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Pope Francis slams both US presidential candidates over what he calls anti-life policies

ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE (AP) - Pope Francis on Friday slammed both U.S. presidential candidates for what he called anti-life policies on abortion and migration, and advised American Catholics to choose...

Sep 13, 2024

Congo court sentences 3 Americans and 34 others to death on coup charges

KINSHASA, Congo (AP) - A military court in Congo handed down death sentences Friday to 37 people, including three Americans, after convicting them on charges of taking part in a coup attempt. The defe...

Sep 13, 2024

Congo court sentences 3 Americans and 34 others to death on coup charges

KINSHASA, Congo (AP) - A military court in Congo on Friday convicted 37 people, including three Americans, on charges of taking part in a coup attempt and sentenced them to death. The defendants, who ...

Sep 13, 2024

IS militants kill 14 in a Shiite area of Afghanistan in one of the deadliest attacks this year

ISLAMABAD (AP) - Islamic State militants killed 14 people in a Shiite-majority area in central Afghanistan in one of the deadliest attacks in the country this year. The militant group claimed responsi...

Sep 13, 2024

Nebraska AG alleges thousands of invalid signatures on pot ballot petitions, with 1 man charged

Nebraska's Republican attorney general said Friday that supporters of two measures to legalize medical marijuana could have submitted at least "several thousand" invalid signatures to get them on the ...

Sep 13, 2024

Driver charged with killing NHL's Johnny Gaudreau and his brother had .087 blood-alcohol level

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - The driver charged with killing NHL hockey player Johnny Gaudreau and his brother Matthew as they bicycled on a rural road had a blood-alcohol level of .087, above the .08 legal li...

Sep 13, 2024

Longtime Mexican drug cartel leader pleads not guilty to drug and murder charges in New York

NEW YORK (AP) - Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada, the powerful longtime leader of Mexico's Sinaloa drug cartel, pleaded not guilty Friday in New York on a 17-count indictment accusing him of narcotics traffic...

Sep 13, 2024

Feds rarely punish hospitals for turning away pregnant patients

As the pregnant woman's contractions rolled in every two minutes, staff at Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, dispatched an ambulance to send her elsewhere. Just t...

Sep 13, 2024

Feds rarely punish hospitals for turning away pregnant patients

As the pregnant woman's contractions rolled in every two minutes, staff at Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, dispatched an ambulance to send her elsewhere. Just t...

Sep 13, 2024

Nebraska ballot can include competing measures to expand or limit abortion rights, high court rules

The Nebraska Supreme Court ruled Friday that competing measures that would expand or limit abortion rights can appear on the November ballot. The high court's ruling came days after it heard arguments...

Sep 13, 2024