VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis has told newly ordained bishops they must reject all forms of abuse and work in communion — not as lone operators — to fight the clerical culture that fueled a sex abuse and cover-up scandal rocking his papacy. Francis cited his recent letter about combatting abuse during an audience…
MIAMI, FL (AP) — Florence could cause dangerous surf and rip currents along parts of the U.S. East Coast this weekend as the storm swirls across the Atlantic, according to forecasters at the National Hurricane Center. Though weakened to a tropical storm, Florence was expected to regain hurricane strength as it neared Bermuda. Large swells…
OSCEOLA, MO (AP) — The St. Clair County Sheriff’s Department says the deaths of two men in a shooting at a convenience store appear to be a murder-suicide. KYTV reports the shooting happened Friday morning at “The Port” convenience store in Osceola. Sheriff Scott Keeler says he believes the deaths stemmed from a child custody dispute. He…
JEFFERSON CITY, MO (AP) — An Arkansas man has been sentenced to consecutive life terms for killing his ex-girlfriend and her grandfather in southwestern Missouri. Missouri Attorney General Josh Hawley announced the sentence Friday for 40-year-old Christopher Paschall of Springdale, Arkansas. A jury found Paschall guilty of two counts of first-degree murder and other charges…