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IMAGE: CNS photo/Peter Nicholls, ReutersBy Simon CaldwellMANCHESTER, England (CNS) --Pope Francis is praying for the parents of Charlie Gard after a U.S. doctortold them nothing could be done to help their son.Chris Gard and Connie Yatesannounced in London's High Court July 24 that they had ended their legalstruggle to take their baby overseas for treatment after a U.S. neurologist, Dr.Michio Hirano, said he was no longer willing to offer Charlie experimentalnucleoside therapy after he examined the results of a new MRI scan.Their decision means that the child,who suffers from encephalomyopathic mitochondrial DNA depletion syndrome, willreceive only palliative care and most likely will die before his first birthdayAug. 4.Greg Burke, director of the Vatican press office, said in a July 24 statement that Pope Francis, who had takena personal interest in the case, "is praying for Charlie and his parentsand feels especially close to them at this time of immense suffering." He said: "The ...
BERLIN (AP) -- A man armed with a chainsaw wounded five people at a health insurer's office Monday in the northern Swiss city of Schaffhausen, police said, triggering a manhunt for a suspect described as aggressive and psychologically unstable....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump's new communications chief says television cameras can start rolling again in the White House briefing room....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump took a new swipe at Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Monday, referring to him in a tweet as "beleaguered" and wondering why Sessions isn't digging into Hillary Clinton's alleged contacts with Russia....
BERRYVILLE, Va. (AP) -- Promising "A Better Deal" for American workers, Democratic Party leaders rolled out a new agenda with a populist pitch on Monday as they sought to bounce back from their losses in November and look ahead to the 2018 midterms....
SPINDALE, N.C. (AP) -- When Andre Oliveira answered the call to leave his Word of Faith Fellowship congregation in Brazil to move to the mother church in North Carolina at the age of 18, his passport and money were confiscated by church leaders - for safekeeping, he said he was told....
LONDON (AP) -- The parents of Charlie Gard, whose battle to get their critically ill baby experimental treatment stirred international sympathy and controversy, dropped their legal effort Monday, saying tearfully that it was time to let their son die....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A peeved President Donald Trump tweaked Republican opponents of his party's reeling health care bill Monday, saying this week's planned faceoff vote is their "last chance to do the right thing" and erase his predecessor's signature overhaul....
SAN ANTONIO (AP) -- The driver of a broiling tractor-trailer found packed with immigrants outside a Walmart in San Antonio was charged Monday in the deaths of 10 of his passengers and could face the death penalty over the hellish journey....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Senior White House adviser Jared Kushner denied Monday that he colluded with Russians in the course of President Donald Trump's White House bid and declared he has "nothing to hide."...
