First Look For the first time, women will have a seat at the Vatican’s table Pope Francis will open a global gathering of Catholic bishops and laypeople this week to discuss the future of the Catholic Church. Women’s voices and votes will take center stage for the first time this year, in a historic move…
Responsibility Politics Behind impasse in Congress: Rising deficits, record debt | View caption Hide caption There’s an element of political theater to the budget showdown that almost caused a government shutdown in the United States over the weekend. But behind the unfinished drama are difficult challenges of debt and deficits. The problem, economists say, isn’t…
has declared a “state of war” after thousands of by militants. At least six people have died and a further 200 are injured. Local police report that at least 60 militants from the Hamas group have crossed the border into the country, in an attack which appears to have taken Israel by surprise, with fighting…
A man charged in the killing of rapper Tupac Shakur was calm during his arrest last week, criticizing a police officer’s driving and asking why officers hadn’t brought the media, body camera video released Thursday by Las Vegas police shows. Duane Keith Davis, 60, was arrested in Las Vegas on Sept. 29 on a murder…
The hospitalization of a teenage girl in Iran after an incident on public transport has fueled a new wave of outrage and accusations against the country’s morality police one year after unrest swept the country. Armita Geravand, 16, suffered a “severe physical assault” at the hands of government agents Sunday for allegedly violating the country’s…
