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ORLANDO, Fla. —  With billions in federal aid and seats in Congress at stake, some states are dragging their feet in carrying out one of the Census Bureau’s chief recommendations for making sure everyone is counted during the 2020 census. Five states — Florida, Louisiana, Nebraska, South Dakota and Texas — have not set up “complete […]

WASHINGTON —  Negotiations on a package of spending bills to fund the federal government have produced a key breakthrough, though considerably more work is needed to wrap up the long-delayed measures. Top lawmakers of the House and Senate Appropriations committees on Saturday confirmed agreement on allocations for each of the 12 spending bills, a step that […]

TOKYO —  The Vatican’s Caritas Internationalis charity says it learned in 2017 of pedophilia concerns involving its Central African Republic director, but left it for his superiors to investigate and he remained in place and in ministry until this year. CNN revealed the scandal over the Rev. Luk Delft this week, reporting that the Belgian Salesian […]

NAGASAKI, Japan  —  Pope Francis demanded world leaders renounce atomic weapons and the Cold War-era doctrine of deterrence, saying Sunday the stockpiling of nuclear arms decreases security, wastes money and threatens humanity. Francis criticized the demise of arms control treaties while visiting Nagasaki, the site of the second of the two U.S. atomic bombings of […]

Red Bull values the outstanding talent of Toro Rosso’s Carlos Sainz, and has every intention in keeping him in its stable of bulls. Sainz was linked last year to a move to Renault, a prospect which Red Bull quickly put an end to. The Spanish driver aspires to racing with a top team next season, […]

ISIL fighters have advanced into the Kurdish Syrian city of Kobane (`Ayn al-`Arab), with fighting in the streets as Kurds resist, according to the pan-Arab daily, al-Hayat [Life]. Kobane, a city ordinarily of about 50,000, is the third biggest town in the Kurdish part of Syria (the far northeast). ISIL has taken dozens of nearby […]

The Bianconeri boss blamed the playing surface and their opponents’ style for a tepid display that nonetheless saw them bag three points Maurizio Sarri accepts Juventus could not be “beautiful” in a 1-0 Derby della Mole win at Torino due to their opponents’ tactics and the state of the pitch. Juve reclaimed top spot in […]

The Reds legend would like to see Jurgen Klopp remain in charge for many years to come, despite talk of the Rangers boss coming in to replace him Former Liverpool striker Robbie Fowler doesn’t want Steven Gerrard to succeed Jurgen Klopp at Anfield any time soon, predicting that the current boss can still take the club to […]

The Portuguese is confident that the striker will remain at the club come what may, while he wants to see Dele Alli return to his old self Jose Mourinho has pledged to lead Tottenham to the type of titles that will earn Harry Kane the recognition he deserves. Having taken over in north London from […]

Romain Grosjean was hoping that the team’s decision to switch brake component suppliers from Brembo to Carbone Industrie would address a lot of the problems he’d been experiencing on the VF17. But judging from the French driver’s team radio messages in Friday practice in Sochi, the change has made little difference. “We’ve got very little […]