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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) -- An astronaut has set a U.S. record for most time spent in space....
Two licks with a wooden paddle in the principal's office was the price 11-year-old Kaley Zacher, of Dexter, Georgia, paid for ignoring warnings about falling behind in her school work....
AKRON, Ohio (AP) -- Black Republicans cheer Donald Trump for a newfound outreach to African-Americans, but say the GOP presidential nominee must take his message beyond arenas filled with white supporters and venture into the inner cities....
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- The president of the American University in the Afghan capital says a militant attack is underway on the campus....
AMATRICE, Italy (AP) -- A strong earthquake in central Italy reduced three towns to rubble as people slept early Wednesday, killing at least 73 people and injuring hundreds more as rescue crews raced to dig out survivors with bulldozers and their bare hands....
(Vatican Radio) The Vatican has called on the international community to expand the definition of a ‘weapon of mass destruction’ to include “devastatingly powerful conventional weapons used to perpetrate war crimes and crimes against humanity.” “Conventional weapons are becoming less and less ‘conventional’ as technological advances elevate their power to destroy to the level of weapons of mass destruction,” said Archbishop Bernardito Auza, the Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the United Nations.The Vatican diplomat was speaking on Tuesday during a Security Council Open Debate on non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.“For this reason, the Holy See recommends that discussions on weapons of mass destruction go beyond the traditional categories of nuclear, chemical, biological, and radiological weapons to include devastatingly powerful conventional weapons,” he continued.“Military forces, rebels, t...
(Vatican Radio) Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro has insisted he will fire senior public sector workers in five key ministries who voted against him in a build up to an attempted referendum trying to remove him. Listen to James Blears' report: According to ruling Socialist Party spokesman Jorge Rodriguez: "People who are against President Nicolas Maduro`s Revolution, cannot be in management positions in Ministries, Public Institutions, State or Local Government."Those five key ministries, which are due for the firings are: Food, Finance, Works, Basic Business, and the Presidential Office. Their offense, punishable by being for the high jump, was voting against President Maduro in round one of a signature collection, which the opposition aims to lead up to a Referendum, to remove President Maduro from power.Hundreds of less highly placed opponents who were workers in the public sector say they've already been fired.Electoral official...
(Vatican Radio) As the death toll from an earthquake in central Italy continues to rise, Bishop Giovanni D'Ercole of Ascoli Piceno traveled the short 40 km to Pescara del Tronto to be with the hundreds of people affected by the quake.Bishop D'Ercole spoke to Vatican Radio early Wednesday morning, saying the scene was 'distressing'."When I arrived at the break of day, I saw a destroyed village, screams, death... We are truly in a desperate situation and unfortunately this is not the only area affected, because others are also in this situation".He said there were still many areas unreached by rescue personnel."There are several people who are not responding [to telephone calls], and I went to bless the bodies of two children buried under the rubble.""A certain part of the diocese is suffering. I think, however..., that the area worst hit is the part near Rieti, that is, between Amatrice, Accumoli, Pescara del Tronto, Arq...
(Vatican Radio) In the wake of the powerful earthquake that struck central Italy on Wednesday, Pope Francis at the General Audience postponed his prepared catechesis, and led the faithful gathered in St Peter’s Square in the recitation of the Sorrowful Mysteries of the Most Holy Rosary.The Holy Father expressed his “heartfelt sorrow and spiritual closeness” to all those affected by the earthquake and its aftershocks. He said he was deeply saddened upon learning several children were among the dead, and of hearing of the total destruction of the town of Amatrice.“I want to assure all the people of Accumuli, Amatrice, the Diocese of Rieti, Ascoli Piceno, and all the people of Lazio, Umbria, and Le Marche, of the prayers and close solidarity of the entire Church, who in these moments extends her merciful love, as well as the concern of all of us here in the Piazza, Pope Francis said.He asked everyone to join him in prayer to Jesus, that the Lord might “c...
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis on Wednesday made a special greeting during his General Audience to the members of the International Paralympic Committee and the athletes who are preparing to participate in the next Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, which will take place from 7-18 September.The Holy Father blessed the Paralympic Flag when he was in Rio de Janeiro for World Youth Day in 2013, taking the opportunity to speak about the bonds between evangelisation and the world of sport.The Vatican is participating in the "Casa Italia Paralimpica in Rio 2016,” which is a meeting place for the Italian delegation at the Paralympic Games.The Casa Italia is a long-term project – which will involve the collaboration of the Holy See and the Archdiocese of Rio de Janeiro – to offer practical support to a series of project initiatives, especially involving parasport activities.
