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YANGON, Myanmar (AP) -- KFC's grinning Colonel Sanders and his goatee are among the few prominent signs of U.S. brands or business in Myanmar's biggest city, Yangon....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- High school graduation rates have reached a record high of 83.2 percent, continuing a steady increase that shows improvement across all ethnic groups, the White House said Monday....
IRBIL, Iraq (AP) -- The Latest developments in Iraq's operation to retake the northern city of Mosul from the Islamic State group (all times local):...
(Vatican Radio) The Prefect of the Congregation for Eastern Churches, Cardinal Leonardo Sandri, was in Jordan over the weekend, where he presided over a liturgy celebrating the official re-opening of the shrine atop Mt. Nebo.The summit of Mt. Nebo is the place from which, according to ancient tradition, Moses saw the Promised Land before he died.Below, please find the full text of Cardinal Sandri’s prepared homily, in its official English translation*************************************************Your Excellency, S.E. Msgr. Alberto Ortega, Apostolic Nuncio in Jordan,Reverend Father Custos, Fr. Francesco Patton,Your Excellency, Mr. Ambassador of Italy to the Kingdom of Jordan,Reverend Friars of the Custody of the Holy Land,Distinguished Authorities,Brothers and sisters in the Lord!Yesterday [Saturday] evening, in the twilight of the day, the doors of this Sanctuary were reopened, and so many of us were able to contemplate the fruits of the labors of these years. Today we cel...
NEW YORK (AP) -- It took nearly four decades to find and try a suspect in the haunting disappearance of first-grader Etan Patz. The trial itself spanned three months of testimony and 18 days of deliberations before a jury finally deadlocked....
BANGKOK (AP) -- A Thai woman accused of insulting the country's late king was forced to kneel before his portrait outside a police station on the tourist island of Samui as several hundred people bayed for an apology....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Federal judges in New Jersey have struggled with a workload approaching 700 cases each, nearly double what's manageable, because of judicial vacancies. In Texas, close to a dozen district judgeships remain open, more than any other state....
NEW YORK (AP) -- THE ISSUE: Persistent Republican-led efforts to restrict access to abortion and to curb government funding for Planned Parenthood have been hotly debated in Washington and in states, and will be shaped in some way by the next president....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Hacked emails released in daily dispatches over the weekend by the WikiLeaks group showed Hillary Clinton's campaign staff worried about a response to the gay community's backlash over a comment concerning former first lady Nancy Reagan and AIDS. Also among the documents are transcripts of Clinton speeches and question-and-answer sessions that Goldman Sachs hosted in 2013, appearances for which she received hundreds of thousands of dollarsies....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A staple of Palm Beach's high-end philanthropy circuit, the Mar-a-Lago Club boasts rich history, an 800-seat ballroom and ocean views. But some major charities and fundraisers are now concerned with a different feature: the property's owner, Donald Trump....
