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IMAGE: CNS photo/courtesy Father Liam DunneBy Francis NjugunaNAIROBI, Kenya (CNS) -- A Slovaknun shot and wounded in Yei, South Sudan, died May 20 at a hospital in Nairobi.Holy Spirit Missionary SisterVeronika Terezia Rackova, director of St. Bakhita Medical Center in Yei, was evacuated to Nairobi May 17, shortly after the nighttime shooting.She had been in a coma before her death.Outside the intensive care unitat the hospital, Sister Maria Jerly, regional superior for the HolySpirit Missionary Sisters, told Catholic News Service that Sister Rackova wasshot as people marked John Garang Day. She said Sister Rackova was driving anambulance after taking an expectant mother to the hospital when the vehicle wasshot by soldiers patrolling the area. Sister Rackova was shot in the stomach,Sister Jerly said.She added that a motive for theshooting was not known. Three soldiers were arrested inconnection with the incident, and Sister Jerly added, "One of them is saidto have admitted having sho...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A new look is coming to Nutrition Facts labels on food packages, with more attention to calorie counts and added sugars. And no longer will a small bag of chips count as two or three servings....
KALAMAZOO, Mich. (AP) -- A man charged with killing six people during a night of random shootings in Michigan was dragged out of court Friday after bizarre outbursts during testimony by a woman who survived the rampage....
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- The new police chief in San Francisco inherits a daunting job in a city divided by race, where black residents' trust in law enforcement has been frayed by a series of violent confrontations and the perception that officers are hostile toward minorities....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A group the White House recently identified as a key surrogate in selling the Iran nuclear deal gave National Public Radio $100,000 last year to help it report on the pact and related issues, according to the group's annual report. It also funded reporters and partnerships with other news outlets....
DENVER (AP) -- Gabriel McArthur is heading to the Democratic National Convention in July to serve as a delegate for Bernie Sanders. Screaming and shouting are a distinct possibility from the Sanders camp at the event, he says....
ATLANTA (AP) -- Two deputies yell "Stop fighting!" and "He's got my Taser!" as they repeatedly stun a handcuffed man in the back of a vehicle, commanding him to relax even as he insists "I'm dead," shortly before he stops breathing, body-camera video shows....
BAGHDAD (AP) -- Iraqi security forces fired tear gas and gunshots in the air as hundreds of anti-government protesters stormed Baghdad's heavily secured Green Zone on Friday. Several demonstrators, mostly supporters of powerful Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, were wounded as the crowd rushed the prime minister's office and the parliament building....
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) -- Donald Trump on Friday slammed Hillary Clinton as "heartless" for backing restrictions on gun ownership that he said would leave Americans in high-crime areas unable to protect themselves. He also challenged Clinton to follow his lead and release a list of potential Supreme Court nominees....
PARIS (AP) -- The 66 people lost aboard EgyptAir Flight 804 included a businessman adored by his colleagues, a language and history scholar and a mother caring for a daughter with cancer. A look at the lives of the dead:...
