Nearly 80% of Italians say they are Catholic. But few regularly go to church
By GIOVANNA DELL’ORTO Associated Press ISOLA DEL GRAN SASSO, Italy (AP) — Two children scribbled petitions to St. Gabriele dell’Addolorata…
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Advocate, artist, grandmother: National leaders and family gather to honor Feinstein’s legacy
By JANIE HAR Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris and other national leaders praised the late U.S. Sen. Dianne…
Continue Reading Kevin McCarthy’s ouster as House speaker could cost the GOP its best fundraiser heading into 2024
By WILL WEISSERT and BRIAN SLODYSKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Kevin McCarthy spent years raising mountains of Republican campaign cash,…
Continue Reading Columbus statue, removed from a square in Providence, Rhode Island, re-emerges in nearby town
By STEVE LeBLANC Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Three years after a Christopher Columbus statue was removed from a square in Providence, Rhode…
Continue Reading In the pope’s homeland, more Argentines are seeking spiritual answers beyond the church
By LUIS ANDRES HENAO and NATACHA PISARENKO Associated Press CAPILLA DEL MONTE, Argentina (AP) — In the pope’s homeland, there’s a woman who…
Continue Reading Trump’s intensifying rhetoric offers insight into how he might govern again as president
By MICHELLE L. PRICE and NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press Over the past two weeks, Donald Trump said shoplifters should be immediately shot,…
Continue Reading America’s nonreligious are a growing, diverse phenomenon. They really don’t like organized religion
By PETER SMITH Associated Press Mike Dulak grew up Catholic in Southern California, but by his teen years, he began skipping Mass and driving…
Continue Reading Highlights from AP-NORC poll about the religiously unaffiliated in the US
By PETER SMITH Associated Press Thirty percent of Americans don’t identify with a religious group — but not all of them are atheists or…
Continue Reading From cradle to casket, life for Italians changes as Catholic faith loses relevance
By GIOVANNA DELL’ORTO Associated Press ISOLA DEL GRAN SASSO, Italy (AP) — In small towns like this mountain one a couple of hours east of…
Continue Reading The collapse of a building in Havana has left 3 people dead and at least 2 others injured
HAVANA (AP) — Authorities in Cuba say a building in the historic center of Havana that housed 13 families partially has collapsed, leaving three…
Continue Reading Japan lifts a tsunami advisory issued after an earthquake hit near its outlying islands
TOKYO (AP) — Japan issued a tsunami advisory after a strong earthquake struck near its outlying islands in the Pacific Ocean, but lifted it about…
Continue Reading Fukushima nuclear plant starts 2nd release of treated radioactive wastewater into the sea
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant says it has begun releasing a second batch of…
Continue Reading September sizzled to records and was so much warmer than average scientists call it ‘mind-blowing’
By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer After a summer of record-smashing heat, warming somehow got even worse in September as Earth set a new mark for…
Continue Reading Philippine boats breach a Chinese coast guard blockade in a faceoff near a disputed shoal
By JIM GOMEZ Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Two Philippine supply boats have breached a Chinese coast guard blockade in the South…
Continue Reading Biden’s dog Commander no longer at White House after biting incidents
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s dog, Commander, is “not presently on the White House campus”…
Continue Reading 3 Philadelphia officers injured in shooting after dispute about video game, police say. Suspect dead
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Authorities say three Philadelphia police officers responding to a home where people were arguing about a video game were…
Continue Reading Trump campaign says he raised more than $45 million in 3rd quarter, far surpassing DeSantis
By JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press Donald Trump’s campaign says it raised more than $45.5 million in the third quarter of the year. The haul…
Continue Reading Temptations, Four Tops on hand as CEO shares what’s going on with Motown Museum’s expansion plans
By MIKE HOUSEHOLDER Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Full construction on the final phase of the Motown Museum’s expansion will get underway in…
Continue Reading King Charles III’s image to appear on Australian coins this year
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — An image of King Charles III will soon appear on Australian coins, more than a year…
Continue Reading Honolulu airport flights briefly paused because of a medical situation in air traffic control room
HONOLULU (AP) — Officials briefly paused flights at Honolulu’s main airport on Wednesday while medical personnel attended to an employee in the…
Continue Reading Man steals car with toddler in back seat, robs bank, hits tree and dies from injuries, police say
WINDSOR, Conn. (AP) — Police in Connecticut say a man suspected of stealing a car with a 17-month-old child in the back seat and then robbing a…
Continue Reading California workers will get five sick days instead of three under law signed by Gov. Newsom
By SOPHIE AUSTIN AND TRÂN NGUYỄN Associated Press/Report for America SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a law to…
Continue Reading A $19,000 lectern for Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders sparks call for legislative audit
By ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders is facing scrutiny over the purchase of a $19,000…
Continue Reading Pennsylvania could go after lottery winnings, tax returns of turnpike toll scofflaws
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania lawmakers are advancing legislation to authorize the Department of Revenue to go after the lottery winnings and…
Continue Reading Aggravated assault charges filed in case of motorcyclist seen smashing in back of woman’s car
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Authorities have announced an arrest in the case of a motorcyclist seen smashing in the back of a woman’s car while her two…
Continue Reading County agrees to $12.2M settlement with man who was jailed for drunken driving, then lost his hands
By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Minnesota county has agreed to pay a $12.2 million settlement to a man who was jailed on…
Continue Reading Prosecutors accuse rapper YNW Melly of witness tampering as his murder retrial looms
By TERRY SPENCER Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Florida prosecutors have charged rapper YNW Melly with witness tampering ahead of…
Continue Reading A Texas neighborhood became a target of the right over immigration. Locals are pushing back
By JUAN A. LOZANO and PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press CLEVELAND, Texas (AP) — Mario Carranza put a mobile home on a $28,000 lot in Colony Ridge, one…
Continue Reading Judge tosses challenge to Louisiana’s age verification law aimed at porn websites
By KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal judge has rejected an adult entertainment group’s lawsuit against a Louisiana…
Continue Reading Judge orders central Indiana school shooter’s release into custody of parents
NOBLESVILLE, Ind. (AP) — A judge has approved the release of a teenager who opened fire at a central Indiana middle school in 2018, wounding…
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