LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) - Faculty and students have expressed concern about the potential impact on the classroom of an upcoming law that will allow people to carry concealed guns inside buildings on Kansas college campuses.
After July 1, 2017, campus buildings in Kansas have to allow concealed carry unless the ...
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Robert De Niro gave the graduates of NYU's Tisch School of the Arts a reality check during his commencement address on Friday. "You're an artist – yeah, you're f***ed," De Niro told the film, art, and media graduates at Madison Square Garden Theater. "The good news is that's not a bad place to start," the ...More
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Ohio Gov. John Kasich hinted Sunday that he is ready to jump into the GOP race for president, saying he's "very optimistic about where we're headed."
Mr. Kasich, a Republican, said his team is "getting closer" to making a firm decision about the 2016 contest and he is soliciting financial ...
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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - An already challenging legislative session has grown even trickier as Democrats and Republicans have begun targeting lawmakers with campaign-style mailers, TV ads and new multimillion-dollar political committees.
The Democratic Party, led by House Speaker Michael Madigan, sent the first of what's expected to be several mailers, ...
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BEIRUT (AP) - A Syrian military helicopter crashed Sunday at the northern air base of Kweiras, killing all its crew, state TV said, as an activist group said it was shot down by Islamic State militants.
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On Wednesday, President Barack Obama announced that the United States would be changing its policy toward Cuba, opening a Havana embassy and expanding travel. "Through these changes, we intend to create more opportunities for the American and Cuban people and begin a new chapter among the nations of the Americas," President Obama explained.
The president negotiated the deal between the United States and Cuba over the course of 18 months. Pope Francis apparently initiated the negotiations himself. The Vatican released the following statement:
[T]he Holy Father wishes to express his warm congratulations for the historic decision taken by the governments of the United States of America and Cuba to establish diplomatic relations, with the aim of overcoming, in the interest of the citizens of both countries, the difficulties which have marked their recent history.
Raul Castro thanked Pope Francis personally for the deal.
Pope Francis' casual embrace of a communist regime contrasts sharply with the approach of Pope John Paul II and Pope Benedict. Pope John Paul II's visit to Poland in 1979 famously helped launch the solidarity movement that led to the collapse of communism in the nation.
When Pope John Paul II visited Cuba in 1998, he blasted the Castro regime by routinely using the language of freedom, and implicitly criticizing the Castros:
The Church in Cuba has always proclaimed Jesus Christ, even if at times she has had a scarcity of priests and has had to do so in difficult circumstances. I wish to express my admiration for so many of the Cuban faithful for their fidelity to Christ, to the Church and to the Pope, as also for the respect they have shown for the more genuine religious traditions learned from their elders, and for the courage and persevering spirit of commitment demonstrated in the midst of their sufferings and ardent hopes.
Pope Francis, then an assistant archbishop, apparently wrote a book about the visit, which he joined. The tract, titled Dialogues Between John Paul II and Fidel Castro, slammed "the spirit that has driven capitalism – using capital to oppress and subject people."
Pope Benedict visited Cuba in 2012 and slammed the American embargo against Cuba, but also stated in Havana's Revolution Square:
The truth is a desire of the human person, the search for which always supposes the exercise of authentic freedom…[some] wrongly interpret this search for the truth, leading them to irrationality and fanaticism; they close themselves in 'their truth,' and try to impose it on others.
At the time, human rights activists criticized Benedict for not meeting with dissidents.
Francis has gone further than both of his predecessors. He didn't merely criticize the embargo – he attempted to broken an end to it with explicitly political maneuvering. According to his biographer, Austen Ivereigh, Francis "saw the paralysis that resulted from the embargo, which had a deeply damaging impact on Cuban politics, psyche and economics."
And unlike both John Paul II and Benedict, Francis' critique of communism has been tepid at best. In October, Francis complained that "land, housing and work are increasingly unavailable to the majority of the world's population," and warned, "If I talk about this, some will think that the Pope is a communist." Instead, Francis explained, "love for the poor is at the center of the Gospel…it's the social doctrine of the church."
In June, Francis actually suggested that communism had cribbed from Catholicism: "I can only say that the communists have stolen our flat. The flag of the poor is Christian…Communists say that all this is communism. Sure, twenty centuries later. So when they speak, one can say to them: 'but then you are Christian.'"
In December 2013, Francis said at the United Nations that economic progress could be achieved through "the legitimate redistribution of economic benefits by the state, as well as indispensible cooperation between the private sector and civil society." He has tweeted, "Inequality is the root of social evil" – a notion that would certainly come as a shock to many religious people who believe that mistreatment of others is the root of social evil.
In October 2013, Francis went so far as to tell a prominent Italian interviewer, "Each of us has a vision of good and of evil. We have to encourage people to move towards what they think is Good…Everyone has his own idea of good and evil and must choose to follow the good and fight evil as he conceives them. That would be enough to make the world a better place." This seeming moral relativism is unsettling coming from the most powerful voice for traditional Biblical religion on the planet.
Pope Francis' perspective on the Cuban embargo is nothing new to the Vatican. His active involvement in negotiations, however, is. And given his rhetorical differences with his predecessors on the evils of communism, that activism should cause nervousness among more traditional Catholics in the mold of John Paul II and Benedict.
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CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - Jailed opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez said he is beginning a hunger strike and called for a mass anti-government protest next week in a video leaked Saturday.
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"For whatever reason, the British political system seems to respond to public concern about the impact of illegal immigration."
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"I miss him when he's away, but I'm proud of him."
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"I so want this photo to be a hoax."
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You might recall that Price went on a profanity-laced tirade during an interview last month, dropping the F-bomb a whopping 77 times.
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"With today's vote, we have disclosed who we are: a generous, compassionate, bold and joyful people."
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BELLINGHAM, Wash. (AP) - A second person has chained himself to a support ship that is part of Royal Dutch Shell's exploratory oil drilling plans and currently moored in Washington state.
Eric Ross of the Backbone Campaign says on Saturday morning that Matt Fuller joined student activist Chiara Rose in ...
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Authorities have been on the hunt for Horn since late April when 46-year-old Sandra Kay Sutton escaped from his house in Sedalia, Missouri.
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"[I]t would seem that the lesson to extract here is that one derogatory term actually does carry more weight than another."
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HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - With six nominees vying for three open seats on the state Supreme Court and campaign dollars already flowing by the millions, change is inevitable.
The new justices who will join the state's highest court in January are expected to restore a full complement of seven elected, ...
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"They simply got out and started shooting."
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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - With Albany still reeling from corruption scandals and time running out on the legislative session, it's looking less likely state lawmakers will overhaul New York City's longstanding rent regulations or a tax break for real estate developers.
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Organizations that spent the most on lobbying Beacon Hill lawmakers about health care issues last year:
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The Massachusetts Association of Health Plans: $1,055,620
The Massachusetts Hospital Association: $882,470
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Partners HealthCare System: $644,715
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Media giant Matt Drudge blasted Republican leadership on Twitter Friday night after the GOP-led Senate approved a new free trade bill giving President Obama the authority to pass a Pacific trade deal.
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Alabama became the fourth state on Thursday to pass the legislation calling for a convention of states to limit the power and jurisdiction of the federal government.
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The top 10 beers come from only four countries.
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WASHINGTON (AP) - Unable to end a struggle over how to deal with government surveillance programs, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell scheduled a last-minute session to consider retaining the National Security Agency's bulk collection of domestic phone records.
McConnell, R-Ky., warned against allowing the controversial NSA program and other key ...
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - Republican state Sen. Brandon Smith, who was arrested on the first day of the 2015 legislative session for driving under the influence of alcohol, was found not guilty of the charges after a daylong trial Friday.
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BEIRUT (AP) - With only a cloth mask for protection, Firas Kayali rushed to try to rescue the residents of a house in a village in rebel-held northern Syria after a barrel bomb, suspected to be filled with chlorine gas, hit nearby.
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WASHINGTON (AP) - The Senate struggled to prevent an interruption in critical government surveillance programs early Saturday, rejecting both a House-passed bill and a short-term extension of the USA Patriot Act.
The back-to-back votes left lawmakers without a clear fallback, although current law doesn't expire until midnight May 31.
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In 2011, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte poked a Silicon Valley hornet's nest, backing a draconian anti-piracy bill nicknamed "SOPA" that prompted Internet-wide blackouts until the legislation was hastily scrapped. But ever since then, he seems to be eager to make amends with his tech industry friends. The Virginia Republican has fundraised in the ...More
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UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The United States on Friday blocked a global document aimed at ridding the world of nuclear weapons, saying Egypt and other states tried to "cynically manipulate" the process by setting a deadline for Israel and its neighbors to meet within months on a Middle East zone ...
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Texas Republicans pushing to pass the two major firearms bills of the legislative session have stumbled amid efforts to restrict police powers over people carrying handguns.
Senate leaders called for a Friday vote on allowing licensed open carry of handguns. They also announced a deal with ...
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PHOENIX (AP) - An embattled Arizona sheriff has asked a federal judge to disqualify himself from a racial profiling case, saying questions during a recent hearing have created the appearance of judicial bias.
The request Friday from Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio comes weeks ahead of scheduled contempt-of-court hearings that ...
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Senators on Friday raced their own holiday-imposed deadline for preserving key Patriot Act powers, with Democrats accusing Republican leaders of trying to force a choice between having to back the NSA's controversial bulk collection powers or else letting other wiretapping and lone-wolf terrorism tools expire.
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"At least one member of the group 'Duck Dynasty' has openly made racist comments."
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"We've got to consider all of the options on the table, and this is one of them."
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"Where is the outrage of the 100 Baltimore citizens who have been shot dead this year?"
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"It's scandalous to see bleach being poured into supermarket dustbins along with edible foods."
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"It is unlawful to deny essential treatment to transgender people."
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GENEVA (AP) - FIFA has been routinely called "scandal-plagued" for much of Sepp Blatter's 17-year presidential reign.
Blatter has never been implicated in personal corruption, but FIFA has often seemed relaxed about wrongdoing linked to senior officials.
Ahead of Blatter's bid for a fifth term on May 29, here are ...
WASHINGTON (AP) - The fate of the bulk collection of American phone records by the National Security Agency is now before the Senate, in what is increasingly looking like a game of legislative chicken.
The Senate is expected to decide Friday what to do with the oft-debated measure.
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GROTON, Conn. (AP) - Nineteen people affiliated with the U.S. military are becoming American citizens at a ceremony Friday at the Navy base in Groton.
The 19 candidates hail from 16 countries including China, Colombia, Pakistan and the United Kingdom.
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Robert Gates, the president of the Boy Scouts of America, called for the organization to end its longstanding ban on gay adults at the organization's annual national meeting Thursday in Atlanta. "We must deal with the world as it is, not as we might wish it to be," said Gates, the former U.S. Secretary of Defense. "The status quo ...More
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