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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- In a few weeks, Uber will start using self-driving cars to carry passengers in Pittsburgh, raising the stakes in the fast-track race to deploy autonomous vehicles....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The State Department says a $400 million cash payment to Iran was contingent on the release of American prisoners....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A new brain trust in place, Donald Trump on Thursday moved to invest nearly $5 million in battleground state advertising as the Republican presidential contender took modest steps to address daunting challenges in the states that will make or break his White House ambitions....
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) -- The mystery behind the claim that U.S. swimmer Ryan Lochte and three teammates were robbed after a night of partying in Rio de Janeiro deepened Thursday, after officials first blamed him for making it up - then backtracked on some details and acknowledged the Olympians had been confronted by security guards with guns....
A four-day film festival celebrating the life and mission of Blessed Mother Teresa is being held in her adopted hometown of Kolkata in eastern India, in the run-up to her canonization or sainthood ceremony on September 4 in the Vatican. Predominantly featuring documentaries, the Aug. 26-29 Mother Teresa International Film Festival (MTIFF) in the capital of West Bengal state, is taking centre stage at the Nandan multiplex, Kolkata’s prestigious film and cultural centre owned by the state government. Organized by the Indian chapter of SIGNIS, the World Catholic Association for Communication, the film festival will travel to numerous locations around India and then go overseas. To know more about this event, we talked to Mr. Sunil Lucas, the president of SIGNIS India and director of the film festival. Speaking to us on his mobile phone from Kolkata, Mr. Lucas first explained that this is the fourth such film festival on the saint...
(Vatican Radio) German Chancellor Angela Merkel has dismissed suggestions that the influx of refugees over the past year has brought Islamic extremism to Germany. Her remarks come amid European concerns that insecurity following a failed coup in Turkey will lead to a new wave of migrants fleeing war and poverty, though activists have urged youngsters in Budapest to remember their suffering.Listen to Stefan Bos' report: In one of her toughest comments on the issue in recent weeks, Merkel made clear that she condemns those who link the influx of more than a million refugees into Germany last year to extremism.German news agency DPA quoted Merkel as saying that "Islamist terrorism by the Islamic State group isn't a phenomenon that came to us with the refugees, it's one that we had before too."Merkel spoke at a political rally in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, where her Christian Democrats face strong competition from the nationalist Alternati...
Denver, Colo., Aug 18, 2016 / 06:02 am (CNA).- He hates the way things are done these days, and church sure ain’t what it used to be.Church Curmudgeon may be one of the most cantankerous guys on Twitter, but he’s also one of the most hilarious. His complaints range from sinful dancing to boring homilies to music that’s too loud to shenanigans from the “youths” at church. While the character himself is actually Southern Baptist, it turns out grumpy old men who complain about things in church is not just reserved to one denomination. His nearly 90 thousand followers on Twitter come from all walks of life - Catholic, Evangelical, and even some atheists.First day of VBS, and I got 3 kids to rededicate themselves to staying off the lawn.— Church Curmudgeon (@ChrchCurmudgeon) June 6, 2016We tracked down the guy behind the wisecracking angry old man staring back at you from the Twitter handle @ChrchCurmudgeon. Here’s the story behind the sass:...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Paramount Pictures and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures IncBy Mark PattisonWASHINGTON(CNS) -- It's been 57 years since the last film version of "Ben-Hur" hit movietheaters. That alone is, for most Hollywood types, reason enough for a remake.Butwhen the husband-and-wife team of Roma Downey and Mark Burnett saw thescreenplay of the new version from John Ridley, he of Oscar-winning "12 Years aSlave" fame, "we loved the script," said Downey, an executive producer of thenew film, as is Ridley. "We loved the rephrasing of the story as one offorgiveness and reconciliation instead of the previous incarnations which were revenge-driven."Downeyadded, "Certainly, my faith is important to me as a Catholic and I feel thatthe values in this film are important and valuable. In the time we're living,in a world that's uncertain, with fear and confusion, I feel the central themesof forgiveness and reconciliation is a message that's needed now more thanever. It's my hope that audiences w...
NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- Former NFL star Darren Sharper has been sentenced to 18 years in prison in a case where he was accused of drugging and raping as many as 16 women in four states....
BERLIN (AP) -- Scientists say Oetzi the Iceman wore clothes made of brown bear pelt and roe deer when he died in the Alps 5,300 years ago....
