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U.S. Cardinal Theodore Edgar McCarrick attends a Mass

Vatican defrocks former U.S. cardinal over sex abuse

VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis has defrocked former U.S. Cardinal Theodore McCarrick after Vatican officials ...

Nation Illinois employee being fired fatally shoots 5 co-workers
At least one person was killed and four police officers wounded when a shooter opened fire at an industrial park in Aurora, Illinois, officials said Friday.
2/15/19
Business Payless ShoeSource to close all remaining U.S. stores
Payless ShoeSource is shuttering all of its 2,100 remaining stores in the U.S. and Puerto Rico, joining a list of iconic names like Toys R Us and Bon-Ton that have closed down in the last year.
2/15/19
Nation Court filing: Manafort faces over 19 years in prison
Paul Manafort, the one-time chairman of Donald Trump's presidential campaign, could spend more than 19 years in prison on tax and bank fraud charges, prosecutors said Friday.
2/15/19
Nation 13 quotes that stood out in Trump's State of the Union
Here are 13 quotes that stood out from President Donald Trump's second State of the Union address.
2/6/19
Nation Trump declares national border emergency
President Trump declared a national emergency on the border with Mexico to tap federal funds after Congress denied his full request for a wall, spurring a political and legal confrontation.
2/15/19
Nation Supreme Court to rule on census citizenship question
The justices agreed to a speedy review of a lower court ruling that has so far blocked the Trump administration from adding the citizenship question to the census for the first time since 1950.
2/15/19
World India warns of 'crushing response' to Kashmir attack
Prime Minister Narendra Modi placed the blame for Thursday's bombing squarely on neighboring Pakistan, which India accuses of supporting rebels in Kashmir.
2/15/19
Nation Fact check: Trump's State of the Union claims
President Trump laced his speech with puffed-up numbers and partial truths Tuesday as he hailed an "economic miracle," warned of human traffickers flooding across the border and appeared to place Afghanistan in the Middle East instead of where it is, Asia.
2/6/19
Dan Janison Janison: Senate Democrats crowd the 2020 arena
The legislative caucus headed by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) has spawned no fewer than seven likely presidential candidates -- so far.
2/15/19
Nation Body found on island in LI Sound in 1996 identified
NORWALK, Conn. — A body found on an island off Connecticut nearly 23 years ago ...
2/15/19
Nation Ex-Mass. governor to challenge Trump for GOP nod
BEDFORD, N.H. — William Weld, a former Massachusetts governor who ran for vice president on ...
2/15/19
Nation White House scrambles to find money to use for wall
WASHINGTON — If President Donald Trump declares an emergency to build the wall with Mexico, ...
2/15/19