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IMAGE: CNS photo/Aprille Hanson, Arkansas Catholic By Malea HargettLITTLE ROCK, Ark. (CNS) -- Asthe first week of school began at Catholic High School in Little Rock, a signplaced on the school office door is being discussed by national radio hosts,the media and parents.The boys school always hasplaced a high priority on responsibility and consequences, but the notice witha red stop sign prominently at the top is what is getting attention across thecountry.On Aug. 10 the sign was postedat the school and shared with parents: "If you are dropping off your son'sforgotten lunch, books, homework, equipment, etc., please turn around and exitthe building. Your son will learn to problem-solve in your absence."After the sign was posted on theschool's Facebook page, it was shared 117,000 times and had more than 3,600comments.While most of the comments weresupportive, many Facebook comments disagreed with the school's notice.One woman said, "I'm an adultwho forgets things because life is hecti...
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) -- "It's like, I guess you caught me! I'm a nerd!" Natalie Portman says, laughing....
TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) -- Ohio's toll road, a heavily traveled connector between the East Coast and Chicago, is moving closer to allowing the testing of self-driving vehicles....
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) -- Former Baylor University President Ken Starr resigned his post as a law school professor Friday, severing his last tie with the faith-based campus still reeling from a sexual assault scandal involving its football team....
DENHAM SPRINGS, La. (AP) -- Michelle Parrott's children hear thunder when there is no storm. When rain does fall, they ask their mother if the floodwaters are rising again....
SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (AP) -- A preliminary assessment found 96 single-family homes have been destroyed in Southern California's huge wildfire, a spokesman said Friday....
MIAMI (AP) -- South Beach has been identified as a second site of Zika transmission by mosquitoes on the U.S. mainland, Florida officials said Friday....
BEIRUT (AP) -- It took Mahmoud Fadlallah and the team of seven rescue workers 30 minutes to reach the middle-aged couple trapped beneath the rubble of their apartment building in the contested Syrian city of Aleppo. They had been notified a rocket had struck the building, and they had to wait for the debris to fall and the dust to settle....
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A prominent Catholic rights activist has had to flee Bangladesh, after months of harassment and death threats from suspected Islamists, leaving her colleagues and other Christian leaders shocked. Rosaline Costa, a former Maria Bambina nun and the executive director of Hotline Human Rights Bangladesh that she founded, left Bangladesh in July and now lives in New York City with her relatives. The 67-year old activist has been a vocal advocate of human rights, justice and tolerance in the country since 1986. She has written against corruption, crime, terror and religious violence through Hotline Bangladesh, a monthly newsletter she edited for nearly 30 years.Muslim-majority Bangladesh has seen a surge in Islamic militancy since 2013. Islamic militants have killed dozens of people, including secular bloggers, writers, academics, foreigners and those from religious minorities. In the worst attack, a group of Islamic mi...
