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Month: August 2023

Pope discusses health, his ditched peace prayer in Fatima and LGBTQ+ Catholics in airborne briefing

By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE (AP) — Pope Francis said Sunday his recovery from his latest abdominal surgery is going well and stressed that he ditched speeches during his five-day trip to Portugal and spoke off-the-cuff not because he was tired or feeling unwell, but to better communicate with young people.

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A Nashville woman has started her own company that she hopes will be more safe for drivers and riders alike.

Nash Pink Ride offers safe rides for women

By Courtney Allen Click here for updates on this story     NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WSMV) — We have all heard of issues with safety in rideshares. Earlier this summer, a passenger knocked his driver unconscious. There have also been cases of passengers sexually assaulting drivers in Nashville. Now, one local woman is starting her own company that

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The anti-abortion movement is fractured over what it wants from its first post-Roe GOP presidential nominee

By Steve Contorno and Kate Sullivan, CNN (CNN) — Bernie Hayes has spent most Mondays since the overturning of Roe v. Wade meeting with friends outside of an Iowa Planned Parenthood trying to stop abortions one at a time. He huddles monthly with other like-minded activists plotting more wholesale paths to halting the procedure. Lately,

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Daimler Truck finance chief Jochen Goetz, credited with its spinoff from Mercedes-Benz maker, dies

By The Associated Press Daimler Truck says its chief financial officer Jochen Goetz has died. He worked more than three decades at the Daimler Group, the German automotive giant known as the maker of Mercedes-Benz luxury cars. Daimler Truck said he was “decisively responsible” for the spinoff in 2021 of Daimler’s truck division from the

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Senegal’s opposition leader Ousmane Sonko hospitalized a week into prison hunger strike

By ZANE IRWIN Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Senegal’s jailed opposition leader Ousmane Sonko, who has been on a hunger strike in prison to protest criminal charges against him, has been hospitalized. Sonko was imprisoned last week in advance of criminal proceedings against him on charges of calling for insurrection, conspiracy against the state

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Days of torrential rains and floods in Austria have left 1 person dead, officials say

By STEPHANIE LIECHTENSTEIN Associated Press VIENNA (AP) — Torrential rains and heavy floods have ravaged southern Austria for the past three days, killing one person who was swept away by a quickly swelling river on Sunday. After the person fell into the river, firefighters, divers and water rescuers immediately began rescue operations, according to the

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