Pope Francis in AP interview calls laws criminalizing homosexuality “unjust” and asserts: “Homosexuality is not a crime”
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PARIS — Opponents of French President Emmanuel Macron’s pension plan are staging a new round of strikes and protests Wednesday as a joint committee of senators and lower-house lawmakers examines the contested bill. The latest step in the legislative process…
Police: No one believed missing in Austrian avalanche
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Poland’s lawmakers approve contentious law targeting opposition
Philippine plane crash kills 2, another carrying 6 missing
MANILA, Philippines — A Philippine air force plane crashed Wednesday on a farm northwest of Manila, killing the two people on board, while a search was continuing for a private aircraft carrying six people that went missing the previous day…
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Pennsylvania Man Killed By Bar Patron Who Yelled Racial Slurs at His Friend
A 25-year-old Pennsylvania man was shot and killed outside of a local bar on Saturday by a fellow patron who had been kicked out of the establishment for yelling racial slurs at his friend. According to the York Daily Record, Chad…