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The Australian Catholic Bishops Conference and the top body for religious orders in the country formally rejected the recommendation contained in a landmark government report issued late last year.

The late Arizona senator will lie in state in the Capitol rotunda and will be honored in a ceremony on Saturday where former presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bush are expected to speak.

The former San Francisco 49ers quarterback who drew criticism for protests during the national anthem has accused the NFL of conspiring to shut him out of the league.

In a series of tweets on Wednesday, the president implied that Beijing was pressuring Pyongyang due to the ongoing trade disputes between China and the United States.

Last April, Roy Oliver and his partner responded to a report of underage drinking. Oliver fired into a car full of teens, hitting and killing 15-year-old Jordan Edwards.

A breakdown in talks blamed partly on Brexit has led the British to resume fishing the lucrative seabed off Normandy throughout the year, while French boats are restricted for part of the year.

A report for the U.N. Human Rights Council says the Western-backed coalition has carried out indiscriminate airstrikes on schools, hospitals, markets and residential areas.

The vessel, China's second aircraft carrier and the first to be domestically produced, is expected to spend up to a year in sea trials before being handed over to the Chinese navy for commissioning.

The rally had right-wing protesters, some thrusting Nazi salutes, as well as leftist counterprotesters. It was triggered by the arrest of a Syrian and Iraqi man in connection with a fatal stabbing.

After nine years of a debt crisis that spawned economic upheaval and austerity measures, Athens will regain a degree of control over its finances, but officials say it's not out of the woods yet.

The announcement comes after health officials said an outbreak last month that sickened nearly 650 customers in Ohio was caused by a type of bacteria that thrives in food kept warm for long periods.

More than 70 people fell ill in or around a historic park in New Haven, near the Yale University campus. Police believe the synthetic cannabinoid K2 laced with fentanyl caused the rash of overdoses.

In his maiden speech, newly minted Sen. Fraser Anning of the far-right Katter's Australian Party called for a revival of long-rescinded racially based immigration policies.

A group of black business leaders have launched a new political action committee to back candidates who support economic causes that benefit African-Americans. The group plans more endorsements.

A man was arrested on "suspicion of terrorist offenses," police say, after his vehicle crossed through a pedestrian area Tuesday morning.

North Korea's foreign ministry says improved relations outlined in the Singapore summit are being derailed by "high-level officials" who are "going against the intention of President Trump."

Several players knelt, raised fists or refused to take the field protesting police brutality. Last month the NFL said it would temporarily suspend enforcement of a new "must-stand" policy.

Melania Trump's Slovenian-born parents, Amalija and Viktor Knavs, were sworn in at a private ceremony in Manhattan on Thursday.

At least three people are reportedly dead and a dozen injured in the Gaza Strip, while at least 11 people reportedly were wounded when Hamas rockets landed in the southern Israeli city of Sderot.

After 16 hours of debate, the country's Senate voted 38 to 31 against a measure passed earlier by the lower house of Congress that would have allowed abortions through the 14th week of pregnancy.