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New Jersey wildfire burns 1,200 acres, prompts evacuations

A fast-moving wildfire in Barnegat Township, Ocean County, New Jersey, has prompted mandatory evacuations for residents in several areas. According to the New Jersey Forest Fire Service, the fire has already burned about 1,200 acres and remains completely uncontained. Evacuations are currently underway along Wells Mills Road, between Bryant Road and the Garden State Parkway. […]

Vatican Releases Photos of Pope Francis in His Casket

Before mourners in their thousands gather in St. Peter’s Square to grieve, before leaders from around the world arrive to pay their respects, and long before cardinals cloister themselves to consider the future, the Vatican holds a small ceremony when a pope dies. It did so again around 8 p.m. Monday when, just over 12 […]

Latest Updates: Pope Will Lie in State for Three Days Before Funeral on Saturday

I remember the people. Thousands of them, sometimes hundreds of thousands, pressed together in aging stadiums, lining the streets of one place or another. In the Mexican state of Chiapas, so many people crowded in a local stadium in 2016 that it seemed to heave from the human swarm, everyone craning upward, squinting at the […]

How Pope Francis Catalyzed the Catholic Right in the U.S.

Pope Francis’ critics represent a minority of the American church but a powerful one. Ruth Graham, a reporter covering religion, faith and values for The New York Times, describes how his papacy galvanized a tide of conservative resistance in the American church hierarchy, in Washington and in the pews. Source link

US State Department to undergo ‘massive overhaul’: Key details of Donald Trump administration’s ambitious plan

File Photo: US Department of State The Donald Trump administration unveiled its ambitious plan for a “massive overhaul” of the US State Department on Tuesday. United States secretary of state Marco Rubio, who leads the department and announced the reorganization plan, said the move was part of the federal government’s “America First” mandate. “We cannot […]

‘To make it great again’: Marco Rubio announces ‘comprehensive plan’ to restructure ‘bloated’ US State Department

File: Marco Rubio (AP photo) United States secretary of state Marco Rubio on Tuesday announced there would be a “comprehensive” reorganization of the US State Department, which he leads. According to Rubio, the State Department, in its current form, is “bloated”, “bureaucratic”, and it has “failed” to perform its essential diplomatic mission in this era […]

Syria Makes Rare Arrests of Palestinian Militant Group Leaders

Syrian authorities made a rare arrest of two senior members of the Palestinian armed faction Islamic Jihad, the group said on Tuesday, a move that signaled the shifting of alliances in the Middle East. The group, Islamic Jihad, is an Iran-backed ally of Hamas that took part in the Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel […]

‘Alarming rise in threats’: Texas murder accused Karmelo Anthony moved to ‘undisclosed location’ for his safety

Karmelo Anthony, the accused in fatal stabbing of fellow student Austin Metcalf, has been moved to an “undisclosed location” to ensure his safety, after the 17-year-old reportedly received death threats while under house arrest.Also Read: Who is Karmelo Anthony, US teen charged with murder of Austin Metcalf?The Anthony family said in a press release they […]

Why Did Pope Francis Never Return to Argentina?

As Argentines bid farewell to Pope Francis, the grief of the faithful has been deepened by a lingering sorrow, a question that has hung in the Buenos Aires air: Why did their native son never return home? “I have to be honest, I didn’t like that he never came to Argentina,” Laura Aguirre, 50, a […]

Trump Administration Continues to Defy Judge’s Orders in Abrego Garcia Case, Lawyers Say

Continuing a pattern of stonewalling, the Justice Department has defied a judge’s order to explain what the Trump administration has done, and plans to do, to seek the release of a Maryland man who was wrongfully deported to El Salvador last month, according to court papers filed on Tuesday. In refusing to reveal much of […]