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WASHINGTON (AP) -- A new military strategy to meet President Donald Trump's demand to "obliterate" the Islamic State group is likely to deepen U.S. military involvement in Syria, possibly with more ground troops, even as the current U.S. approach in Iraq appears to be working and will require fewer changes....
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Iran's top diplomat has congratulated director Asghar Farhadi for winning the Oscar in the best foreign language category with his film "the Salesman."...
If it were in the screenplay of a Hollywood drama - or maybe farce - directors would surely reject it. But let's set the scene anyway for the Academy Awards drama over what film did, and didn't, win the Oscar for best picture on Sunday night....
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- It was one of the most awkward moments in the history of the Oscars, of television, in entertainment, heck maybe in American history....
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Oscar winner, take two....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump toasted the nation's governors Sunday night, welcoming state leaders to a black-tie ball at the White House ahead of discussions about his plans to repeal and replace the so-called Obamacare law....
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The Latest on the 89th Academy Awards (all times local):...
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The showbiz fairy tale "La La Land" has won best picture at the 89th Academy Awards, winning a leading seven awards at an Oscars filled with messages - direct and indirect - sent to Donald Trump....
Those who were wealthy and well off were considered righteous and deserving of God's grace...
Denver, Colo., Feb 26, 2017 / 03:46 pm (CNA).- When Josh and Laura Martin, both converts to the faith, moved their growing family of six from the city of Dallas, Texas to the hills of Oklahoma, they didn’t necessarily know that they were participating in the “Benedict Option.”“We initially just wanted to get out of the city and raise our family in a more protected, slower-paced environment,” Josh told CNA.“With all the families out here searching for the same thing, we gravitated towards it and made the leap.”They moved to be close to the Benedictine Abbey at Clear Creek, Oklahoma, where dozens of other families from around the country have congregated over the course of the past 15 years or so.Dubious of the direction in which the morals of modern society seem to be heading, they came in search of a slower pace and a more liturgical life with a community of other like-minded Catholics. Many villagers attend daily morning Mass with the monks...
