Lawyer: McCarrick repeatedly touched youth during confession

Credit to Author: aulanday| Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2018 22:39:49 +0000

Vatican sex abuse

VATICAN CITY — The Vatican’s sexual abuse case against ex-Cardinal Theodore McCarrick has expanded significantly after a man testified that the retired American archbishop sexually abused him for years starting when he was 11, including during confession. James Grein testified Thursday in New York before the judicial vicar for the New York City archdiocese, who […]

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Storm whips up blizzards, dumps snow in Dakotas, Minnesota

Credit to Author: aulanday| Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2018 01:32:50 +0000

South Dakota Weather

MINNEAPOLIS — Post-holiday travelers were finding driving difficult as a winter storm dumped heavy snow and whipped up gusty winds across parts of the Dakotas and Minnesota on Thursday.

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Deaths of police officers on duty on the rise in the US

Credit to Author: aulanday| Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2018 00:30:14 +0000

WASHINGTON — More police officers have died in the line of duty this year in the United States than in 2017, according to data released Thursday. The most common cause of death was gunfire, and vehicular accidents claimed nearly as many officers’ lives, the data showed. The National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund said in […]

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California officer’s killer is in the US illegally, says sheriff

Credit to Author: aulanday| Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2018 23:06:50 +0000

SAN FRANCISCO — A gunman who killed a California police officer during a traffic stop over possible drunken driving is in the United States illegally, authorities said Thursday, as a manhunt for the attacker stretched into a second day. Stanislaus County Sheriff Adam Christianson said authorities identified but won’t yet name the man who killed […]

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Deaths of 2 migrant children raise doubts about US border agency

Credit to Author: aulanday| Date: Wed, 26 Dec 2018 23:02:47 +0000

HOUSTON — The deaths of two migrant children in just over two weeks raised strong new doubts Wednesday about the ability of U.S. border authorities to care for the thousands of minors arriving as part of a surge of families trying to enter the country. An 8-year-old boy identified by Guatemalan officials as Felipe Gomez […]

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Trump signals no end to shutdown: ‘You have to have a wall’

Credit to Author: aulanday| Date: Wed, 26 Dec 2018 22:49:26 +0000

WASHINGTON — A shutdown affecting parts of the federal government appeared no closer to resolution Wednesday, with President Donald Trump and congressional Democrats locked in a hardening standoff over border wall money that threatens to carry over into January. Trump vowed to hold the line, telling reporters as he flew to Iraq that he’ll do […]

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Trump expected to pick State spokeswoman for UN ambassador

Credit to Author: clopez| Date: Fri, 07 Dec 2018 02:22:07 +0000

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is expected to nominate State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert to be the next U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. Two administration officials confirmed Trump’s plans. A Republican congressional aide said the president was expected to announce his decision by tweet on Friday morning. The officials were not authorized to speak […]

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