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VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis’ No. 2 says a new development model is needed to combat global warming, one that marries economic growth with sustainability. Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican Secretary of State, said in another prelude to Francis’ environment encyclical that both political and economic commitment will be required …

BURIEN, Wash. – A campaign is underway in places around the U.S. to “demilitarize” the police and produce officers who think of themselves as protectors of their communities, not members of an occupying force. That philosophy is already at work at Washington state’s police academy, where instructors are using a …

ANKARA, Turkey – An official says an opposition party candidate has been hospitalized after being shot in the knee while campaigning for Turkey’s general elections on June 7. Tuesday’s assault was the third violent attack on parties or politicians contesting the polls in the southern city of Adana. But Gov. …