NEW YORK (AP) 鈥� The former leader of a safety patrol in Brooklyn鈥檚 ultra-Orthodox Jewish community pleaded guilty Friday to charges he sexually abused a teenage girl.The plea allows Jacob Daskal, who led a neighborhood watch group called a shomrim, to avoid a trial in a case that alleged he ...
CHICAGO (AP) 鈥� The Rev. Jesse Jackson announced Saturday that he will step down as president of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition, the Chicago-based civil rights group he founded more than 50 years ago.Jackson, 81, <a ...
ROME (AP) 鈥� Pope Francis gave in Saturday to China鈥檚 unilateral appointment of a new bishop in Shanghai, formally recognizing Beijing鈥檚 installation of Bishop Shen Bin three months after the fact.In its daily noon bulletin, the Vatican said Francis had appointed Shen as bishop of ...
