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NEW YORK (AP) -- Fox News Channel said Monday that co-president Bill Shine is out, the latest high-level departure at a network beset with charges of harassment and discrimination that have already claimed founding CEO Roger Ailes, leading personality Bill O'Reilly and a top financial executive....
ST. LOUIS (AP) -- Several southern states braced for more severe weather Monday in the wake of storms, tornadoes and flooding that claimed 16 lives and left authorities in Arkansas searching for two children swept away by raging waters....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump could be on the verge of marking two significant legislative accomplishments at the start of his presidency. Yet he's displayed a curious disconnect with Republicans on Capitol Hill, raising questions about how deeply he is delving into the specifics of legislative sausage-making....
SAN DIEGO (AP) -- A gunman distraught over a recent breakup calmly reclined in a pool chair as he shot strangers at a birthday party and phoned his ex-girlfriend so she could hear the gunfire and screams of terror, San Diego police said Monday....
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) -- A student with a large hunting knife stabbed at least four people Monday on the University of Texas campus, killing one and seriously wounding the others before surrendering to police, authorities said....
The true extent of student-on-student sexual assault in elementary and secondary schools is unclear. There are no national requirements for schools to track and disclose such incidents, as there are for colleges and universities, and sexual violence in general is widely under-reported....
NEW YORK (AP) -- Thousands of people from New England to the Midwest to the West Coast chanted, picketed and protested Monday as demonstrations raged against President Donald Trump's immigration policies along with the traditional May Day marching in favor of labor....
(Vatican Radio) Police in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia say they have filed criminal charges against 15 people suspected of being involved in a violent attack against Parliament. The development come amid mounting international concern about what analysts view as the most alarming development in the Balkan nation since it lurched into political gridlock more than two years ago. Listen to the report by Stefan Bos: Macedonian police say more than a dozen people have now been charged for "participation in a mob and preventing officials from performing their duties." Months of political tensions boiled over Thursday.Scores of demonstrators stormed the parliament in the capital Skopje, and attacked several lawmakers. The protesters were angry that an ethnic Albanian deputy was elected speaker. Some wearing black masks to hide their faces, were seen throwing chairs, camera equipment, and punches and later continued the clashes outside the building.&n...
New York City, N.Y., May 1, 2017 / 10:59 am (CNA).- Editor’s note: Some readers may find the content of this article and video disturbing.In a deeply emotional speech in New York, award winning actress Blake Lively shone a spotlight on the crisis of child pornography, calling for greater awareness and resources to fight the epidemic.“Sexual exploitation of children is something that isn’t happening rarely, it’s not happening worlds away,” she said. “It’s happening right here and right now.”Lively was among Variety's 2017 Power of Women: New York honorees. She used her April 21 speech to draw attention to the Child Rescue Coalition, a group that helps identify IP addresses that are trading child pornography, and gives that information to law enforcement.Police can then use that information to find the people who are engaged in trading child pornography, which is a felony.Lively began her speech by saying that her deep concern for th...
IMAGE: CNS/Paul HaringBy Dale GavlakAMMAN, Jordan (CNS) -- PopeFrancis' historic, 72-hour visit to Cairo has left a profound mark onEgyptians, Catholic leaders said, as they anticipate increased ties with fellowOrthodox Christians and Muslims."The pope's visit was a bigblessing to the Egyptians, both Muslims and Christians. It boosted the moraleof the Egyptian people, especially after the Palm Sunday blasts," FatherRafic Greiche, spokesman for the Egyptian bishops, told Catholic News Serviceby phone. "He gave a message of love, peace and hope." Father Greiche referred to apair of terrorist attacks April 9 at two Egyptian churches. The Islamic Stategroup claimed credit for the attacks, which killed at least 45 people, injuredmore than 100 others and shook the Middle East's largest Christian community tothe core. "The pope's visit forCatholics in Egypt was a great happening, very positive," Jesuit FatherSamir Khalil Samir, a noted Egyptian Catholic theologian and Islamic studiesschola...
