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(Vatican Radio) The ruling United Russia party was expected to win even greater dominance over the Russian lower house in parliamentary elections, though Sunday's ballot has been overshadowed by reports of vote-rigging and apathy. The vote was for the first time held in Crimea, which Russia annexed from Ukraine in 2014, sparking protests. Listen to the report by Stefan Bos: In front of reporters, Russian President Vladimir Putin tried to appear confident as he cast his ballot in Moscow at a polling station set up in Russia's Academy of Science. Yet, it remained unclear how many others would bother to cast ballots amid reported widespread apathy among Russia's 110 million registered voters at a time of economic difficulties. Russia is also facing international tensions over its involvement in conflicts in Ukraine and Syria. Yet Russia's Foreign Ministry fought back this weekend, condemning U.S.-led airstrikes on Syrian Army forces, calling t...
Louisville surged to No. 3 in The Associated Press college football poll on Sunday, matching the best ranking in school history, and Ohio State moved up to No. 2 behind Alabama....
UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- The issue of what to do about the world's 65.3 million displaced people takes center stage at the United Nations General Assembly Monday when leaders from around the globe converge on New York for the first-ever summit on Addressing Large Movements of Refugees and Migrants....
ST. CLOUD, Minn. (AP) -- The Latest on the stabbing of eight people at a central Minnesota shopping mall (all times local):...
BEIRUT (AP) -- Syria's fragile cease-fire started to unravel on Sunday with the first aerial attacks on rebel-held neighborhoods of Aleppo and a southern village that killed at least eight people, violations that came as tensions between the American and Russian brokers of the deal worsened following a deadly U.S. strike on Syrian government forces....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Donald Trump's most prominent supporters insisted Sunday that he's put the burden of "birtherism" behind him with his concession that President Barack Obama was born in the United States. But like their candidate, they tried to blame Hillary Clinton's campaign and rejected any notion that Trump's political identity is founded on five years of peddling the false rumor that Obama was born elsewhere....
SEASIDE PARK, N.J. (AP) -- Jersey Shore beaches were reopened Sunday as an investigation continued into a pipe bomb explosion at a seaside community before thousands of runners were to participate in a charity 5K race to benefit Marines and sailors....
ST. CLOUD, Minn. (AP) -- A man in a private security uniform stabbed nine people at a Minnesota shopping mall, reportedly mentioning Allah and asking at least one victim if they were Muslim before an off-duty police officer shot and killed him, authorities said....
NEW YORK (AP) -- Investigators scrambled Sunday to find out who planted a bomb that rocked a bustling New York City neighborhood, scouring shrapnel, forensic traces and surveillance video for any link to an unexploded pressure-cooker device found just blocks away....
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis on Sunday thanked the Vatican security force for their tireless service and warned against crimes that are connected to exploitation and corruption.The Pope’s words came as he celebrated Holy Mass for the Gendarmerie on the occasion of the 200th anniversary of the Corps of the Vatican Gendarmes.In his homily the Pope reflected on the reading of the day from the prophet Amos regarding three different types of people: the exploiter, the crook and the faithful man.“Crooks love the scam and hate honesty. Crooks love bribes, agreements done in the dark. This is worse than anything, because he believes he's being honest” he said.And he pointed out that crooks “trample on the poor” with no concern or thought for the consequences of their actions.The Pope also spoke of the many people in the world today who have “large, large industries of slave labor” and said that “in the world today slave labor is a style ...
