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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) -- Gov. Sam Brownback assured the public that the income tax cuts he championed would stimulate the Kansas economy, supply plenty of money for schools and give other states a "pro-growth" policy model to follow....
NEW YORK (AP) -- U.S. stocks edged higher Wednesday as energy companies climbed with the price of oil. Banks also rose, and investors sold traditionally safe stocks. A survey showed that hiring by private companies continued at a solid but uninspiring clip in July....
ATWATER, Calif. (AP) -- A husband and wife traveling to see their daughter in Washington were among the four Mexicans nationals identified Wednesday as those killed when a bus slammed into a highway sign that tore through the vehicle in California's Central Valley....
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Toronto, Canada, Aug 3, 2016 / 12:04 pm (CNA).- Cardinal Marc Ouellet, prefect of the Congregation of Bishops, said in Toronto that Pope Francis’ apostolic exhortation on the family, Amoris Laetitia, is a controversial document, but that it has not introduced any change to existing Catholic doctrine.The Canadian-born cardinal spoke during the closing address of the States Dinner at the 134th Supreme Convention of the Knights of Columbus.“Before concluding,” he said, digressing from his prepared remarks, “let me say a word about the papal document, Amoris Laetitia, that was born of the two recent Synods on the Family.”“In all honesty, I think that controversies around Amoris Laetitia are understandable, but, in all confidence, I believe they might even be fruitful in the end.”Titled Amoris Laetitia, or The Joy of Love, the April 8 document is the conclusion of a two-year synod process at the Vatican that gathered hundreds of bishops from arou...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Dale GavlakBy Dale GavlakIRBIL,Iraq (CNS) -- The upcoming military offensive to root out Islamic Statemilitants from Mosul and surrounding villages will be a "huge challenge,"the United Nations says, as it expects about 1.5 million people to flee thewarfare in a short amount of time. TheU.N. refugee agency, UNHCR, and other humanitarian agencies -- including Catholicgroups -- in Iraq are scurrying to ready preparations, as it is believed thatthe U.S.-led assault could be pushed forward as early as September. But aidgroups fear they may be overwhelmed by the sheer numbers involved.TheU.N. says that as the Mosul crisis evolves, up to 13 million people throughoutIraq may need humanitarian aid by the year's end -- far larger than the Syriancrisis. This would make the humanitarian operation in Mosul likely the singlelargest, most complex in the world in 2016.BrunoGeddo, UNHCR chief for Iraq, told Catholic News Service the United Nations hasissued an appeal for the $284 ...
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FLANDREAU, S.D. (AP) -- South Dakota's top prosecutor charged two consultants who worked with a Native American tribe on its plans to open the nation's first marijuana resort with drug offenses, accusing them of having seeds shipped from the Netherlands hidden in CD cases and sewn into clothing....
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) -- Worried you might catch the Zika virus? Scammers and bug spray companies are counting on it....
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) -- Texas agreed Wednesday to weaken its voter ID law, which federal courts have said discriminated against minorities and the poor and left more than 600,000 registered voters potentially unable to cast a ballot....
