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SANTIAGO, Cuba (AP) -- A wooden box containing Fidel Castro's ashes was placed by his brother and successor on Sunday into the side of a granite boulder that has become Cuba's only official monument to the charismatic bearded rebel who seized control of a U.S.-allied Caribbean island and transformed it into a western outpost of Soviet-style communism that he ruled with absolute power for nearly half a century....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President-elect Donald Trump is expanding his pool of candidates for secretary of state, leaving unclear whether former CIA Director David Petraeus' guilty plea for leaking classified information disqualifies him to serve as the nation's top diplomat....
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) -- The death toll from a fire that tore through a warehouse hosting a late-night dance party jumped to 30 on Sunday as firefighters painstakingly combed through rubble for others believed to still be missing....
(Vatican Radio) Italian's are going to the polls Sunday in a referendum to change the constitution in a way that would potentially streamline Italy’s legislative process.Listen to Ann Schneible's report Sunday’s referendum seesItalians voting on whether to amend the constitution to make it easier for the Italian government to pass laws.The bill involves a proposal to shift power from the Senate in such a way that would allow the lower house of parliament to pass legislation without Senate approval.Under the current Italian constitution, both the Senate and the House of Deputies are needed to pass legislation, resulting in a process that is costly and time consuming.The bill was put forward by Prime minister Matteo Renzi who has claimed that such a reform would improve efficiency in the government, reduce bureaucracy, and lower government spending.Arguments from those opposing the bill have expressed fears that the move would reduce vital democratic checks and b...
(Vatican Radio) Austria could get Europe's first far far-right head of state since World War Two following Sunday's presidential election. Norbert Hofer from the far-right Freedom Party faced former Green Party leader Alexander Van der Bellen in a re-run vote after the previous ballot was overturned due to counting irregularities. However Hofer tried to reassure media on Sunday that he is not the radical, opponents accuse him of being.Listen to Stefan Bos' report Dubbed “the Austrian Trump” the 45-year-old Hofer appeared confident as opinion polls showed he has a high chance of winning Sunday's election.Much like the US President-elect Donald Trump, the former aeronautical engineer capitalized on fears surrounding Europe's worst refugee crisis since the second world war and immigration to boost his popularity.The contest, a re-run of a vote held on May 22 between Hofer and 72-year old left-wing Green party candidateAlexander Van der Bellen was to cl...
Vatican City, Dec 4, 2016 / 07:56 am (CNA/EWTN News).- The proclamation of John the Baptist to “Repent, for the Kingdom of God is at hand” is a joyful one that calls us to conversion, Pope Francis said today in his Angelus address on the second Sunday of Advent.Referring to the Gospel reading for the day from Matthew 3:1-12, the Pope noted that the proclamation of John the Baptist, who prepared the way for Jesus, is also repeated several times by Jesus himself throughout the Gospel of Matthew.“With these same words Jesus will start his mission in Galilee (Mt 4:17); and this will also be an announcement that will bring the disciples on their first missionary experience (Mt 10:7),” he said.This “joyful proclamation” is central to all Christian mission, the Holy Father said.“When a missionary goes, a Christian goes to proclaim Jesus, he does not go to proselytize, as if it was a fan who seeks for his team more closely. No, (they go) to an...
Alabama heads into the postseason with a chance to become the third wire-to-wire champion in the history of The Associated Press college football poll....
ATLANTA (AP) -- When U.S. Forest Ranger Jody Bandy confronted the man in the Pisgah National Forest, he said he'd been at the nearby wildfire and "couldn't take it anymore."...
VIENNA (AP) -- Alexander Van der Bellen, who preached moderation and tolerance, won Austria's presidential election Sunday over right-wing populist Norbert Hofer, according to preliminary results that showed Van der Bellen convincingly ahead despite pre-vote polls showing them neck and neck....
MANDAN, N.D. (AP) -- North Dakota authorities have said they'll move away from a key bridge near the main Dakota Access pipeline protest camp by Sunday afternoon if demonstrators agree to certain conditions....
