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ORLANDO (AP) — The nation’s Catholic bishops gathered Thursday afternoon in Orlando for a liturgy consecrating the United States to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, drawing on a centuries-old devotion to mark the country’s 250th anniversary. Organ, brass and choral singing thundered inside a modern Orlando shrine during the service, a centerpiece of the spring …
WASHINGTON, June 11 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump and his allies are pushing lawmakers to pass a resolution aimed at voiding his first-term impeachments, a White House official said on Thursday, confirming a report in the Wall Street Journal. Trump was impeached twice by the U.S. House of Representatives during his first four years …
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s ousted President Yoon Suk Yeol and his former defense minister were sentenced to 30 years in prison Friday in a case alleging Yoon ordered drone flights over Pyongyang in 2024 to heighten tensions with North Korea and justify declaring martial law at home. The Seoul Central District Court …
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — William Karlsson left the ice, and the Vegas Golden Knights’ night went south. With Karlsson knocked out of Game 5 of the Stanley Cup Final because of injury, the Golden Knights took four penalties that turned into two power-play goals against. Carter Hart allowed four goals for a fifth consecutive game …
HONG KONG, June 12 – China warned communities in its northwestern Xinjiang and nearby regions on Friday to prepare for “extreme floods” this summer, driven by abnormally high temperatures, heavy rainfall, and rapid glacier melt. Xinjiang’s Taklamakan Desert, China’s largest, experienced its first flood of the year in early June, state broadcaster CCTV reported on …
PARIS, June 12 (Reuters) – Israeli and Palestinian civil society groups will meet in France on Friday to urge the international community not to abandon a two-state solution, as Paris seeks to keep the issue alive amid the Middle East war. The meeting, attended by foreign ministers and senior officials from dozens of countries, marks …
Committed to staging a legitimate competition for their starting quarterback position, at least during this less-urgent part of the offseason, the Vikings have divided the time in drills with the first team between Murray and incumbent J.J. McCarthy. That’s the way they’ll start training camp next month, too. “You’ve got to put it together in …
WASHINGTON, June 11 (Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department on Thursday sued the state of Virginia over what it described as the state’s “unconstitutional attempt to regulate” federal agents by banning masks for law enforcement. • The department alleges that Virginia’s ban threatens the safety of federal officers. • “Virginia’s anti-law enforcement policies regulate the …
NEW YORK (AP) — Nikita Kucherov of the Tampa Bay Lightning won the Hart Trophy as NHL MVP, the second such honor of his career after also winning the Hart in 2019. The league announced the news Thursday prior to Game 5 of the Stanley Cup Final. Kucherov led all players with 1.71 points a …
TRACY, Calif. (AP) — A fire destroyed a medical equipment warehouse in Northern California and sent thick black smoke pouring into the sky Thursday and prompted evacuations of other nearby facilities as authorities fought to get the blaze under control. The fire ignited at the large distribution center for Medline, a major medical-surgical products provider, …