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PORTLAND, Maine (AP) -- The most powerful nor'easter in nearly two years brought heavy snow, powerful winds and even thunder and lightning to northern New England, leaving tens of thousands of people in the dark Friday and burying some towns under 2 feet of snow....
CLEVELAND (AP) -- The U.S. Coast Guard on Friday suspended its search for an airplane that was carrying a beverage distribution company executive and five other people when it vanished over Lake Erie shortly after takeoff from the city's lakeshore airport....
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) -- Police in Brazil believe that Greece's ambassador to the country was killed by his wife's lover under her orders in a house in the Rio area and have detained three suspects, authorities said Friday....
BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) -- A state electric utility confirmed on Friday it had found on one of its laptops a malware code the U.S. government says is used by Russian hackers....
So rereading this we are told (again) that we know the truth (and the truth will set us free Jn 8:32)..
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Debbie Reynolds' son said Friday his mother and sister, actress Carrie Fisher, will have a joint funeral and will be buried together....
TULSA, Okla. (AP) -- Prosecutors said Friday that they won't file new criminal charges against a former Oklahoma sheriff who has faced scrutiny since a reserve deputy fatally shot an unarmed black man last year....
UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- Russia urged the U.N. Security Council on Friday to quickly adopt a draft resolution endorsing the cease-fire agreement in Syria and reiterating support for a roadmap to peace that starts with a transitional government....
HONOLULU (AP) -- Stung by new punishments, Russia is looking straight past President Barack Obama to Donald Trump in hopes the president-elect will reverse the tough U.S. stance toward Moscow of the last eight years. In a stunning embrace of a longtime U.S. adversary, Trump is siding with Russian President Vladimir Putin....
IMAGE: CNS photo/Arno Burgi, EPABy Zita FletcherBERLIN (CNS) -- As traditional family holiday celebrations continued with the coming of the New Year, an official with the German bishops' conference encouraged Catholic families to read Pope Francis' exhortation on the family, "Amoris Laetitia" ("The Joy of Love")."The feast of the Holy Family, which this year falls uniquely on a Friday rather than a Sunday, moves the facets of the family in harmony with the Christmas festive season, especially in the focal point of thoughtfulness," said Archbishop Heiner Koch of Berlin, chairman of the bishops' Commission for Marriage and Family.The exhortation was released in April following the 2014 and 2015 synods on the family at the Vatican.In his message to Germany's 23.7 million Catholics, Archbishop Koch emphasized his backing of Pope Francis' work to support families in society."This year there is a simultaneous occasion to refer to the post-synodal writing 'Amoris Laetitia,' which Pope Fran...
