January 14, 2020, 6:05am Nation & World
VATICAN CITY — The Vatican on Monday sought to downplay the decision by retired Pope Benedict XVI to reaffirm the “necessity” of a celibate priesthood at the same time that Pope Francis is considering ordaining married men, calling his book a mere contribution that was written in full obedience to Francis. Read story
January 13, 2020, 5:04pm Nation & World
ORLANDO, Fla. — Calling preparations for the 2020 Census “conspicuously deficient,” the NAACP is suing the U.S. Census Bureau, demanding that the agency send more workers into the field and spend more money on encouraging people to participate in the once-a-decade head count. Read story
January 13, 2020, 4:24pm Nation & World
WASHINGTON — The U.S. sent home 21 Saudi military students following an investigation into a deadly shooting last month by one of their fellow trainees at the Pensacola Naval Air Station, an attack that Attorney General William Barr said was an act of terrorism driven by some of the same motivations of the Sept. 11 plot. Read story
January 13, 2020, 2:45pm Nation & World
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The demonstrations that erupted after Iran admitted to accidentally shooting down a passenger plane during a tense standoff with the United States last week are the latest of several waves of protest going back to the 1979 Islamic Revolution — all of which have been violently suppressed. Read story
January 13, 2020, 9:45am Nation & World
NEW YORK — A water main break flooded streets on Manhattan’s Upper West Side near Lincoln Center and hampered subway service during the Monday morning rush hour. Read story
January 13, 2020, 9:44am Nation & World
ATLANTA — Lawyers for a Georgia man set to be executed this week want the state parole board to convert his sentence to life without the possibility of parole, arguing that’s what the jury would have chosen if given the chance. Read story
January 13, 2020, 9:44am Nation & World
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — A stabbing rampage by a male suspect has left eight people injured near downtown Colorado Springs in attacks that were apparently carried out at random, police said Monday. Read story
January 13, 2020, 9:36am Nation & World
BILLINGS, Mont. — Authorities recovered the bodies of four people on Sunday from the wreckage of a small plane that crashed in southern Montana. Read story
January 13, 2020, 9:31am Nation & World
Icy roads, deadly tornadoes, punishing waves — severe weekend weather has been blamed for 11 deaths and major damage in parts of the Midwest, South and Northeast. Read story
January 13, 2020, 9:29am Nation & World
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday left in place the conviction of a Massachusetts woman who sent her boyfriend text messages urging him to kill himself. Read story