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TULSA, Okla. (AP) -- A black man who was fatally shot by three Oklahoma law enforcement officers had stopped taking medication in April to treat a bipolar disorder and was in declining mental health since the recent death of his father, members of his family said Saturday....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Attorney General Jeff Sessions, whose contacts with Russia's ambassador to the U.S. during the presidential campaign have sparked questions, agreed Saturday to appear before the Senate intelligence committee as it investigates alleged Russian meddling in the election....
PARK CITY, Utah (AP) -- Former Vice President Joe Biden has encouraged onetime GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney to run for the Senate in Utah if longtime Republican incumbent Orrin Hatch decides to retire next year....
NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) -- Bill Cosby's sexual assault trial in Pennsylvania has moved at a brisk pace and produced gripping testimony along with moments of levity. The case could reach the jury early this week....
LONDON (AP) -- British Prime Minister Theresa May struck a deal in principle with Northern Ireland's Democratic Unionist Party on Saturday to prop up the Conservative government, stripped of its majority in a disastrous election....
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Adam West, whose straight-faced portrayal of Batman in a campy 1960s TV series lifted the tight-clad Caped Crusader into the national consciousness, has died at age 88, his publicist Molly Schoneveld said Saturday....
SEATTLE (AP) -- Demonstrations against Islamic law Saturday in cities across the U.S. drew counter-protests by people who said they stoked unfounded fears and a distorted view of the religion....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump is banking on his loyal base of supporters to help him through the tangle of the Russia turmoil....
(Vatican Radio) Two Indians are among 10 journalists from around the world have been honoured with the European Commission’s 2017 Lorenzo Natali Media Prize for their outstanding reporting on development, poverty eradication and freedom of religion. Saurabh Sharma and Umar Manzoor Shah from the Asia Pacific region, collected their prizes in the professional and amateur categories at a ceremony in Brussels on June 7 during the European Development Days (EDD).Saurabh Sharma, 26, a professional journalist from Uttar Pradesh state, won the Lorenzo Natali Media Grand Prize in the professional category for his story entitled, “Shanno’s Story Takes A Hard Look At What It’s Like To Live On The Streets Of Varanasi”. The September 16, 2016 story on Youth Ki Awaaz speaks of the many dangers and difficulties that girls growing up in the streets of India face. Sharma has worked with Newstrack.com, United News of India and 101reporters.com. ...
(Vatican Radio) At an audience for a delegation from the Nigerian Diocese of Ahiara, Pope Francis said he had been “deeply saddened” by the refusal of the diocese to accept the Bishop appointed for them.During the audience, the Pope requested explicitly that the diocese receive Bishop Peter Ebere Okpaleke, who was appointed to Ahiara by Pope Benedict in 2012. In his address to the delegation, the Holy Father, while asking pardon for the harsh language, said the Church in Ahiara “is like a widow for having prevented the Bishop from coming to the diocese.” He called to mind the parable, from the Gospel of Matthew, of the murderous tenants who wanted to steal the inheritance. “In this current situation, the Diocese of Ahiara is without the bridegroom, has lost her fertility, and cannot bear fruit. Whoever is opposed to Bishop Okpaleke taking possession of the diocese wants to destroy the Church.”In such a situation, Pope Francis continued, where th...
