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IMAGE: CNS/Paul HaringBy Cindy WoodenVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The commission that now-retired PopeBenedict XVI established to study the alleged apparitions of Mary at Medjugorje,Bosnia-Herzegovina, reportedly voted overwhelmingly to recognize assupernatural the first seven appearances of Mary in 1981.However, according to a report published by the websiteVatican Insider, the commission was much more doubtful about the thousands of alleged visions that have occurred since July 4, 1981, and supposedly continue to this day.Two of the 17 commission members and consultants thought thealleged visions after the periodof June 24-July 3, 1981,were not supernatural, while the other members said it was not possible to makea judgment.The commission said it was clear that the six allegedvisionaries and a seventh who claims to have begun receiving messages from Maryin December 1982 were not given adequate spiritual support.Vatican Insider published its piece on the report May 16,three days after Po...
BOSTON (AP) -- Tom Brady played through a concussion last year on his way to a fifth Super Bowl title, according to his wife, supermodel Gisele Bundchen. The injury, which was not reported by the team, left her worried about how long he should continue to play football....
NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (AP) -- The trapeze-artist wife of daredevil Nik Wallenda is planning her own stunt high above Niagara Falls....
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- An elephant stretches its trunk through a window to soothe a sick child. A woman gives birth and three months later is back performing on the high wire. A handler of big cats weeps as the beasts lope out of the ring for the last time....
ELK CITY, Okla. (AP) -- Storms whipped through a wide swath of the nation's midsection, giving rise to tornadoes that flattened a Wisconsin mobile home park and an Oklahoma subdivision and killing at least two people and injuring dozens of others....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Republican Sen. Thom Tillis of North Carolina said Wednesday he's "fine" after collapsing during a Washington, D.C., race and being taken away by ambulance....
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Pvt. Chelsea Manning, the soldier who was sentenced to 35 years in a military prison for giving classified materials to WikiLeaks, said Wednesday that she's excited about what lies ahead, just hours after she walked free after serving seven years behind bars....
JERUSALEM (AP) -- Israeli officials on Wednesday sought to downplay any damage caused by President Donald Trump's disclosure of classified information to senior Russian officials that was provided by Israel, and lauded the robust security cooperation with the United States just days before the president is due to arrive for a state visit....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump faced fallout Wednesday over revelations that he personally appealed to now-fired FBI Director James Comey to abandon the bureau's investigation into former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn, allegations based on notes Comey wrote after the meeting....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- House Speaker Paul Ryan declared Wednesday that he retains confidence in President Donald Trump and cautioned against "rushing to judgment" over the cascading revelations coming out of the White House....