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A man has shot and killed a Catholic priest at his parish rectory in northeast Kansas

A man has shot and killed a Catholic priest at his parish rectory in northeast Kansas

SENECA, Kansas (AP) — A Catholic priest was shot and killed Thursday by a man who approached him at his parish rectory in the town of Seneca, Kansas, church officials said. “I am heartbroken to share the tragic news of the death of Fr.
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Hungary welcomes Netanyahu and says it will leave the International Criminal Court

Hungary welcomes Netanyahu and says it will leave the International Criminal Court

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungary will begin the process of withdrawing from the International Criminal Court, an official said Thursday, just as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrived to red carpet treatment in the country’s capital despit
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Israeli strike on a school in Gaza kills at least 27 people, Palestinian health officials say

Israeli strike on a school in Gaza kills at least 27 people, Palestinian health officials say

DEIR AL BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli airstrikes killed at least 100 Palestinians across the Gaza Strip on Thursday, including 27 or more sheltering at a school, according to Palestinian medical authorities, in a stepped-up offensive that Israel’s
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Israeli strikes kill 9 in southwestern Syria

Israeli strikes kill 9 in southwestern Syria

NAWA, Syria (AP) — Israeli strikes in Syria reportedly killed at least nine people in the southwest of the country on Thursday, as Israel accused Turkey of trying to build a “protectorate” in Syria.
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A historic Black church took the Proud Boys to court. Now it controls their trademark

A historic Black church took the Proud Boys to court. Now it controls their trademark

WASHINGTON (AP) — There is so much history between the walls of Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church, which has hosted funerals for Rosa Parks and Frederick Douglass and opened its pews to American presidents and civil rights icons.
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Indian parliament's Lower House passes controversial bill that would change Muslim endowments

Indian parliament's Lower House passes controversial bill that would change Muslim endowments

SRINAGAR, India (AP) — The Lower House of India's parliament early Thursday passed a controversial bill moved by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist government to amend laws governing Muslim land endowments.
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Netanyahu is rocked by a new scandal linking his close advisers to Qatar

Netanyahu is rocked by a new scandal linking his close advisers to Qatar

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office is once again ensnared in scandal after police arrested two of his close associates this week on suspicion of accepting money from Qatar to promote a positive image of the Gulf Arab s
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Religious gathering cancelled in N.S. because of fears of U.S. border policies

Religious gathering cancelled in N.S. because of fears of U.S. border policies

FREDERICTON — A gathering of religious groups from across North America that was supposed to be held this year in Nova Scotia has been postponed indefinitely because of worries over U.S. border policies.
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Middle East latest: Israel is establishing a new military corridor across Gaza

Middle East latest: Israel is establishing a new military corridor across Gaza

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday that Israel is establishing a new security corridor across the Gaza Strip to pressure Hamas, suggesting it would cut off the southern city of Rafah, which Israel has ordered evacuated , from the rest o
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Judge dismisses gender bias suit by woman who lost bid to be top pastor of famed Black church

Judge dismisses gender bias suit by woman who lost bid to be top pastor of famed Black church

NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge has dismissed a gender discrimination lawsuit filed by a professor and minister who lost her bid to become the first woman to serve as senior pastor of New York City's prominent Abyssinian Baptist Church. The Rev.
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