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IMAGE: CNS photo/Mike NelsonBy Rhina GuidosWASHINGTON (CNS) -- Acknowledging thefear some immigrants have expressed as Donald Trump becomes president, Jesuitparishes, schools and other communities plan to pray for those who fear him andhis proposals on the eve of his Jan. 20 inauguration as the country's 45thpresident.At least one community said it willdeclare sanctuary status for itself that evening.The Ignatian Solidarity Network, asocial justice education and advocacy organization based in University Heights,Ohio, said in a news release that it asked its partner universities, highschools and parishes to organize events "recognizing the experiences ofmarginalization that immigrant members of communities throughout the countryare experiencing."The result is the event titled"Prayers of Light: A Call to Prayer for Immigrants," taking place fromcoast to coast Jan. 19 in venues from San Francisco to New Jersey in places large and small in between, such as De Pere, Wisconsin, and St. L...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Gorillas, monkeys, lemurs and other primates are in danger of becoming extinct, and scientists say it's our fault that our closest living relatives are in trouble, a new international study warns....
DENVER (AP) -- Denver is starting work Wednesday on becoming the first city in the nation to allow marijuana clubs and public pot use in places such as coffee shops, yoga studios and art galleries....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Earth sizzled to a third-straight record hot year in 2016, with scientists mostly blaming man-made global warming with help from a natural El Nino that's now gone....
LULA, Ga. (AP) -- Patti Thomas owns a flower shop in the north Georgia town of Lula. Xavier Bryant runs an independent pharmacy just outside Atlanta. Looking toward the inauguration of an entrepreneur as president, the two share this expectation: Donald Trump will be good for business....
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) -- After more than two decades in power, Gambian President Yahya Jammeh faced the prospect of a midnight military intervention by regional forces, as the man who once pledged to rule the West African nation for a billion years clung to power late Wednesday....
HOUSTON (AP) -- Former President George H.W. Bush was admitted Wednesday to the intensive care unit of a Houston hospital with pneumonia, and his wife, Barbara, was hospitalized as a precaution....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Donald Trump's choice to head the Environmental Protection Agency said Wednesday that climate change is real, breaking with both the president-elect and his own past statements....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Offering reassurances, President-elect Donald Trump's pick for health secretary said Wednesday the new administration won't "pull the rug out" from those covered by "Obamacare." Democrats were unimpressed, noting a lack of specifics....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama firmly defended his decision to cut nearly three decades off convicted leaker Chelsea Manning's prison term Wednesday, arguing in his final White House news conference that the former Army intelligence analyst had served a "tough prison sentence" already....
