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MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- Rapper Snoop Dogg furiously stirred flour into a creamy bechamel sauce, a whisk in one hand and a microphone in the other during a cooking demonstration with chef Guy Fieri....
NEW YORK (AP) -- You know those snacks that are OK if they're handy, but not worth the bother if you have to go track them down? Our Stone Age forerunners may have felt the same way about eating each other....
LUCKNOW, India (AP) -- Indian police are reviewing reports of missing children to try to identify a girl who was found living in a forest with a group of monkeys....
HAMDANIYA, Iraq (AP) -- Bahaa Franshaw spikes pieces of meat onto a skewer on a recent day, ready to sell to the passing trade. His potential customers include civilians coming through Hamdaniya from Mosul to escape the fighting there. Heading toward Mosul are military reinforcements and non-governmental organization workers trying to help get the war-torn city back on its feet....
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- By design, World War I never strays from Matt Naylor's thoughts: His grandfather's wartime shaving kit is on display in his office where he oversees a museum in Kansas City, Missouri, dedicated to all things involving "The Great War."...
MOSCOW (AP) -- President Vladimir Putin's spokesman tells The Associated Press that Russia's support for Syrian President Bashar Assad is not unconditional....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Citing ethics complaints, the chairman of the House intelligence committee announced Thursday he is temporarily surrendering his leadership post in the panel's probe into Russian meddling in last year's presidential election....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Democrats blocked President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee with a historic filibuster on the Senate floor Thursday, but their victory was short-lived....
(Vatican Radio) Archbishop Bernardito Auza, Apostolic Nuncio to the United Nations, has addressed a commission on the changing population age structures and sustainable development.He said the world is experiencing a significant transition from a youthful, growing population to one with a larger share of older people with lower levels of fertility.This, he said, will have “marked consequences on the level of consumption and the pace of economic growth”.Despite these changes, Archbishop Auza said “sustainable development, poverty eradication, and the defense of the dignity of the human person must remain central to our collective response.”He said the world’s problems come not so much from changing demographics as from man-made conflict and corruption.“Corruption, protracted conflicts and other man-made disasters, especially in the developing world, do far more to perpetuate injustice and entrench poverty than a healthy, growing population....
(Vatican Radio) The Pontifical Biblical Commission is set to hold its annual plenary Assembly on 24-28 April 2017.A communique released by the Holy See Press Office said the plenary Assembly will be held at the Casa Santa Marta in the Vatican.The meeting takes place under the presidency of Cardinal Gerhard Ludwig Müller, President of the Pontifical Biblical Commission and Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.Fr. Pietro Bovati, SJ, the Commission’s Secretary General, will direct the Assembly’s proceedings.The communique said the Commission Members will reflect on several themes related to biblical anthropology.The mission of the Pontifical Biblical Commission, as stated in its statutes, is to "effectively promote study of the bible among Catholics, contrast erroneous opinions related to Sacred Scripture with scientific means, and study and illuminate debated questions and emerging issues in the biblical field".
