By Nicole Winfield The Associated Press VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis issued a letter to Catholics around the world Monday condemning the crime of priestly sexual abuse and its coverup and demanding accountability, in response to new revelations in the United States of decades of misconduct by the Catholic Church. […]
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By Omar Akour The Associated Press MECCA, Saudi Arabia — More than 2 million Muslims began the annual hajj pilgrimage at first light on Sunday in Saudi Arabia, circling the cube-shaped Kaaba in Mecca that Islam’s faithful face five times each day during their prayers. The five-day hajj pilgrimage represents […]
By Brady McCombs The Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY — The faith has the famous Mormon Tabernacle Choir, recently made a documentary about its members called “Meet the Mormons” and uses “Mormon” in its official website addresses. But on Thursday church President Russell M. Nelson said he wants people to […]
The Associated Press BRISTOL, Conn.–A bear took a stroll into an unlikely snack venue: a Connecticut liquor store. The mid-sized creature lumbered across a parking lot in Bristol yesterday afternoon, getting close enough to the entrance of Crazy Bruce’s Liquors to trigger a sensor that automatically opened an outer door. […]
The Associated PressMarcia Dunn CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.–Spacewalking cosmonauts set up an antenna for tracking birds on Earth and sent a series of tiny satellites flying from the International Space Station yesterday. Russian Sergey Prokopyev used his gloved right hand to fling four research satellites into space. The first mini satellite […]
By Marcia Dunn The Associated Press CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Spacewalking cosmonauts set up an antenna for tracking birds on Earth and sent a series of tiny satellites flying from the International Space Station on Wednesday. Russian Sergey Prokopyev used his gloved right hand to fling four research satellites into […]
By Mark Thiessen The Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Daryl Weathers remembers trying to pull men from the sea off Alaska’s Aleutian Islands after a U.S. Navy destroyer hit a mine left by the Japanese following the only World War II battle fought on North American soil. The explosion, which […]
By Marc Levy And Mark Scolforo The Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. — A priest raped a 7-year-old girl while he was visiting her in the hospital after she’d had her tonsils removed. Another priest forced a 9-year-old boy into having oral sex, then rinsed out the boy’s mouth with holy […]
By America’S Test Kitchen The Associated Press For our Shredded Barbecued Beef, we cut a chuck roast into quarters. The smaller pieces of beef absorbed more smoke flavour and cooked much faster. After cooking the meat in a disposable roasting pan on the cooler side of the grill for a […]
By Nick Perry The Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand — New Zealand has banned most foreigners from buying homes as it tries to tackle runaway housing prices. Previously the housing market was open to investors worldwide, but the government on Wednesday passed legislation that allows only New Zealand residents to […]
The Associated PressColleen Barry MILAN–A bridge on a main highway linking Italy with France collapsed today in the Italian port city of Genoa during a sudden, violent storm, sending vehicles plunging 45 metres into a heap of rubble. The city’s mayor said at least 25 people were killed, although some […]
By Mead Gruver The Associated Press CHEYENNE, Wyo. — The United States should not return church bells seized as war trophies from the Philippines over a century ago, Wyoming’s congressional delegation said Monday. It’s a position Wyoming officials have repeated often over the years amid reports the Bells of Balangiga […]
