more routine treatment option for diabetes, even for some patients who are mildly obese....
NEW YORK (AP) -- Donald Trump holds his first presidential fundraisers this week. The events directly benefit his campaign, but he doesn't see it that way....
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) -- Bernie Sanders' presidential campaign requested a recanvass in Kentucky's presidential primary Tuesday, where he trails Hillary Clinton by less than one-half of 1 percent of the vote....
NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) -- Bill Cosby was ordered Tuesday to stand trial on sexual assault charges after a hearing that hinged on a decade-old police report in which a woman said the comedian gave her three blue pills that put her in a stupor, unable to stop his advances....
(Vatican Radio) With the world experiencing the highest level of humanitarian suffering since the Second World War, organizations and leaders from more than 50 countries have gathered in Istanbul for the second day of the World Humanitarian Summit.Vatican Radio’s Linda Bordoni has attended the Summit over the last two days, and today spoke with Kristalina Georgieva, the European Commissioner for the Budget and Human Resources, who talked about the only concrete commitment signed at the Summit concerning the management of funds intended for humanitarian assistance. Listen: Georgieva explained that we are living in a world that is “becoming more fragile” and consequently there are increasing numbers of men, women and children who have their “lives devastated by conflict and disasters”. This means that more than ever, resources are needed to help those who are suffering. She says we must ask ourselves, “Why are they in need? Why are emer...
(Vatican Radio) The (Vatican) Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin said on Tuesday that the world “needs a change of mentality” when responding to humanitarian emergencies and the plight of all those suffering from forced displacement as a result of conflicts or disasters. He also said the main challenge arising from the first ever World Humanitarian Summit in Istanbul was “to put into action” the promises made during the meeting. The Cardinal was leading the Holy See’s delegation to the summit and was speaking to our correspondent there, Linda Bordoni.Listen to the interview in English with Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Secretary of State: Asked whether he was happy with the outcome so far as the summit, Cardinal Parolin said whilst happy to be there, the main challenge is “to put into action” the promises and plans made during the meeting, warning that it depends on the willingness of leading international players to take con...
(Vatican Radio) ‘The Gospel of the family, joy for the world’ is the theme for the 9th World Meeting of Families which will take place in Dublin from August 22nd to 26th 2018.The event was presented at a press conference in the Vatican on Tuesday by the Archbishop of Dublin Diarmuid Martin and by the head of the Pontifical Council for the Family, Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia.Philippa Hitchen reports: “Remember, Dublin begins today”. Those words were spoken by Pope Francis to Archbishop Diarmuid Martin at the start of the 2015 Synod on the family, shortly after the venue for the next World Meeting of Families had been announced in Philadelphia.This international gathering may still be more than two years away, but as Archbishop Martin pointed out, it is not an isolated event: rather, it’s an extended process of discernment, encouragement, accompaniment and animation, as well as an important milestone in the application of the Synod’s final do...
