In a letter, Pope Francis said the Catholic Church has not dealt properly with “crimes” against children and needs to prevent sexual abuses from being “covered up and perpetuated.” The letter came after a Pennsylvania grand jury report detailed alleged abuses by more than 300 priests against 1,000 children over decades.
Former CIA director John O. Brennan voiced his eagerness to challenge the president on the same day that national security adviser John Bolton floated the idea of reviewing all security clearances inside and outside the government.
The president also accused the special counsel’s team of trying to affect this year’s elections, further ramping up his rhetoric against the probe of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential campaign.
Pickers work at Lindy’s Seafood on Hoopers Island. (Michael S. Williamson/The Post)
Business owners on the Eastern Shore say they’ve raised wages and tried recruiting, but about a third of crab-picking jobs remain unfilled as few Americans have responded to openings and Mexican laborers are stranded at home without permission to come here to work.
In July, as the Ferguson Fire threatened the shuttered Yosemite Valley, fire officials requested air support. A call came back that nothing was available.
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Republicans in tight races with large Latino voting blocks, such as Florida Gov. Rick Scott, are trying to distance themselves from President Trump’s nativist rhetoric.
Nearly 90 South Korean families crossed the heavily fortified border into North Korea to be reunited with elderly relatives they had not seen since the chaos of the Korean War.
Facing fierce political head winds, the House majority leader and other top Republicans are scrambling to save the GOP majority — and their own leadership prospects.
The six-woman, six-man panel is weighing 18 bank fraud and tax charges against President Trump’s former campaign chairman.
Many questions remain about the woman’s ordeal, including how she fell off the ship she had been on, what happened in the moments just before or how she was able to survive for almost half a day.
Perspective
The former president’s summer reading list is a model of diverse voices and concerns and a reminder of how incurious and aliterate the Oval Office has become.
“There will never be anything quite like this again,” the director of the Syfy franchise tweeted as the final installment aired.
