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- The Clergy Abuse Crisis Has Cost The Catholic Church $3 Billion
Years after an investigation in Boston highlighted the dimensions of the sex abuse crisis in the Catholic priesthood, the financial and reputational cost to the Catholic church continues to grow.
- 'Beyond Anger': Pittsburgh Priest Says Sex Abuse Report 'Shook' Parishioners
Catholic priests in Pennsylvania will step into pulpits Sunday morning and have to address the massive clergy sex abuse revelations from this week's grand jury report.
- California Legal Challenges To Census Citizenship Question To Continue
A federal judge in San Francisco has rejected the Trump administration's motion to dismiss two lawsuits over the 2020 census question. A potential trial could start in January 2019.
- Police Arrest Third Suspect In New Haven Synthetic Marijuana Overdose Case
Over three days, more than 100 people fell ill after smoking a batch of K2 officials say was laced with AB-Fubinaca. Police Chief Anthony Campbell said chemical was "knocking people down."
- Mueller: Prison Time An Option For Former Trump Campaign Aide Papadopoulos
The special counsel noted that the legal guidelines suggest a sentence of zero to six months. George Papadopoulos pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI about contacts with Russians.
- Satanic Temple Protests Ten Commandments Monument With Goat-Headed Statue
"It will be a very cold day in hell before an offensive statue will be forced upon us to be permanently erected on the grounds of the Arkansas State Capitol," Republican State Sen. Jason Rapert said.
- Survivor Of Pennsylvania Clergy Sex Abuse Shares His Story
NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with Jim VanSickle about surviving the abuse he suffered at the hands of a priest in the Catholic church — one of more than 300 named in Pennsylvania's grand jury report on clergy abuse.
- Trump Postpones Military Parade, Citing High Costs
President Trump has postponed the military parade planned for November after complaints about its anticipated cost. He said he will instead attend the Armistice Day parade in Paris.
- Former CIA Deputy Director Michael Morell Discusses Security Clearances
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Michael Morell, former deputy director at the CIA, about the letter he signed about security clearances and supporting former CIA director John Brennan.
- WATCH: Massive 'Fire Tornado' Revealed In Footage Released By Officials
California authorities say the behemoth killed a firefighter battling the Carr Fire last month. Larger than three football fields, the tornado was unlike anything they'd seen. Now, they have video.
- One Guatemalan Family's Journey To Be Reunited After Being Separated At U.S. Border
Under court order, the government has been working to reunify all children separated from parents at the border, but the biggest challenge has been finding parents already deported.
- Attorney General Sessions Says The U.S. Foreign-Born Population Is Growing Too Fast
Sessions praised immigration restrictions of the 1920s — laws that are widely regarded today as racist. His critics say he's stoking fears about the foreign-born population.
- How Port Arthur, Texas, Is Recovering, Nearly 1 Year After Hurricane Harvey
It's been nearly year since Hurricane Harvey came ashore in Port Arthur, Texas, before moving to Houston. NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with Mayor Derrick Freeman about how the recovery has been going.
- Clergy Sex Abuse Raises Questions About Financial And Reputational Costs To Churches
Clergy abuse settlements have cost billions of dollars and more than a dozen dioceses have gone bankrupt. Both church attendance and giving are also in jeopardy.
- Week In Politics: The Manafort Trial, Security Clearances And Omarosa's Book
NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with David Brooks of <em>The New York Times,</em> and E.J. Dionne of <em>The Washington Post</em> and Brookings Institution about this week's primaries, the continued fallout over President Trump's revoking of former CIA Director John Brennan and former White House staffer Omarosa Manigault Newman.
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