THE Catholic Church’s ban on protests having sex could be overhauled in an attempt to provide future child abuse scandals. 

High-ranking clergy members are meeting in Germany to review the findings of a study into sex scandals within the church. 

German Cardinal Reinhard Marx opened the summit by saying the issue now marked “an important turning point”. 

He said: "We must do more: listen, understand and take…

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(AP) — The Latest on a Honolulu dam that prompted an evacuation warning during heavy rains (all times local):

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The American Society of Civil Engineers considers the vast majority of Hawaii’s state-regulated dams to be “high hazard potential.”

That’s according to a 2017 infrastructure report that also notes 98 percent of Hawaii’s dams have…

“None of the roads are passable,” Ledford said.

“The plant is safe. The reactors are in hot stand-by mode 3 shutdown.”…

Atlantic Beach — Oceanana Pier:…

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A Boston police captain's son faces 20 years in prison for plotting an attack on a college to support the Islamic State group.

Alexander Ciccolo is expected to be sentenced Wednesday in Springfield's federal court.

Ciccolo agreed to serve 20 years behind bars when he pleaded guilty to terrorism charges in May, a month before he was scheduled to go to trial.

Prosecutors say Ciccolo plotted to use assault rifles and explosives to carry out his attack at an unidentified…

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Savannah, GA - On September 17, a federal judge will hear attorneys' arguments in the Georgia paper ballot lawsuit. News 3 talked to the candidates for Congressional District 1 and both agree secure elections are important for democracy, even if it costs some money.

Georgia and four other states do not use paper ballots as a backup for electronic voting machines. In Washington, a group of bi-partisan lawmakers are banding to mandate the extra security measure across the…

As a former Marine Corps infantry officer who also qualified in intelligence and as an Adjutant [1], it troubles me to see a sitting Senator take cheap shots at our Commander-in-Chief. [2]

John McCain was a naval officer shot down with ease because Lyndon Baines Johnson (LBJ), then the President, was giving the North Vietnamese the Air Target Order (ATO) 24 hours in…

CNN suffered another ratings embarrassment last week, once again losing a significant amount of viewers in comparison to the same week last year.

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Uh-oh! DOJ tells court it ran into "glitch" searching for Fusion GPS records. Color me suspicious. Another email gap? @JudicialWatch @RealDonaldTrump https://t.co/hWYXqNROb8 pic.twitter.com/rSnWGEcTEx
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Patrick Gaspard is president of the Open Society Foundations. He joined the Foundations as vice president in 2017.

Prior to joining Open Society, Gaspard served as the U.S. ambassador to South Africa from 2013 to 2016. Gaspard has extensive experience in presidential and congressional campaigns. Most recently, he served as a senior aide to President Barack Obama, as…

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