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Part of the annual Global ANCOP Walk to raise money for the homeless and poor in Third World countries, a local group, Couples for Christ, in conjunction with the Knights of Columbus, held its first local walk Saturday morning at Bayshore Live Oak Park in...

ENGLEWOOD — Sitting on a West Dearborn Street sidewalk with colored pencil in hand, 7-year-old Talia Angelo didn’t seem to mind the oppressive late-August humidity Saturday morning as she stared intently at the sidewalk.

“He’s just taking a bath,” she s...

Most folks, if faced with a medical emergency, don’t wonder who to call. But when the emergency involves someone with a mental illness, the choice isn’t always so clear.
“If you saw someone on the street having a heart attack, you wouldn’t think twice abo...

CAIRO (AP) — Egypt’s government says a widely-imposed evening curfew will be shortened immediately by two hours as a response to citizens’ demands as unrest in the country wanes.
The government said in a statement Saturday that the evening curfew would be...

MIAMI (AP) — Tropical Storm Ivo has moved to the west as it spreads rain and wind across portions of Mexico’s Baja California peninsula.
The National Hurricane Center in Miami said Saturday that Ivo was located about 225 miles west of Cabo San Lucas. It h...

PARIS (AP) — Doctors Without Borders says some 355 people who showed “neurotoxic symptoms” died following the suspected chemical weapons attack this week near Syria’s capital.
The Paris-based humanitarian aid group said Saturday that three hospitals it su...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General Eric Holder says the spirit of the 1963 March on Washington now demands equal rights for gays, Latinos, women and people with disabilities.
Speaking before tens of thousands of people on the National Mall, the nation’s f...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — California is racing other states to woo new private companies planning to take people on trips to space.
State legislators are debating a bill that will shield spaceship manufacturers and parts suppliers from lawsuits if someone gets...

MIAMI (AP) — Students returning to school this fall are being greeted not only by their teachers and principal. At a growing number of schools they’re also meeting the armed school resource officer who will be stationed permanently on campus.
Local offici...

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — A spokesman for Pakistan’s main Taliban group says the head of a side-group has been stripped of his leadership for welcoming the government’s peace talk offer.
The Tahrik-e-Taliban Pakistan’s spokesman Shahidullah Shahid said Sa...