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EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) -- The majority of Canada's oil sands industry has stopped production and will only start back up when it is "absolutely safe" but that should happen soon, Alberta's premier said Tuesday after meeting with company officials to discuss the impact of the massive wildfire that destroyed more than 10 percent of the homes and buildings in Canada's main oil sands city....
NEW YORK (AP) -- Donald Trump, GOP nomination virtually in hand, is planning a general election campaign that banks heavily on his personal appeal and trademark rallies while spurning the kind of sophisticated data operation that was a centerpiece of Barack Obama's winning White House runs....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Key Senate Republicans voiced optimism Tuesday about Donald Trump's presidential prospects in November, signaling clearly to the GOP rank and file to unite behind the bombastic billionaire and turn their energy toward battling Democrat Hillary Clinton. But it was uncertain whether they could quiet the doubters....
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) -- His White House dreams fading, Bernie Sanders aimed to add another state to his tally over Hillary Clinton with a win in West Virginia on Tuesday night....
(Vatican Radio) The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe is considering sending armed personnel into Ukraine after several of its unarmed monitors were attacked or otherwise threatened in several incidents. OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier made the announcement after visiting staff members who observe a fragile ceasefire between Ukrainian forces and Russian-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine, which is constantly violated, killing soldiers and civilians. Listen to the report by Stefan Bos: Zannier told reporters that unarmed OSCE monitors have been threatened, shot at, harassed and had their access restricted, mainly on side of Russian backed separatists in eastern Ukraine. He revealed that various proposals are being discussed to beef up the OSCE's presence, including sending a well-armed police contingent or giving weapons to the monitors especially in the conflict area. However Zannier made clear the OSCE first needs consensus on the...
Vatican City, May 10, 2016 / 12:20 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Pope Francis on Tuesday sent a message to Tawadros II to mark the “day of friendship” between Catholics and the Coptic Orthodox, acknowledging their common commitment to being witnesses of holiness and defending the dignity of human life.“Though we are still journeying towards the day when we will gather as one at the same eucharistic table, we are able even now to make visible the communion uniting us,” Pope Francis said in his May 10 letter to Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria, leader of the Coptic Orthodox Church.Like the Bishop of Rome, the Coptic Orthodox Patriarch of Alexandria is known as “Pope” to his followers.Pope Francis' message marked the third anniversary of his meeting with Tawadros in Rome; the day has become an annual celebration of fraternal love between the Catholic and Coptic Orthodox Churches.“Copts and Catholics can witness together to important values such as the...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Motorists are being convicted of driving under the influence of marijuana based on arbitrary state standards that have no connection to whether the driver was actually impaired, says a study by the nation's largest auto club....
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- U.S. and Afghan forces conducting a raid Tuesday against Islamic militants unexpectedly found and rescued the son of a former Pakistani prime minister who had been abducted three years ago, officials said....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Bullying is a "serious public health problem," and should no longer be dismissed as merely a matter of kids being kids, a leading panel of experts warned Tuesday....
There was a showdown in Houston last fall. This spring, North Carolina became the battleground. By now, confrontations have flared across the country over whether to protect or curtail the right of transgender people to use public restrooms in accordance with their gender identity....
