Largest Withdrawal of U.S. Troops From Syria Underway
October 21, 2019Currents News Staff Hundreds of trucks are on the move as U.S. personnel gather near Hasakah, Syria in route east to the […]
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Currents News for Friday, October 18, 2019
October 18, 2019On the newscast: Rikers Island is closing. Religious leaders playing a big role. Now, the question is what’s next; At the Pope’s […]
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October 18, 2019Currents News Staff The New York City Council on Oct. 17 passed a plan to close the detention centers on Rikers Island […]
Pope Meets with Indigenous Leaders in Vatican
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Bishop DiMarzio Honored for Service to Migrants
October 18, 2019By The Tablet Staff MANHATTAN — At the Center for Migration Studies annual gala at Battery Gardens restaurant in lower Manhattan on […]
Currents News for Thursday, October 17, 2019
October 17, 2019On the newscast: Mike Pence and Turkey’s President reach a deal late today to temporarily halt fighting in Syria; An update after […]
U.S. and Turkey Agree to Ceasefire in Syria
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Return of Military Dad From Afghanistan Answered Prayer for Queens Family
October 17, 2019By Tim Harfmann Holly Murray is a seventh grader at Saint Francis de Sales Catholic Academy in Belle Harbor, Queens. Her dad, […]
Elijah Cummings Remembered
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