Associated Press ROME — Pope Francis has blasted the “backwardness” of some conservatives in the U.S. Catholic Church, saying they have replaced faith with ideology and that a correct understanding of Catholic doctrine allows for change over time. Francis’ comments were an acknowledgment of the divisions in the U.S. Catholic Church, which has been split…
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Nneka M. Okona | for the Chicago Tribune I was born in Atlanta during the evening hours on a Friday in late May. Days later, my parents brought me home, home to Stone Mountain. Since then, I’ve begrudgingly called this Atlanta suburb, born of red clay and granite, mine. From my hometown, the 825-foot-tall quartz…
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By Jef Feeley and Ryan Beene | Bloomberg 3M Co. has tentatively agreed to pay more than $5.5 billion to resolve over 300,000 lawsuits claiming it sold the US military defective combat earplugs, people familiar with the deal said. The settlement would avert a potentially much larger liability that 3M sought to curb through a…
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Kian Zhuang, 4, has his picture taken with his father, Yohanes, by his mother Neysa during Irvine Unified School District’s first day of school at Santiago Hills Elementary School on Thursday, August 24, 2023. (Photo by Frank D’Amato, Contributing Photographer) Elowyn Simon, 5, gets some TLC and encouragement from her mom, Kate as her dad…
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Just when you thought the NBA drama machine had shut down for an August vacation, former player Gilbert Arenas asked this question of Steph Curry on a podcast released last week: “Are you the best point guard ever?” After a three-second pause, Curry answered: “Yes. I’d have to – yes. Me and Magic, that’d be…
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Kevin Hardy | Stateline.org (TNS) INDIANAPOLIS — For years, Indiana’s GOP-controlled legislature has focused on creating a business-friendly climate by pushing favorable tax rates and regulations, aiming to foster the creation of good-paying jobs across the state. The way Republican state Sen. Michael Crider sees it, those moves have worked: Companies such as Amazon and…
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By Ciaran Giles | Associated Press MADRID — The mother of Spanish soccer federation president Luis Rubiales started a hunger strike Monday in a church in southern Spain in defense of her son, who is under fire for kissing a player during the Women’s World Cup awards ceremony. Ángeles Béjar told the state news agency…
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Brian Gordon | (TNS) The News & Observer (Raleigh) DURHAM, N.C. — Raw mustard greens, in their genetically unaltered form, leave a bitter aftertaste. Their flavor evokes horseradish or wasabi, lingering on the tongue until a chaser is found. This astringency is caused by myrosinase, an enzyme that is liberated from the plant’s cells with…
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Frances Pleta helps her daughter Mikaella, 3, add color to line art on the walkway during the Yorba Linda Cultural Arts Center’s third annual Chalk Art Festival on Saturday, August 26, 2023. Stacy Moffatt’s line art illustrations on the sidewalks of the Yorba Linda Cultural Arts Center create murals for guests to add color. (Photo…
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Matthew Goldberg | Bankrate.com (TNS) As the Federal Reserve continues to slow down on raising rates, you can still get the highest yielding five-year CD yields in more than a decade right now. But your window on this opportunity could soon be closing. Long-term CD rates may be peaking now The Fed’s rate decisions indirectly…
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