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BOSTON (AP) -- A novel drug addiction program developed in a small Massachusetts fishing town and since replicated in dozens of cities nationwide was able to place almost 400 addicts into treatment nearly each time they sought it during the first year of operation, researchers say in a report being published Thursday in the New England Journal of Medicine....
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- Amid deepening acrimony, a supposedly bipartisan deal to kill the North Carolina law known as the "bathroom bill" fell apart Wednesday night, ensuring the likelihood that global corporations and national sports events will continue to stay away from the state....
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IMAGE: CNS photo/Johnny AntounBy Doreen Abi RaadBEIRUT (CNS) -- Amid the turmoil in theMiddle East and persecution of Christians in surrounding countries, theChristmas spirit is evident in Lebanon: sparkling lights, decorated trees andeven mangers in public places. "Wherever you go you can find Christmasdecorations," even in the cities and the places where the residents areMuslim, Maronite Father Joseph Soueid told Catholic News Service. "I feel that here in Lebanon, we havethis grace, that really, Jesus is the reason for the season," said thepriest, pastor of St. Takla Parish, which serves 6,850 Maronite Catholic families.With seating for just 280 people, the church overflows with the faithful foreach of its eight Masses on Sundays and has generated 24 vocations in the pasteight years. Its outdoor manger near the entrance to the church is just a fewsteps away from a busy street intersection.Father Soueid noted that because most of themunicipalities in Lebanon are a mix of Christian...
PHOENIX (AP) -- The new mother of quintuplets kept her excitement in check for the first six months of her pregnancy - even putting off setting up a nursery....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- "Obamacare" seems to be holding its own. The administration said Wednesday that 6.4 million people have enrolled for subsidized private coverage through HealthCare.gov, ahead of last year's pace....
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- A deal to undo the North Carolina law known as the "bathroom bill" fell apart Wednesday night when legislators couldn't agree on a plan to the repeal the measure, a sign of the bitter political divide within the state....
PARIS (AP) -- The Tunisian now wanted throughout Europe has six aliases, three nationalities - and links to the same brand of Islamic extremism that has drawn at least 6,000 of his countrymen to jihadi networks....
BERLIN (AP) -- German officials had deemed the Tunisian man being sought in a manhunt across Europe a threat long before a truck plowed into a Christmas market in Berlin - and even kept him under covert surveillance for six months this year before halting the operation....
IMAGE: CNS photo/Kevin Lamarque, ReutersBy Dennis SadowskiWASHINGTON(CNS) -- President-elect Donald Trump's commitments to nominate pro-lifejustices to the U.S. Supreme Court and support legislative efforts to limitabortion are invigorating abortion foes.Leadersin organizations such as U.S. bishops' Secretariat of Pro-Life Activities; NationalRight to Life, Americans United for Life and Susan B. Anthony List toldCatholic News Service that they are hopeful that Congress and eventually the SupremeCourt, with pro-life justices in place, will take steps to achieve thelong-standing goal of ending abortion altogether."Weare very excited about the new Trump administration because he took such astrong stand during the campaign," said Carol Tobias, president of National Right to Life."I think it's going to be a great few years."Suchenthusiasm stems not just from Trump's unexpected election, but also becauseRepublicans maintained control of both the House of Representatives (241-194) andthe ...
