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ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) -- The world's first round-the-world flight to be powered solely by the sun's energy made history Tuesday as it landed in Abu Dhabi, where it first took off on an epic 25,000-mile (40,000-kilometer) journey that began more than a year ago....
SAGAMIHARA, Japan (AP) -- At least 19 people were killed and about 20 wounded in a knife attack Tuesday at a facility for the handicapped in a city just outside Tokyo in the worst mass killing in generations in Japan....
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- The Latest on the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia (all times EDT):...
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Seeking to bridge deep Democratic divides, Bernie Sanders robustly embraced his former rival Hillary Clinton Monday night as a champion for the same economic causes that enlivened his supporters, signaling it was time for them, too, to rally behind her in the campaign against Republican Donald Trump....
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New Haven, Conn., Jul 25, 2016 / 12:47 pm (CNA).- A new poll released Monday found that an overwhelming majority of Americans believe abortion clinics should be held to the same medical and safety standards as other outpatient surgery centers.The survey follows last month’s Supreme Court ruling striking down a Texas law regulating abortion clinics on the grounds that it placed an “undue burden” on a women’s “right to an abortion.”The case had challenged two Texas regulations of abortion clinics. One regulation said that abortionists must have admitting privileges at a local hospital in case of a medical emergency at their clinic. The other said that clinic buildings must meet the standards of ambulatory surgery centers: they must have proper sanitation, staffing, and medical experts on hand to deal with medical emergencies.Seventy-eight percent of those surveyed in the July 2016 poll believe that abortion clinics should be held to the same standar...
Krakow, Poland, Jul 25, 2016 / 02:40 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- As thousands of youth are setting foot in Krakow for World Youth Day, many voiced their excitement not only to meet peers who share the same faith, but above all to see Pope Francis in person.For Ernest, a young pilgrim traveling from Zimbabwe, “that feeling is going to be out of this world. It’s going to be out of this world.”In July 25 comments to CNA, Ernest said that he’s always seen the Pope on TV, but never in person. He missed Francis during his trip to Africa last year, which included stops in Kenya, Uganda and the Central African Republic, because he decided to go on a pilgrimage to Uganda, but arrived only after the Pope had left. “People tell me it was really packed,” he said, adding that while it was a blessing to see the impact Francis left in Uganda, “I’m really excited and I'm really expecting to see the Pope” in person.Ernest said this is...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Bob RollerBy Dennis SadowskiOSWIECIM, Poland (CNS) -- Walkinginto the Auschwitz concentration camp, Stephanie Dalton felt a chill up and down herspine.She called it the spirit of those who died at the hands of the Nazis morethan 70 years ago."You could tell the people's presence (was) still there," she saidafter her group from the Diocese of Brooklyn, New York, walked through the campJuly 25 as part of their World Youth Day pilgrimage.Dalton, 19, a member of Sts. Simon and JudeParish, spoke to Catholic News Service during a break after touring thecamp and the nearby Auschwitz-Birkenauextermination camp where nearly 1 million people were killed in secret duringWorld War II.Looking at forested areas at Birkenau, Dalton said she could see the peoplewho were held "in the beauty" after arriving by train in crammedboxcars as their fate was being determined by the Nazis."They didn't know what was going to happen," she said in a solemntone.The Brooklyn contingent totals ab...
NEW YORK (AP) -- Marissa Mayer was a rarity: A major tech-company CEO who served while pregnant and, later, as a mother of young children. But her trailblazing has done little to meaningfully improve the second-class status of women in tech, a more deep-seated problem that will take many years - and certainly more than one person - to fix....
FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) -- With the Orlando massacre still fresh on everyone's mind, the mother of a young man who was slain at a nightclub early Monday had warned her son about what to do if there were a shooting: "hit the floor, find a table."...
