Except for crimes committed on federal land, state law governs what constitutes a sex crime, and the definitions vary.
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Big Ben’s chimes have fallen silent, and Londoners are in mourning.
The hourly peals of Big Ben have been a touch of certainty, regular, you may say, as clockwork.
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FEMA rethinking ban on disaster aid to church buildings
When disaster strikes, houses of worship are often on the front lines, feeding and sheltering victims. Yet churches, synagogues and mosques are routinely denied FEMA aid.
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Texas church to be demolished, like other mass killing sites before it
In what is becoming a grim American ritual, mass shooting sites from Sandy Hook to Columbine have been demolished and then rebuilt.
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Pro-Life Caucus urges passage of law protecting conscientious objection to abortion
The new legislation has the backing of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.
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The Editors: two good things trapped in a bad Republican tax bill
Cutting the corporate tax and limiting the home mortgage deduction are welcome reforms, but not in service of a windfall for the wealthiest households.
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How will history judge ‘Australia’s Guantanamo’ for refugees?
There is little question that what the government is doing is not only illegal but inhumane and unnecessary.
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Federal court halts construction of natural gas pipeline on nuns’ land in Pennsylvania
A federal court order has temporarily stopped construction on a natural gas pipeline in Pennsylvania, a section of which is being built on land owned by a religious order and is the focus of protests.
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High school students unearth possible ties to slavery at Jesuit school
“We’re at the beginning of this,” said Gonzaga history teacher Ed Donnellan, who also is looking at the possibility of taking students to visit the remnants of the Jesuit slave plantations in Maryland.
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Advocates decry Homeland Security’s TPS decision for Nicaraguans
Rather than ending TPS advocates say it was time for Congress to develop a legislative plan to allow Nicaraguans, Hondurans and others to remain in the U.S. permanently.