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KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) -- The fatal shooting of a Kansas City, Kansas, police officer was not part of a planned ambush, but the work of someone trying to evade arrest, authorities said Wednesday....
ISTANBUL (AP) -- Video footage from Turkey's failed coup shows a pro-government protester ducking down between the tracks of a speeding tank that passes over him. Remarkably, the man emerges unscathed and then the same thing happens with a second tank - except this time, he suffers an arm injury as the military vehicle roars above him....
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) -- Turkey on Wednesday intensified a sweeping crackdown on the media, the military, the courts and the education system following an attempted coup, targeting tens of thousands of teachers and other state employees for dismissal in a purge that raised concerns about basic freedoms and the effectiveness of key institutions....
Liar. Lucifer. Lock her up....
CLEVELAND (AP) -- Sometimes the skeptical donors ask Andy Puzder what it is that he sees in Donald Trump, the controversial Republican presidential nominee for whom Puzder is raising money....
CLEVELAND (AP) -- Nomination finally in hand, the Donald Trump campaign charged ahead Wednesday with a convention-week mission to redefine its brash celebrity leader as a serious-minded family man. It's a project proving harder than uniting skeptical Republicans behind their distaste for another brand they know well: The Clintons....
(USCCB) Archbishop Joseph E. Kurtz of Louisville, Kentucky, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, issued the following statement in relation to the July 17 fatal shooting of police officers in Baton Rouge, Lousiana. Full statement follows: "Stop, no more of this!" (LK 22:51)A Statement from Archbishop Joseph E. Kurtz of LouisvillePresident of the United States Conference of Catholic BishopsI offer my prayers for the officers and families affected by the horrible shooting in Baton Rouge. We find ourselves amid a prolonged prayer of lament as we join to console the grieving and support the suffering. People are suffering because their uniform is blue, suffering because their skin is black and suffering simply because of their station in life.The temptation to respond to violence with violence is strong. Even St. Peter himself lashed out upon the arrest of our beloved Savior. Jesus' response was clear. "Put your sword back into its sheath...
(Vatican Radio) The Vatican has called on the members of the United Nations Security Council to never vote against “a credible draft resolution” before the Security Council on timely and decisive action to prevent or end “the commission of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes.”Archbishop Bernardito Auza, Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the United Nations, was speaking on Tuesday at a United Nations Security Council Open Debate on Security Council Working Methods.“In this regard, my delegation believes that, in situations where evident crimes of genocide, mass atrocities and war crimes are being committed, the action of the international community should not be interpreted as an unwarranted imposition or a limitation of sovereignty of States, provided that it respects the juridical means established in the United Nations Charter and in other international legal instruments,” Archbishop Auza said. The full text of Archbishop...
(Vatican Radio) More details have been released about Pope Francis’ upcoming pilgrimage for the eighth centenary of Franciscan feast of the “Pardon of Assisi.”On 4 Aug, the Pope will make a private pilgrimage to Assisi, a small medieval town in the Italian region of Umbria known for being the birthplace of the Franciscan order. While there, he will pray in the Porziuncola chapel, where the feast of the “Pardon of Assisi” originated.According to new details released on the local website for the Franciscan order, the Holy Father will arrive in Assisi by helicopter at 3:40pm. At 4pm, he will arrive at the Basilica of Our Lady of the Angels, inside which the small Porziuncola chapel is located. There, he will take a moment of silent prayer in the chapel, before offering a reflection on the Gospel of Matthew 18:21-35.Afterwards, Pope Francis will meet with Franciscan bishops and superiors, and then will greet pilgrims gathered in the piazza outside the bas...
(Vatican Radio) UNICEF is warning that thousands of children are starving and face death in areas of Nigeria’s Borno state that were formerly controlled by Boko Haram militants. The UN children’s agency said nearly a quarter of a million children in the area are suffering from severe acute malnutrition and one in five of them would die unless they are treated soon. Doune Porter is the Head of Communications for UNICEF in Nigeria and she spoke to Susy Hodges about this developing humanitarian crisis. Listen to the interview with Doune Porter of UNICEF: Aid workers have found thousands of people without water, food or sanitation in areas of northern Nigeria where Boko Haram militants had been in control before their recapture by government troops.With homes and business destroyed and farmland devasted, the UN has warned that some 50,000 children could starve to death in Borno State alone this year if nothing is done. Porter said as more areas become accessible...
