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Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Maryland resident and Salvadoran national at the center of a high-profile immigration case, appears for a check-in at the ICE Baltimore field office Aug. 25, 2025.

Garcia faces deportation to Uganda after surrendering to immigration authorities

August 26, 2025
Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran national and Maryland resident at the center of a high-profile immigration case, surrendered to U.S. immigration authorities in Baltimore on Aug. 25, and faces possible deportation to Uganda, a nation that recently agreed to accept ...
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Debris is left along Bourbon Street after a pickup truck was driven into a large crowd in the French Quarter of New Orleans Jan. 1, 2025. A driver wrought carnage on New Orleans' famed French Quarter early on New Year's Day, ramming a pickup truck into a crowd and killing at least 15 people and injuring dozens before being shot to death by police, authorities said.

NOLA archbishop: ‘God always gives us hope, even in the midst of tragic situations’

January 2, 2025
Inside the Cathedral-Basilica of St. Louis King of France for the celebration of the 11 a.m. Mass on Jan. 1 -- the solemnity of Mary, Mother of God -- Archbishop Gregory M. Aymond and 600 worshipers struggled to make ...
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A homeless man sits with his belongings along a street in San Francisco May 19, 2024. On Dec. 27, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development released its 2024 Annual Homelessness Assessment Report, which found homelessness in the U.S. has surged 18% to a new record in 2024.

Report: Homelessness reaches new record high amid affordable housing crunch

December 31, 2024
The United States saw an increase of about 18% in homelessness this year, a new record high, according to a federal report.
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St. John Paul II addresses a press conference with President Jimmy Carter in the Rose Garden at the White House Oct. 6, 1979.

Jimmy Carter, first president to host a pope at the White House, dies at 100

December 30, 2024
Former President Jimmy Carter died Dec. 29 at his home in Plains, Georgia, his presidential library announced. At 100, Carter, who had been in hospice care since February 2023, was the longest-living U.S. president.
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A file photo shows spring flowers blooming outside the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington.

National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception named a Jubilee Year site

December 27, 2024
The Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, the nation's patronal church, has been named a special place of pilgrimage for the Catholic Church's Jubilee Year 2025, the theme for which is "Pilgrims of Hope."
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Pope will receive outgoing US President Biden at Vatican Jan. 10

December 26, 2024
Pope Francis will meet with outgoing U.S. President Joe Biden at the Vatican Jan. 10 to discuss efforts to promote peace worldwide, the White House's press secretary said.
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Black Eyed Peas drummer and producer Keith Harris is pictured in an undated photo talking to the handbell choir and choral singers of Sisters of Mary Schools in the Philippines during a recording of a new Christmas song "It's That Time Of Year" written by Harris, fellow bandmate Filipino-American Apl.de.Ap and David "DQ" Quiñones.

3,000 Catholic school kids, Black Eyed Peas members make new Christmas song

December 25, 2024
As many as 3,000 Catholic school children from poor families in the Philippines made their pop music debut in a new Christmas song by some members of the multi-platinum hip-hop/pop group Black Eyed Peas.
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