'Moral Obligation': Illinois Attorney General To Meet With Dioceses On...
Nearly two weeks after the release of a Pennsylvania grand jury's investigation into clergy sexual abuse, the report's ramifications on the Roman Catholic Church are being felt far beyond state lines....
View ArticleZimbabwe Court Affirms Mnangagwa's Election Victory
Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa's win at the ballot box some three weeks ago has now been confirmed in a courtroom. The country's Constitutional Court ruled unanimously in his favor Friday,...
View ArticleFrench Environment Minister Quits In Live Interview: 'World Is Not Doing Enough'
Shortly after the U.S. announced its withdrawal from the Paris accord, a global pact to combat climate change, French President Emmanuel Macron assumed the mantle of environmental crusader with a...
View ArticleRussia Prepares 300,000 Troops For Its Largest War Games In Nearly 4 Decades
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRbo0zPgfQ0 Amid mounting acrimony with NATO, Russia's military has announced plans to hold its "biggest exercises since 1981." The country's defense ministry says the...
View ArticleArgentina Hikes Interest Rate To 60 Percent In Bid To Halt Currency's Fall
When Argentine President Mauricio Macri told the country he had asked the International Monetary Fund to speed its disbursement of a $50 billion loan, he consciously aimed to assuage the fears of...
View ArticleTurkey's Central Bank Defies Erdogan With Drastic Interest Rate Hike
Few high-ranking officials in Turkey dare to defy President Recep Tayyip Erdogan these days. But on Thursday, the Turkish Central Bank did just that. In a bid to stabilize Turkey's faltering currency,...
View ArticleHere Are The 2018 National Book Award Longlists, Featuring A Fresh Category
Every year the National Book Foundation features a few fresh faces or unfamiliar names among the nominees for its annual literary prize. This time around, though, there's a twist. One of the actual...
View ArticleFooting The Bill For Climate Change: 'By The End Of The Day, Someone Has To Pay'
By all accounts, Florence was a massive, wet monster of a storm — and an expensive one, too. Its historic deluge swelled inland rivers and wrecked homes across the Carolinas, racking up costs that...
View ArticleFrom 'Everything Under' To 'Overstory': The 2018 Man Booker Prize Shortlist
Updated at 1:30 p.m. ET Judges have unveiled their finalists for the 2018 Man Booker Prize on Thursday, whittling the prestigious fiction award's possible winners to a shortlist of just half a dozen...
View ArticleThe Fed Just Raised Its Rate Again. When Will It Start To Hurt Consumers?
Updated at 3:30 p.m. ET The Federal Reserve announced another quarter-percentage-point increase in interest rates Wednesday as expected, citing a strong labor market and economy. The Fed raised the...
View ArticleCatalonia Erupts In Renewed Protests One Year After Independence Vote
Precisely one year since Catalan separatists took to the polls to declare independence from Spain, they again fanned out across the region — this time not to cast votes but to block streets and pack...
View ArticleGender-Reveal Party Accident Leaves Border Agent Bearing Guilt For Wildfire
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWRGWt7Jf0w Updated at 9:09 a.m. ET Tuesday When Dennis Dickey lined up his rifle, he was ready for a surprise. That is the point of a gender-reveal party, after all,...
View ArticleU.S. Halts Visas For Diplomats' Same-Sex Partners If They're Not Married
The State Department has reversed course on its visa requirements for same-sex partners of foreign diplomats and the staff of U.S.-based international organizations. On Monday, it implemented a policy...
View ArticleAs Brexit Deadline Approaches, Theresa May Vows To Make A 'Deal That Delivers'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rW3x5g4fgc When British Prime Minister Theresa May strutted up to the podium Wednesday, she was all smiles. And shimmies. And were those jazz hands? At any rate, her...
View ArticleHere Are The Winners Of The 2018 MacArthur 'Genius' Grants
Updated at 3:57 p.m. ET What could possibly bring together a painter, an economist, a pastor and a planetary scientist? If you ask the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the answer is...
View Article'Tragedy Everywhere': Aid Groups Scramble Against Time After Indonesian Tsunami
Nearly a week after an earthquake struck Sulawesi, spawning a massive tsunami that overwhelmed the Indonesian island's central coast, aid groups are finally getting a foothold in the badly battered...
View Article'We Believe Survivors': Demonstrators Throng Capitol Hill To Protest Kavanaugh
Updated at 6:48 p.m. ET With Judge Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court nomination speeding toward a Senate confirmation vote, demonstrators descended on Washington, D.C., to declare their urgent opposition...
View ArticleProtesters Make Final Push To Derail Kavanaugh's Bid Before Confirmation Vote
Updated at 4:40 p.m. ET Inside the Senate chamber Friday, lawmakers gathered to consider Brett Kavanaugh's controversial nomination to Supreme Court. There, the federal judge earned just enough support...
View ArticleHow Is Kavanaugh Likely To Rule On Critical Issues? Here's A Look At His Record
Brett Kavanaugh is a Supreme Court justice . That much is certain after senators narrowly approved his controversial nomination Saturday, putting an end to his bitter confirmation battle with a slim...
View ArticleSon Of Limo Company Owner Arrested, Accused Of Homicide After Deadly Crash
Updated at 10:50 p.m. ET New York State Police have arrested the son of the owner of Prestige Limousine Chauffeur Service, the company involved in the crash that left 20 people dead about 40 miles...
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