Pope meets with sex-abuse victims, promises accountability
By NICOLE WINFIELD and RACHEL ZOLL Pope Francis met with victims of child sexual abuse Sunday on the final day of his U.S. visit and promised to hold accountable those…
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The Latest: China demonstrators rally outside White House
The latest developments from the state visit that President Barack Obama is hosting for Chinese President Xi Jinping. All times local: 2:40 Separated by metal barriers and a few police,…
Speaker Boehner stuns Congress, announces resignation
By ERICA WERNER and ALAN FRAM With Congress in turmoil, House Speaker John Boehner abruptly informed fellow Republicans on Friday that he would resign from Congress at the end of…
Brian Williams to return for pope coverage
By DAVID BAUDER The visit of Pope Francis to the United States will also mark the return of Brian Williams to the airwaves on Tuesday following his suspension from NBC…
Senate Dems block GOP bill that would curb late abortions
By ALAN FRAM Senate Democrats blocked Republican legislation Tuesday that would prohibit most late-term abortions, the second time since this summer’s release of videos involving Planned Parenthood that they’ve derailed…
US mulls abstention on Cuba embargo vote at UN
By BRADLEY KLAPPER and MATTHEW LEE For the first time, the United States may be willing to accept a United Nations condemnation of the U.S. trade embargo against Cuba without…
Pope John Paul II arrives in Cuba
By VICTOR L. SIMPSON On Jan. 21, 1998, Pope John Paul II became the first Catholic pontiff to visit Cuba, and more than 20 AP writers, editors, photographers and TV…
Pope speeds up, simplifies process for marriage annulments
By NICOLE WINFIELD Pope Francis radically reformed the Catholic Church’s process for annulling marriages Tuesday, allowing for fast-track decisions and removing automatic appeals in a bid to speed up and…