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IMAGE: CNS photo/Caroline Blumberg, EPABy LOURDES, France (CNS) -- French policeand military officials have launched a special security operation for thecountry's national pilgrimage to Lourdes, following the killing of a Catholicparish priest in a spate of terrorist attacks.Up to 30,000 Catholics areexpected to join the national pilgrimage, led by Cardinal Philippe Barbarin ofLyon. The pilgrimage will include services and processions at 22 churches and chapelsover the 128-acre site and culminate in Aug. 15 Masses for the feast of theAssumption.Mathias Terrier, informationdirector of the Diocese of Tarbes and Lourdes, said Catholic representativeshad agreed to the new arrangements in cooperation with local authorities andsecurity services. He said the "discreet but effective" measurescould remain in place indefinitely at the Marian shrine."It's our duty andresponsibility to take account of the complicated current context by ensuringpilgrims are well received," he said in a televised...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Tyler OrsburnBy Carol ZimmermannWASHINGTON (CNS) -- In the presidential election campaign, bothmajor-party candidates have talked about the rising costs of college and the debt that graduatesface because of student loans.Donald Trump, the Republican presidentialnominee, has spoken out against federal student loans saying he doesn't believe thegovernment should make a profit from them, but he has not revealed his plans tolower college costs or reduce student debt and his campaign website has nothingon the topic of college education.Hillary Clinton, the Democraticpresidential nominee, has been much more vocal about college affordability. Earlierin the campaign she disagreed with her rival Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont,saying his plan to provide a free public college education to every American justdidn't "add up."But when she became the party'snominee, she modified her initial plan and is now proposing to offer freetuition at in-state public colleges and universitie...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Bryan Woolston, ReutersBy BALTIMORE(CNS) -- The same day a federal Department of Justice reportcataloging systemic abuses by Baltimore's police was issued, Archbishop William E. Loriof Baltimore called that report "sobering and distressing.""Thereport is an affirmation of those in our community who have long criticized thepolicing strategies and practices of the (police) department," the archbishopsaid Aug. 10 in a statement, "and a repudiation of those whose actions have underminedboth public trust as well as the inherent dignity of those they have sworn toserve and protect."InBaltimore, the police's "pattern ofmaking unconstitutional stops, searches and arrests arises from itslongstanding reliance on 'zero tolerance' street enforcement, which encouragesofficers to make large numbers of stops, searches and arrests for minor, highlydiscretionary offenses," the report said."These practices led to repeatedviolations of the constitutional and statutory rights, further ...
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) -- A 6-year-old boy beat his newborn sister to death after their 62-year-old mother left her young children alone in a car for more than a half hour while she went to get her cellphone fixed, authorities on Florida's Gulf Coast said....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- I've never been part of a conspiracy theory. Now, video of my surprised facial expression has become Exhibit A in the latest unfounded speculation about Hillary Clinton....
MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- A judge on Friday overturned the conviction of a Wisconsin man found guilty of helping his uncle kill a woman in a case profiled in the Netflix documentary series "Making a Murderer," ruling that investigators coerced a confession using deceptive tactics....
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) -- The bomb squad rushed past crowds on Copacabana Beach to investigate a backpack abandoned near Rio's ritziest hotel. Despite the potential for danger, local diners sipped their beers, watched an Olympic swimming race on a big-screen television and took selfies with a disposal robot amid what turned out to be a false alarm....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Latest on the U.S. presidential race (all times local):...
ERIE, Pa. (AP) -- It's the media's fault. That's out of context. Never said it in the first place....
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) -- No gold for Hope Solo, but plenty of bitterness....
