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A sign for the Department of Correction's Cummins Unit prison in Varner, Ark. Seven prisoners have been scheduled to die at the prison in April as Arkansas rushes to use an execution drug that expires in May. (AP Photo/Kelly P. Kissel)
Politics & SocietyNews
Kevin Clarke
Remarkably, the death sentences are being pushed through this month in an effort to beat the May expiration date for the state’s supply of midazolam, a controversial sedative that is one of three drugs used in lethal injections.
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Politics & SocietyDispatches
Jim McDermott
Almost every lily any of us in the United States will see this Easter comes from the very same tiny area at the northwest border of California.
Politics & Society
Karen Clifton
Why do we use violence to solve violence?
The Iowa House passed a measure to ban abortions after 20 weeks. (Photo via Wikipedia Commons)
Politics & SocietyNews
Joanne Fox - Catholic News Service
If it becomes law, Iowa would join 17 other states in banning almost all abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy.
In this Nov. 15, 2016, file photo, Cardinal Daniel DiNardo of the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston, the newly-elected president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, speaks at a news conference at the USCCB's annual fall meeting in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)
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Michael Graczyk – Associated Press
Cardinal Daniel DiNardo supports President Trump for his anti-abortion views and for promising to defend religious liberties, but takes issue with his policies on refugees and immigration.