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CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- President Nicolas Maduro brushed off new U.S. sanctions on him and condemnation at home and abroad of the newly chosen constitutional assembly, saying the vote has given him a popular mandate to radically overall Venezuela's political system....
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- It was a routine check. Two vans, both without license plates, were stopped earlier this month by police in Afghanistan's eastern Ghazni province, where Taliban hold sway in large swaths of the countryside....
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) -- It's just a few blocks from the house Earl Rice Jr. left behind as a teenager to the places he remembers. But after more than four decades in prison, he has ground to cover....
Kansas City, Kan., Jul 31, 2017 / 04:20 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- A new study from researchers at Kansas University has found that unborn babies are able to distinguish between different languages as early a month before they are born.The study found that unborn children, at an average of 8 months in the womb, are able to distinguish the difference between someone speaking in English and someone speaking Japanese, even if the languages were being spoken by the same person.Two dozen pregnant American women and their in-utero babies took part in the study conducted by a team from KU’s Department of Linguistics, and published in the journal NeuroReport. The study used a non-invasive magnetocardiogram (MCG) - sensing technology that can detect fetal heartbeats, breathing and other body movements.According to study leaders, previous research had shown that language development began as early as a few days after birth, with babies just a few days old showing sensitivities to differ...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Jose MontoyaBy Jose MontoyaWASHINGTON (CNS) -- Whiledriving to work with his son, Eric Von Gay Sr. noticed a homeless man walk outof his tent to look for food in the grass. That's when Eric Gay Jr. got theidea to "keep what Father Bill started."His thought about helpingthe less fortunate was in response to a luncheon Father Bill Carloni hosted forunderserved people a couple weeks earlier at Holy Name Catholic Church inWashington, where the priest is administrator.Eric Jr. believed hisidea would be a perfect way to get the community at Holy Name involved withdoing something bigger than themselves.Since then, Eric Sr. andhis wife, Gale Gay, committed themselves to giving food to the homeless afterchurch."In this day and age withall that's going on, I think people need to see that there are people out therethat are trying to help them," said Gale, who spoke to Catholic News Servicewhile giving out lunches. "A positive image that we give to them might givethem a vision ...
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CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- President Nicolas Maduro claimed a popular mandate Monday to dramatically recast Venezuela's political system, dismissing U.S. sanctions imposed on him and condemnations by his domestic opponents and governments around the world....
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- No one really got to know Sam Shepard - and that was the way he seemed to like it. Despite dozens of blatantly personal plays to his name, movie stardom and the spotlight of celebrity and acclaim, Shepard remained throughout his life an inscrutable figure, an American myth in plain sight....
PHOENIX (AP) -- The political defiance that made Joe Arpaio popular and seemingly untouchable as metro Phoenix's sheriff of 24 years ultimately led to his downfall Monday as he was convicted of a crime for ignoring a U.S. court order to stop traffic patrols that targeted immigrants....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- An Army medic who "ran into danger" to save wounded soldiers during a Vietnam War battle despite his own serious wounds on Monday became the first Medal of Honor recipient under President Donald Trump, 48 years after the selfless acts for which James McCloughan is now nationally recognized....
