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IMAGE: CNS photo/Ashleigh Kassock, Catholic HeraldBy Ashleigh KassockFRONTROYAL, Va. (CNS) -- As many parents know, all kids come into the world ready todraw, but as the years pass, each child reaches a point where they make a choice-- to draw or not to draw.Itwas never a question for comic artist and arrow enthusiast Ben Hatke, whodoodled his way through many a grade school and high school class, filling themargins with grand adventures.Hisdad was an architect at Purdue University in Indiana and his mom took him andhis two sisters to the library regularly. When the young boy discovered newspapercomics such as Calvin and Hobbes, it was love at first sight.Now,many pounds of pencil lead and paper later, the Christendom College grad andfather of five has made a career out of "drawing in class." For nearly twodecades, he has illustrated comics, Seton Home Study School textbooks, children'sbooks and graphic novels.Therights to his first graphic novel, "Zita the Spacegirl," was pickedup ...
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- Four days after a Minneapolis police officer fatally shot a woman who had called 911 to report a possible rape, the officer has yet to talk with investigators, and his attorney has given no indication he ever will....
THE ARCTIC CIRCLE (AP) -- European explorers had long speculated about the existence of an Arctic route that connected the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans and would avoid the long journey around South America's Cape Horn....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Members of the Trump campaign's inner circle, including his eldest son and son-in-law, are being called before Senate committees next week to talk about the 2016 election....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump's persistent overtures toward Russia are placing him increasingly at odds with his national security and foreign policy advisers, who have long urged a more cautious approach to dealing with the foreign adversary....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump says he never would have appointed Jeff Sessions as attorney general had he known Sessions would recuse himself from overseeing the Russia investigation....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Lecturing fellow Republicans, President Donald Trump summoned GOP senators to the White House Wednesday and told them face-to-face they must not leave town for their August recess without sending him an "Obamacare" repeal bill to sign. Senators responded by vowing to revive legislative efforts left for dead twice already this week....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Latest on the Republican effort to repeal the Obama health law (all times EDT):...
CHICAGO (AP) -- After running away from his Minnesota home in 1976, 16-year-old Jimmy Haakenson called his mother, told her he was in Chicago, then disappeared forever....
(Vatican Radio) The European Union's executive has warned that the block is coming closer to imposing sanctions on Poland for the government's attempt to take control over the judiciary. Wednesday's announcement came just hours after Poland's president said he had proposed a compromise over contentious court reforms, as thousands of people protested in the capital Warsaw. Listen to the report by Stefan Bos: Several thousand Polish people, many with burning candles, made clear they hope politicians will still see the light. They gathered overnight in front of Warsaw's presidential palace in a peaceful protest against controversial judicial reforms.Inside, Polish President Andrzej Duda made clear that he heard the voice of concerned crowds. He proposed a compromise over the disputed court reforms.Parliament recently approved a bill that critics say gives the government and legislators the power to select members of a body that nominate judges.Opponents say t...
