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Pope denounces exploitation of Mexico’s indigenous people

SAN CRISTOBAL DE LAS CASAS, Mexico – Pope Francis denounced the centuries-old exploitation and exclusion of Mexico’s indigenous people Monday and prayed before the tomb of their controversia...

Airstrike destroys MSF-supported hospital in northern Syria

BEIRUT – An airstrike in the northern Syrian province of Idlib destroyed a makeshift clinic supported by an international aid group on Monday, killing and wounding several people, activists ...

House fetal tissue investigation accelerates

WASHINGTON - The special House committee that was formed in the wake of a Planned Parenthood fetal tissue procurement debate has begun a broad investigation of the matter, issuing document r...

Lincoln Memorial to get multimillion-dollar overhaul

WASHINGTON - The National Park Service announced Monday that the Lincoln Memorial will undergo a major renovation over the next four years, thanks largely to an $18.5 million donation by bil...

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Building 2014 Nevada standoff case is complex LAS VEGAS – When rancher Cliven Bundy faces a federal judge in Oregon on Tuesday, it won’t be because he is accused with his sons of ...

Trump seen as losing his temper as well as South Carolina debate

The Big Idea: There is widespread consensus that Donald Trump had a very bad night in Greenville. The question is whether that will cause lasting damage, or if he continues to be coated in T...

Pope condemns drug trade’s ‘dealers of death’ in Mexico

ECATEPEC, Mexico – Pope Francis condemned the drug trade’s “dealers of death” and urged Mexicans to shun the devil’s lust for money as he led a huge open-air Mass for more than 300,000 peopl...

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Feds seek borehole test for hot nuke waste burial LUBBOCK, Texas – The federal government plans to spend $80 million assessing whether its hottest nuclear waste can be stored in 3...

Scalia’s death means loss of key vote in divided cases

WASHINGTON – Justice Antonin Scalia’s death deprives conservatives of a key vote that could change the outcome in some major Supreme Court cases, including one in which labor unions appeared...

Multiple crises challenge European Union before summit

LONDON – If the European Union were a patient, its survival would be seen as threatened by multiple organ failure. That’s the view of many experts as EU leaders prepare for a Brus...

Supreme Court vacancy is tangible test for 2016 candidates

WASHINGTON – The presidential election just got real. The unexpected death of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia – and the immediate declaration from Republicans that the next p...

Fight night: Personal attacks, court debate for GOP hopefuls

GREENVILLE, S.C. – Republican White House hopefuls insisted that President Barack Obama step aside and allow his successor to nominate the next Supreme Court justice, in a raucous Saturday n...
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