U.S.-based Roman Catholic bishops will gather Wednesday for a weeklong retreat near Chicago on the church sexual abuse scandal that organizers say will focus on prayer and spiritual reflection and not formulating policy.
Daily Archives: January 1, 2019
{FD} AP finds long history of nuns abused by priests in India
The nuns talk of Catholic priests who pushed into their bedrooms and of priests who pressured them to turn close friendships into sex.
{FD} US Catholic bishops to begin prayer retreat on sexual abuse
U.S.-based Roman Catholic bishops are gathering at a seminary near Chicago for a weeklong retreat on the church sexual abuse scandal that organizers say will focus on prayer and spiritual reflection and not formulating policy.
{FD} Nikki Haley slams UNESCO as ‘corrupt and politically biased’ as US, Israel official quit UN agency
The U.S. and Israel has offcially quit the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) on Monday night, ciiting anti-Israeli bias.
{FD} Marine stationed in Capitol Hill barracks dies of gunshot wound: reports
Authorities are investigating the death of a U.S. Marine who died of a gunshot wound early Tuesday inside a barracks on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., according to reports.
{FD} Child injured after fall into rhino exhibit at Florida zoo: officials
A child was injured at a Florida zoo on Tuesday after she fell into the rhinoceros exhibit and came into contact with a rhino, emergency officials said.
{FD} Deroy Murdock: Democrats hate the wall because Trump loves it
Democrats seem determined to stop President Trump’s plans for a southern-border wall as revenge for beating Hillary Clinton.
{FD} Incoming Sen. Romney: Trump hasn’t ‘risen to the mantle’ of presidency
Mitt Romney, a Republican senator-elect for the state of Utah, wrote in a scathing op-ed that President Trump “has not risen to the mantle of the office.”
{FD} Incoming Sen. Romney writes that Trump ‘has not risen to the mantle’ of presidency
Mitt Romney, a Republican senator-elect for the state of Utah, wrote in a scathing op-ed that President Trump “has not risen to the mantle of the office.”
{FD} Texas man sues dad for wrongful death of his mother and ‘best friend’
Johnny Oliphant, who is charged in the fatal shooting of his wife, is being sued by his son for her “wrongful death”
{FD} Pelosi says Democrats plan to reopen government when they take control of House
California Rep. Nancy Pelosi said that when Democrats re-take control of the House of Representatives on Thursday, they will “take action” to end the partial government shutdown.
{FD} Suspects in 1993 murder may finally be going to trial
If convicted in the cold case murder of Frank Wesley McAlister, Brian Hawkins, Curtis Culver and Shanna Culver face life in prison without parole.
{FD} US fires tear gas across Mexico border to stop migrants
U.S. authorities fired tear gas into Mexico during the first hours of the new year to repel about 150 migrants who tried to breach the border fence in Tijuana.
{FD} As shutdown lingers into new year, blame game intensifies
Congressional Republicans long ago washed their hands of the partial government shutdown.
{FD} Trump can get North Korea to give up its nukes — here’s how
North Korea’s leader demands big concessions from the US to give up his nuclear weapons.
{FD} Authorities use tear gas to stop migrants at southern border
An Associated Press photographer witnessed at least three volleys of gas launched onto the Mexican side of the border near Tijuana’s beach early Tuesday.
{FD} Peru’s president weighs response to shaken corruption case
President Martin Vizcarra rushed back to Peru from a foreign trip Tuesday to grapple with the attorney general’s move to dismantle a team investigating the sweeping Odebrecht corruption case.
{FD} US, Israel quit UN agency UNESCO, claiming anti-Israeli bias
US, Israel quit UN agency UNESCO, claiming anti-Israeli bias
{FD} German man drives into crowds; multiple injuries reported in what authorities dub a hate crime
A German man repeatedly drove into crowds in the western city of Bottrop in what authorities there are characterizing as a hate crime.
{FD} Police: Homicides in Chicago down by nearly 100 in 2018
Preliminary numbers indicate that homicides in Chicago fell by about 100 last year compared to 2017, though the total again eclipses the number of homicides in Los Angeles and New York combined, according to data released Tuesday.