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WASHINGTON (AP) -- This city knows how to do big hearings - even Titanic ones....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- In a hugely anticipated hearing, fired FBI director James Comey will recount a series of conversations with President Donald Trump that he says made him deeply uneasy and concerned about the blurring of boundaries between the White House and a law enforcement agency that prides itself on independence....
(Vatican Radio) Cardinal Peter Turkson has called for more attention and protection of Earth’s seas and oceans in remarks to a United Nations conference on the need to “Conserve and Sustainably Use the Oceans, Seas, and Marine Resources for Sustainable Development”.The Prefect of the Vatican’s Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development noted to "The Ocean Conference" that no global accord yet exists for the protection of the oceans’ resources. He said such an accord is becoming ever more urgent.Cardinal Turkson said the oceans’ value goes beyond fishing and navigation. “They are also a vast source of renewable energy and biological and mineral wealth, including those used by the pharmaceutical and cosmetics industries.”He also said they have a vast role in “air purification, a significant role in the global carbon cycle, climate regulation, waste management, the maintenance of food chains and habitats th...
Dover, Del., Jun 8, 2017 / 12:08 am (CNA/EWTN News).- In Delaware, lawmakers’ vote to pass a bill that would strike down almost all remaining abortion restrictions drew strong criticism from pro-life advocates, who warned it would provide safe harbor for Kermit Gosnell-style abortionists.“Planned Parenthood and the ACLU are using Delaware as a testing ground for their extreme legislation to ensure abortionists can carry out abortions without limit – even on healthy children hours from birth,” charged Marjorie Dannenfelser, president of the Susan B. Anthony List.Under Delaware’s current law, which was rendered inactive by federal laws and court decisions, abortion is allowed only in cases where the mother’s life is at risk, if there is a substantial risk the unborn child would be born with serious disabilities, or if the child was conceived in rape or incest, the Associated Press reports.Current law also bars abortion after 20 weeks into pregnancy....
CLEVELAND (AP) -- One victory left for the Golden State Warriors to claim another title....
IRBIL, Iraq (AP) -- After days of shelling by Iraqi forces, some 200 residents decided to take their chances and flee from one of the last pockets of Mosul controlled by the Islamic State group. They made it as far as a nearby hospital before militant snipers opened fire from the roof, mowing them down by the dozens....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump is suggesting that Iran shares some of the blame for twin terrorist attacks on its parliament and a shrine, insisting that those who sponsor terrorism "risk falling victim to the evil they promote."...
NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) -- A jury that heard seven hours of testimony from a woman who says Bill Cosby drugged and assaulted her may soon hear from Cosby himself - even if he doesn't take the stand....
LONDON (AP) -- Polling stations have opened across Britain in an election to choose a new government....
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Police increased their patrols in the streets and subway stations of Tehran on Thursday, a day after a pair of stunning Islamic State-claimed attacks on Iran's parliament and the tomb of its revolutionary leader killed at least 13 people and wounded over 40....
