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IMAGE: CNS photo/Clemens Bilan, EPABy Dennis SadowskiWASHINGTON (CNS) -- Agencies of the U.S. and European Catholic bishops have called for all nations to develop a plan to eliminate nuclear weapons from their military arsenals.A joint declaration released July 6 by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and the Conference of European Justice and Peace Commissions called upon the U.S. and European nations to work with other nations to "map out a credible, verifiable and enforceable strategy for the total elimination of nuclear weapons.""The indiscriminate and disproportionate nature of nuclear weapons compel the world to move beyond nuclear deterrence," the declaration said.Titled "Nuclear Disarmament: Seeking Human Security," the declaration was released a day ahead of the July 7 conclusion of a second U.N. conference discussing a treaty to prohibit nuclear weapons altogether.The declaration was signed by Bishop Oscar Cantu of Las Cruces, New Mexico, chairman of the USCCB Committ...
NEW YORK (AP) -- The retired federal agent who discovered what he believes is the first photographic evidence of Amelia Earhart alive after crash-landing in the Pacific Ocean during her attempted round-the-world flight didn't capture the significance of the image until years later....
NEW YORK (AP) -- There were balloons, flowers and tears of happiness. Mexican parents were reunited Wednesday with sons and daughters they hadn't seen in decades because their children have been living in the United States....
GLASGOW, Ky. (AP) -- A bill focused on buttressing the nation's insurance marketplaces will be needed if the full-fledged Republican effort to repeal much of President Barack Obama's health care law fails, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Thursday. It was one of his most explicit acknowledgments that his party's top-priority drive to erase much of Obama's landmark 2010 statutes might fall short....
NEW YORK (AP) -- The girlfriend of a parolee who fatally ambushed a New York City police officer reported that he was acting "paranoid and erratic" about two hours before the slaying....
LOGANVILLE, Ga. (AP) -- Four young children and their father were found slain in a home outside Atlanta early Thursday, and police say the mother - now charged with their deaths- was the one who called 911 to report the killings....
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) -- Qatar is showing no signs that it is about to bend to the demands of the four Arab countries lined up against it....
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) -- Gov. Paul LePage lashed out at the media for reporting he planned to leave the state during a budget impasse, and he suggested he sometimes concocts stories to mislead reporters....
HAMBURG, Germany (AP) -- The Latest on the G-20 summit in Hamburg (all times local):...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A pre-emptive military strike may be among the "pretty severe things" President Donald Trump says he is considering for North Korea, but it's a step so fraught with risk that it ranks as among the unlikeliest options....
