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LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A new skyscraper in downtown Los Angeles has become the tallest building west of the Mississippi River....
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- Remains found in central Minnesota in recent days are that of Jacob Wetterling, an 11-year-old boy who was abducted in 1989, authorities said Saturday in an announcement that provided some long-awaited answers to a mystery that has captivated a state for decades and sparked changes in sex offender laws....
DETROIT (AP) -- Donald Trump swayed to songs of worship, read scripture, and donned a Jewish prayer shawl Saturday during a visit to a predominantly black church in Detroit, where he called for a "civil rights agenda of our time" and vowed to fix the "many wrongs" facing African-Americans....
(Vatican Radio) With Mother Teresa's canonization taking place on Sunday, the Indian Bishop's Conference has called her 'a fully Indian saint', though she was born in Skopje in what became the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.Bishop Theodore Mascarenhas, general Secretary of the Indian Bishops' Conference, said in a press conference, "Mother Teresa merged the values of the Gospel with Indian values, devoting herself to the poorest of the poor. And the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said what many Indians think: Mother Teresa is 'our' saint".Archbishop Felix Machado of Vasai explained to Vatican Radio's Olivier Bonell what the bishops meant when they called her 'a fully Indian saint'.Listen to the interview: Archbishop Machado said, "She is truly an Indian saint because Mother Teresa came from elsewhere to India, but once she came to India, she made India her country, in her heart."He explained that s...
(Vatican Radio) Uzbekistan has buried long-ruling President Islam Karimov on Saturday, only a day after the government announced the death of the authoritarian leader following a stroke at the age of 78. The Soviet Republic awaits a period of uncertainty amid expected infighting over a successor.Listen to Stefan Bos' report: Thousands of Uzbeks lined up along the main roads of Tashkent where many threw roses as a procession of black vehicles made its way though the capital following the death of long-time President Islam Karimov. State television also showed soldiers loading a coffin onto a plane for what it described as Karimov's final journey to his hometown of Samarkand.In Samarkand, Karimov was laid to rest following an Islamic funeral ceremony -- attended by thousands of people, including foreign heads of states --on the historic Registan Square.Foreign officials, including Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, Taj...
Rome, Italy, Sep 3, 2016 / 11:21 am (CNA).- As the canonization of Bl. Mother Teresa of Caluctta draws near, the son of a leading Muslim philanthropist in Pakistan praised the nun’s example, recalling how his late father had admired her and believed in learning from her example.“We should learn from her. Muslims should adopt the concept of missionary spirit. We have been negligent on many levels, not many people are involved in humanitarian mission.”These are the words of Abdul Sattar Edhi, a Muslim and one of the most well-known philanthropists in Pakistan. Often called the “Mother Teresa of Pakistan,” Edhi passed away July 8 at the age of 88.On the night he died, the Archdiocese of Karachi organized a prayer vigil in churches throughout the diocese to pray for his intentions. His funeral was attended by swarms of people from different faith backgrounds who wanted to honor him and the many social works he initiated.Born in the small village of Gujarat,...
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Sam Bradford got the trade he wanted months ago - just eight days before the season opener....
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) -- For nearly 50 days, James Tullier has barely left the Baton Rouge hospital where he's held vigil for his son, a sheriff's deputy wounded in an ambush that killed three other officers - not even when his family was hit by a second tragedy, their homes wrecked in historic flooding....
HANGZHOU, China (AP) -- If President Barack Obama was hoping for a graceful start to his final trip to Asia as commander in chief, this wasn't it....
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- A record-tying earthquake in the edge of Oklahoma's key energy-producing areas rattled the Midwest from Nebraska to North Texas on Saturday, and likely will bring fresh attention to the practice of disposing oil and gas field wastewater deep underground....
