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Francis issued the apology years after a Canadian-government-funded report said children had been physically and sexually abused at the mostly Catholic-run schools in the country. (Image credit: Gregorio Borgia/AP)

When Adam Kinzinger came to Congress in 2011, the 32-year-old Air Force vet was considered a rising star in the GOP. Today he’s persona non grata within his own party. The Illinois lawmaker, among the few House Republicans who have

MASKWACIS, Alberta (Reuters) – An anguished rendering of Canada’s national anthem in Cree by an indigenous woman as tears streamed down her face marked one of several emotional moments in the first leg of Pope Francis’s apology tour in Canada.

The executions are believed to be the first in the country in decades as the military junta seeks to crush opposition to its rule since the 2021 coup.

After years of fighting insurgent forces in Iraq and Afghanistan, the U.S. military has shifted its focus to technologically-advanced opponents, especially China. The Marine Corps is taking the lead.

The World Health Organization has declared monkeypox a public health emergency of global concern. Here’s what that means and where the U.S. stands in terms of treatments and vaccines.

In his over 50 years in the entertainment business, Sorvino was a mainstay in films and television, playing an Italian American communist in Warren Beatty’s “Reds,” Henry Kissinger in Oliver Stone’s “Nixon” and mob boss Eddie Valentine in “The Rocketeer.”

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A petition had circulated before Sunday’s white coat ceremony asking the university to remove the speaker, a physician who directs the school’s Health, Spirituality and Religion program. (Image credit: Screenshot by NPR; Video: Brendan Scorpio)

It’s five months since Vladimir Putin sent troops into Ukraine and four since Russia published any kind of casualty count.