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Phoenix, Ariz., Feb 15, 2017 / 04:37 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- It’s an odd time for death in the United States. While there is a new push for death via euthanasia or physician-assisted suicide, there is also a push against the death penalty in several states. This movement against the death penalty has made it increasingly difficult for states to access the drugs required for lethal injections. In response to that difficulty, the state of Arizona’s Department of Corrections has unveiled a unique solution that would effectively allow lawyers to kill their own death row clients. The new policy, among other things, contains a clause that allows for defense attorneys to obtain lethal drugs to execute their own clients. These drugs would be subject to approval by the department director. However, these drugs are extremely difficult to come by legally. Current state execution protocol stipulates the use either of two barbiturates, pentobarbital or thiopental fo...
LONDON (AP) -- Children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder have several brain regions that are slightly smaller than usual, more evidence that the disorder should be considered a neurological condition, a new study says....
SEATTLE (AP) -- Lawyers for 23-year-old Daniel Ramirez Medina say he was asleep in a suburban Seattle house last week morning when immigration agents showed up to arrest his father, who authorities described as a previously deported felon....
OROVILLE, Calif. (AP) -- Officials raced to drain more water from a lake behind battered Oroville Dam as new storms began rolling into Northern California on Wednesday and tested the quick repairs made to damaged spillways that raised flood fears....
BONN, Germany (AP) -- U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has his work cut out for him....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Charting a striking new course for the Middle East, President Donald Trump on Wednesday withheld clear support for an independent Palestine and declared he could endorse a one-nation solution to the long and deep dispute between Palestinians and Israel....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump's nominee for labor secretary abruptly withdrew his nomination Wednesday after Senate Republicans balked at supporting him, in part over taxes he belatedly paid on a former housekeeper not authorized to work in the United States....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Less than a month into his tenure, Donald Trump's White House is beset by a crush of crises....
(Vatican Radio) The fate of Daniel Ramirez Medina, who`s been detained in Washington State, and is being held, in spite of being protected from deportation by US Law, will determine the futures of tens of thousands of people, who were brought to the United States as children, by undocumented parents. Listen to the report by James Blears: Daniel Ramirez Medina aged 23, was brought to the United States from Mexico as a seven year old child, by Parents who were undocumented. He`s never been convicted of a crime, has a valid work permit and a job. In 2014, Daniel became part of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Program. This was renewed for him last year. He was detained by US Customs and Enforcement Agents, who were looking for his Father. They say Daniel claimed to be a gang member. Daniel denies this. His Attorneys have filed a law suit against his continued detention. There will be a hearing on Friday.&...
(Vatican Radio) The new U.S. Defense Secretary James Mattis has warned allies of the NATO military alliance that they must start increasing defense spending by year's end or the Trump administration will "moderate its commitment" to them. Mattis made the remarks at a NATO summit in Brussels which was also overshadowed by reports that Russia violated a Cold War-era treaty by deploying a cruise missile, charges Moscow denies. Listen to the report by Stefan Bos: Mattis echoed a demand made repeatedly by President Donald Trump: The alliance must adopt a plan this year to force governments to meet a military funding goal of two percent of gross domestic product. He did not detail what the United States might do if NATO members failed to fall in line. But he warned the Trump administration would "moderate its commitment to them". Mattis made clear that NATO face major challenges such as Moscow's annexation of Ukraine's Crimean peninsula. &...
