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A high-profile priest faces possible sanctioning from the Vatican for participating in a 'ordination' ceremony for women.

Historic handshake in desert tent signifies ending half-century of hostilities...

If you force illegal immigrants to choose between possible drowning and certain imprisonment and deportation, a lot of people will take their chances.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. unemployment rate unexpectedly shot up to 6.1 percent in August, its highest in more than 4-1/2 years, as employers cut payrolls for an eighth straight month and labor markets

If you have ever considered "purchasing" a star for the purpose if attaching your name or the name of a friend or relative to it, the following tale is for you.

Government crackdowns on journalists are a true threat to democracy. As the Republican National Convention meets in St. Paul, Minn., this week, police are systematically targeting journalists. I was arrested with my two colleagues, "Democracy Now!" produc

“It’s not about building a record. It’s about having one. It’s not about talking pretty. It’s about talking straight. The challenge of our time is not simply to change. The challenge of our time is to leave nothing to chance.”

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - Percussion grenades, tear gas and nearly 400 arrests marked the final anti-war march during the Republican National Convention. More than 800 arrests were reported during a week of sometimes peaceful, sometimes violent dissent.

For all you moonshine makers who thought your hobby was just a guilty pleasure, a new spin on distilling may actually help save lives. Using ancient technology reduced to a microscopic scale, scientists at Caltech have created new tools to detect disease

Let us talk this Labor Day about slave labor in the United States. No, not the antebellum kind before the Civil War but the slavery that persisted well into the 20th century, the slavery that was integral not only to the southern economy but slaves owned