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LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The band Linkin Park canceled its North American tour Friday after its lead singer, Chester Bennington, was found dead by hanging the day before....
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- Minneapolis police Chief Janee Harteau resigned Friday at the request of the mayor, who said she lost confidence in the chief following last week's shooting death of an unarmed Australian woman by a police officer....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump's eldest son and his former campaign chairman have agreed to discuss being privately interviewed by a Senate committee investigating Russia's meddling in the 2016 election, the panel confirmed Friday....
LOVELOCK, Nev. (AP) -- When O.J. Simpson gets out of prison in October for his first taste of freedom in nine years, he will have the mementos he was convicted of stealing in a Las Vegas heist, his guaranteed NFL pension and, with any luck, certain life skills he says he acquired behind bars....
JERUSALEM (AP) -- Escalating Israeli-Palestinian tensions over the Holy Land's most contested shrine boiled over into violence on Friday that killed six people - three Palestinians in street clashes in Jerusalem and three Israelis in a stabbing attack at a West Bank settlement....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- White House press secretary Sean Spicer abruptly resigned Friday over President Donald Trump's decision to tap a camera-ready financier to lead the beleaguered White House communications team. The departing spokesman said the president "could benefit from a clean slate" as he seeks to steady operations amid the Russia investigations and ahead of a health care showdown....
Sacramento, Calif., Jul 21, 2017 / 12:02 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Pro-abortion groups are lobbying for a California law that Catholic leaders warn would open employers like Catholic schools to lawsuits for asking teachers to follow their codes of conduct.“The bill unmistakably targets religious organization employers in the state, and goes further, inviting expensive litigation that could take years to sort out,” the California Catholic Conference said July 14, adding that it “sets a dangerous precedent for religious employers.”The Catholic conference strongly opposes the bill, sponsored by Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzales Fletcher (D-San Diego).Assembly Bill 569 would prohibit employers from requiring their employees to sign a waiver or other document that “purports to deny any employee the right to make his or her own reproductive health care decisions,” its summary says.It would also bar an employer from taking any adverse action against an employee b...
Caracas, Venezuela, Jul 21, 2017 / 01:17 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Venezuela's bishops have organized a day of prayer and fasting amid ongoing riots throughout the country as opposition to President Nicolas Maduro hardens.They have called on the people to use the penitential practices July 21 to ask God “to bless the efforts of Venezuelans for freedom, justice and peace.”With the help of the Holy Spirit and the intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary, they voiced their hope in a July 13 statement which could be dubbed their manifesto on the current crisis that the effort would help so that “peace and fraternal coexistence may continue being built in the country.”The day of prayer and fasting follows two similar initiatives, one of which took place Aug. 2, 2016, and the second May 21, 2017.The bishops urged all faithful to participate in the day, in order “to not let themselves be robbed of the hope that makes possible, with the help of God, what is impos...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Eugene Garcia, EPABy Carolyn MackenzieWASHINGTON (CNS) -- WhileCapitol Hill and much of the nation have been following the roller coaster of debatesurrounding what will come of GOP efforts to repeal and replace the AffordableCare Act, some are focused on what President Donald Trump's proposed tax planmight mean for charitable giving.His proposed tax plan wouldplace a cap on total itemized deductions, including those for charitablegiving. By raising the standard deduction and eliminating the estate tax,experts say that this plan would reduce incentives that often prompt donationsto charities.According to Giving USA's"Annual Report on Philanthropy," individual donors drove the rise in philanthropicgiving seen in 2016. Giving to religion increased by 3 percent, 1.8 percentadjusted for inflation, in 2016, with an estimated $122.94 billion incontributions. This accounted for 32 percent of all charitable giving in 2016,which totaled at $390.05 billion.The Indiana Universi...
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