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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- If Prince was seeking help for a problem with prescription drugs, it would make sense for him to turn to a California addiction specialist known for new ideas on treatment. Less clear is why he sought care from a local family care physician with an unassuming resume who met with Prince twice in the weeks before his death and prescribed him unknown medications....
NEW YORK (AP) -- Shifting swiftly to the general election, Donald Trump says he's narrowed his list of potential running mates to "five or six" people and doesn't want to accept taxpayer money to finance a fall campaign against likely Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Donald Trump told The Associated Press this week "there's nothing to learn" from all those income tax returns he won't release until an ongoing audit wraps up....
(Vatican Radio) Religious liberty – what it means, who has it, and where it begins and ends – is fast becoming the central focus of a broad public rethinking of the role of religion in public life in Western societies, and indeed anywhere the influence of the Western civilizational project has been felt.The Undersecretary of the Congregation for Catholic Education, Fr. Friedrich Bechina, FSO, recently delivered remarks at the official opening of the Benedict XVI Centre for Religion and Society at St. Mary’s University Twickenham, London, in which he argued that Catholic institutions of higher learning are privileged loci of that sometimes contentious public conversation, and are uniquely placed to prove the indispensable role religion has in society, precisely by playing it according to the peculiar identity and mission of the Catholic university.Click below to hear Vatican Radio's extended conversation with Fr. Friedrich Bechina, FSO, Undersecretary of the C...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Alex Hofford, EPABy Simone OrendainMANILA,Philippines (CNS) -- President-elect Rodrigo Duterte's win in May 9 nationalelections was "a strong reminder that people want change," said Father AntonPascual, president of Radio Veritas, the country's largest Catholic radionetwork.FatherPascual told Catholic News Service May 11 that he had "high hopes" Dutertewould crack down on corruption, criminality, "uncheckedterrorism" and drug pushing, and he suggested he start with a "big fish"corrupt official to set an example.Dutertehas a charism for identifying "with people's needs and aspirations. Heverbalizes the language and longings of the people to cleanse society or reducesubstantially the social ills," Father Pascual said.Filipinos voted for 18,000 offices, frompresident to local neighborhood councilors. SomeCatholic leaders were reserved about Duterte, the Davao City major known fortough talk. Throughoutthe campaign, Duterte said he would rid the country of criminals with...
CENTENNIAL, Colo. (AP) -- Movie theaters across the U.S. could be forced to adopt costly security measures - and ticket prices could rise significantly - if a jury finds a Colorado theater at fault in the 2012 shooting rampage that left 12 people dead, industry experts say....
NEW YORK (AP) -- Down a shot of tequila at The Blind Burro and the second round may cost you more. Or less. It all depends on what everyone else is drinking....
WEST, Texas (AP) -- An intentionally set fire caused the 2013 explosion at a Texas fertilizer plant that killed 15 people, federal officials said Wednesday, saying the fire was "a criminal act."...
EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) -- More than 80,000 wildfire evacuees will start receiving direct financial assistance Wednesday from the Alberta government and the Canadian Red Cross as officials asked for patience in getting residents home following the devastating wildfire in Canada's oil sands town of Fort McMurray....
BAGHDAD (AP) -- In the deadliest violence in Baghdad this year, three car bombs claimed by the Islamic State group killed 93 people across the Iraqi capital Wednesday, demonstrating the extremists' ability to mount significant attacks despite major battlefield losses....
