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COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) -- The white man charged in the shooting deaths of nine black parishioners at a South Carolina church last year is competent to stand trial, a federal judge ruled Friday....
NEW YORK (AP) -- Even people who said they'd already done their shopping online came out for Black Friday to spend time with family members or just for the fun of looking....
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Students and administrators raised concerns about a Tennessee school bus driver's behavior behind the wheel in the weeks before a crash that killed six children....
MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- President-elect Donald Trump pressed forward Friday with two more administration picks, as failed Green Party candidate Jill Stein took new steps to force recounts across key Midwestern battlegrounds that could complicate Trump's push for national unity....
NEW YORK (AP) -- Following the death of Florence Henderson, the matriarch of "The Brady Bunch," here's a look at the other cast members from the iconic TV show:...
ACAPULCO, Mexico (AP) -- Soldiers and police fanned out Friday across the southern Mexican state of Guerrero, chasing a wounded gang leader and trying to quell a wave of violence that included the discovery of hidden graves holding dozens of bodies and a camp where gunmen stored the severed heads of nine rivals in a cooler....
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- It will be one of many unusual things about a Donald Trump administration: a long-distance first lady....
The Ethiopian Catholic Church through different religious congregations and diocesan desks is supporting women discover their potential through various skills training available in Church-run promotion centres.In most parts of Ethiopia, the lack of financial independence and lack of awareness, lack of educational opportunities leave women victims vulnerable to Gender Based Violence. Having realised this, the Church is making efforts to eradicate such problems through women’s promotion centres now found in various parts of the country. The promotion centres have been lauded as a successful strategy of raising awareness and potential among women. As centres, they become hubs that build capacity among women thus enabling them engage confidently in various entrepreneurial activities.Progress about the success of the promotion centres was disclosed this week on 24 and 25 November when the Ethiopian Catholic Church’ Social and Development Commission (ECC SDCO) marked the int...
At the end of their November Plenary in Antananarivo, the bishops of Madagascar have issued a pastoral statement marking the end of the Extraordinary Jubilee Year of Mercy. In their statement, made available to the media, the Malagasy bishops dedicate the country to the Divine Mercy of God and hail relations with the Holy See.“We dedicate today the destiny of our beautiful country, Madagascar, and its children confronted with all kinds of miseries: Non -respect for life, abortion, crimes against humanity, irresponsible exploitation of our natural wealth, crime, insecurity, thirst for power and money, injustice, corruption, fear of truth, egoism, a spirit of hatred, vengeance and so many other evils ...” the Bishops pray.On the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of relations with the Holy See, the Bishops praise the warm ties.“We invite the people to pray for the celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations bet...
The Bangladesh High Court on Tuesday, ordered an explanation from officials involved in the violent eviction of thousands of indigenous Santal people from their ancestral lands by a sugar plantation and mill in the northern Gaibandha district.About 2,500 Santals, mostly Christians, were forced off disputed land in the northern Gaibandha district by workers from the Rangpur Sugar Mill with support from the local administration on Nov. 6-7. Three Santal men were killed and over 20 people, including police officers, were injured in a series of clashes as the Santals tried to resist eviction attempts. The attackers also looted the villages of tribal people and their livestock and set fire to 600 squatter homes.The court ordered 12 government officials and bodies, the police, the managing director of Rangpur Sugar Mill and local lawmaker, Abul Kalam Azad to explain their role in the eviction that left three people dead.Two Santal women filed a petition with the High Court on Nov. 21. J...
