The focus of debate shifted to how church leaders must acknowledge that decades of their own cover-up, secrecy and fear of scandal had only worsened the crisis.
Author: Associated Press
Boston Globe baseball writer Nick Cafardo dies at 62 while covering spring training
Boston Globe baseball writer Nick Cafardo died Thursday after collapsing outside the Boston Red Sox’s spring training clubhouse.
New Harry Potter-themed roller coaster opening in June at Universal Orlando
A new roller coaster modeled after Hagrid’s motorcycle is opening at Universal Orlando Resort June 13.
Former Colorado football player T.J. Cunningham fatally shot in dispute
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Vatican defrocks ex-Cardinal Theodore McCarrick after finding him guilty of sexual crimes
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How the Dow did today: Stocks surged with boost from US-China trade talks
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India warns of ‘crushing response’ to Pulwama suicide bombing that killed 41 people
Prime Minister Narendra Modi placed the blame for Thursday’s bombing squarely on neighboring Pakistan, which India accuses of supporting rebels in Kashmir.
Federal judge to weigh fight over citizenship question on US census
The Trump administration will try to persuade a U.S. judge Friday to let it add a citizenship question to the 2020 U.S. census for the first time in nearly 70 years, a move that opponents say would lead to an undercount of immigrants and Latinos.
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He’s escaped from prison twice. This time, El Chapo is likely headed to ‘supermax’ prison dubbed ‘Alcatraz of the Rockies’
Drug lord Joaquin Guzman has an unparalleled record of jailbreaks, having escaped two high-security Mexican prisons before his ultimate capture and extradition to the United States.
Vanessa Tyson, who accused Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax of sexual assault, talks women reporting abuse
A college professor avoided talking directly about her accusation that Virginia’s lieutenant governor sexually assaulted her, but she wasn’t shy about publicly discussing her research and thoughts on the growing number of women reporting ab…