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IMAGE: CNS photo/Shawn Thew, EPABy ALEXANDRIA, Va. (CNS) -- Federal authorities areinvestigating a shooting that resulted in injuries for Catholic congressman andRepublican Steve Scalise and others when a gunman opened fire on him and the othersduring a June 14 practice for an annual congressional baseball game. Scalise'sinjuries are not life-threatening, authorities said. The suspected gunman wasidentified as James Hodgkinson of Illinois, and President Donald Trump said in abriefing that the shooter was dead.Five people were medically transported from the scene at SimpsonPark in Alexandria, shortly after the 7 a.m. shooting, said Michael Brown,police chief for the city of Alexandria, in a press briefing. He would not saywhether the gunman was one of those transported.Scalise is the U.S. House Majority Whip and represents Louisiana's1st Congressional District. He and his wife, Jennifer, belong to St. Catherine of Siena Parish in Metairie, a suburb of New Orleans. The couple's childr...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Sean Gallagher, The CriterionBy INDIANAPOLIS (CNS) -- Francesco Cesareo, chairman of the NationalReview Board, urged the U.S. bishops June 14 during their spring meeting in Indianapolis to continue to keep their commitment to stopping clergy sexual abuse andsupporting victims of abuse "at the forefront" of theirministry.He saidsexual abuse of minors by clergy is "not a thing of past" andstressed the bishops have to always be vigilant and be sure to not "letcomplacency set in" in their efforts to stop it.The reviewboard is a group working with the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops to address and preventsexual abuse of minors in the U.S. by clergy and other church personnel.Cesareopointed out there was still work to be done in this area, but he also praisedthe bishops for what they've accomplished and stressed that dioceses in the UnitedStates are among the safest places for children and are also models for rest ofthe world.In hisreport to the bishops, he presented ...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- U.S. officials are blaming the North Korean government for a series of cyberattacks dating to 2009 against media, aerospace, financial sectors and infrastructure in the United States and around the world....
FLINT, Mich. (AP) -- Five people, including the head of Michigan's health department, were charged Wednesday with involuntary manslaughter in an investigation of Flint's lead-contaminated water, all blamed in the death of an 85-year-old man who had Legionnaires' disease....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Federal Reserve has raised its key interest rate for the third time in six months, providing its latest vote of confidence in a slow-growing but durable economy. The Fed also announced plans to start gradually paring its bond holdings later this year, which could cause long-term rates to rise....
ATLANTA (AP) -- Two Georgia cellmates who killed their guards and escaped from a prison bus have stolen a second vehicle as they try to stay ahead of a massive manhunt, a sheriff said Wednesday....
LONDON (AP) -- With smoke still swirling around the charred remains of Grenfell Tower in west London, residents and community leaders demanded to know Wednesday how a ferocious fire could have swept through the high-rise apartment block with such speed that it killed at least 12 people....
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- A UPS employee opened fire at a San Francisco package delivery facility on Wednesday, killing three employees and then himself as officers closed in, police and the company said....
LONDON (AP) -- They banged on windows, screamed for help, dropped children from smoky floors in a desperate attempt to save them. Terrified residents of the Grenfell Tower said there was little warning of the inferno that engulfed their high-rise apartment building and left 12 people dead - a toll that officials said would almost certainly rise....
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) -- Rep. Steve Scalise, a member of the House Republican leadership, is known for his love of baseball and the late-night meals he often serves his colleagues in his office near the Capitol's ornate Statuary Hall....
