Bishop Fulton Sheen will be beatified by the Catholic Church in St. Louis on Thursday, moving the television personality from the 1950s one step away from sainthood.
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ESA/Euclid/Euclid Consortium/NASA. Background galaxies: NASA, ESA, and S. Beckwith (STScI) and the HUDF Team
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The U.S. is pushing the Americas to confront Nicaragua—but what, if anything, the region is prepared to do remains unclear.
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Rural hospital closures are driving demand for air ambulance services. But finding and keeping highly trained staff to practice medicine in the air isn't easy.
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In the first papal state visit to France in nearly 20 years, Pope Leo will preside over Mass in Paris, meet with sex abuse survivors and deliver a speech on European unity.
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South Africa is aiming to smash a savory world record — the world's largest BBQ — and more boerewors sausage than you can shake a stick at.
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Part of the Trump administration's argument for banning news outlets is that their coverage posed a threat to national security. A story cited an anonymous official, who turned out to be VP Vance.
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Dr. Heidi Overton has been nominated to be the new FDA commissioner. The Senate HELP committee pressed her on vaccines, mifepristone, food safety and whether she can tell the president he's wrong.
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gave an address to the United Nations General Assembly amid wide criticism of Israel's conduct in Gaza. Meanwhile, Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas delivered an address via pre-recorded video.
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President Trump invokes "national security" to defend actions like banning reporters and building a new ballroom and arch. Critics note judges are often deferential to presidents making this claim.
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Trump administration officials bowed to pressure from a federal judge, allowing CNN, MSNOW and Politico onto White House grounds after revoking their press passes over coverage Trump didn't like.
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All Things Considered host Mary Louise Kelly talks with White House correspondent Emily Feng about the Trump/Xi summit.
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Kids are used to being asked, "What do you want to be when you grow up?" Two students in Columbus, Ohio, flipped the script to ask grown-ups why they chose their careers.
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No matter how much poison you put out, rats continue to thrive. So D.C.'s Rat Rangers are trying education (of people, not the rats). They take residents into back alleys to illuminate the problem.
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The vote on a war powers resolution introduced by Democrats came at a moment when some Republicans have begun to distance themselves from President Trump over the ongoing conflict. -
Rolling Stone reporter Cheyenne Roundtree says rumors of abuse followed the media mogul for years. Her book examines how Combs remained so powerful, despite decades of warning signs and allegations.
