Pope Francis celebrates his inaugural Mass in March. (AP Photo/CTV) (CNSNews.com) – Seven years after Sunni Islam’s foremost institution severed dialogue with the Vatican over remarks by Pope Benedict XVI, the Cairo-based Al-Azhar wants the new pontiff to open the door to resuming interfaith discourse by declaring Islam to be a peaceful religion. The proposal [...]

  U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry enjoys a joke with Afghan President Hamid Karzai and Pakistan Army Chief Gen. Asfhaq Parvez Kayani in Brussels, Belgium on April 24, 2013. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) (CNSNews.com) – In a video recorded message released on Friday, Secretary of State John Kerry said that U.S. diplomats in every corner [...]

Miami Marlins’ Placido Polanco (30) slides home to score the game-winning run on a single by teammate Adeiny Hechavarria in the 20th inning of a baseball game against the New York Mets at Citi Field in New York, Saturday, June 8, 2013. The Marlins won 2-1.(AP Photo/Paul J. Bereswill) NEW YORK (AP) — Two full [...]

This Nov. 28, 2008 file photo, George Stroumboulopoulos poses for a photograph after winning best host during the 23rd Annual Gemini Awards in Toronto. It’s a safe bet that Stroumboulopoulos will be the first male CNN personality to wear two earrings and a skull ring from the same designer who made one for Keith Richards. [...]

In this Oct. 16, 2012 file photo, former Oregon State Hospital superintendent Dr. Dean Brooks, center participates in a ribbon cutting ceremony for a museum about the hospital. Brooks, 96, died May 30, 2013 in Salem, Ore., his family said. Brooks opened the doors of the hospital to the filming of the 1975 movie “One [...]

Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) (CNSNews.com/Penny Starr) (CNSNews.com) – A Democratic lawmaker said a video parody of Star Trek produced by the IRS for a 2010 training conference, including one starring the head of the agency’s small business division, was an “insult” to the iconic television series. “Not only was it a monumental waste – well [...]

FILE – In this Sept. 12, 2012 file photo, side salads, apple sauce and plums await students . (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File) (CNSNews.com) – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has awarded a grant of $149,992 to study the on-campus food choices of college students. The grant was awarded to Fairleigh Dickinson University in [...]

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FILE – In this April 12, 2013 file photo, Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, before the House Ways and Means Committee hearing on President Barack Obama’s budget proposal for fiscal year 2014, and the HHS. Some of President Barack Obama’s political appointees, including the secretary for [...]

News veteran Tom Brokaw (AP Photo) (CNSNews.com) – News veteran Tom Brokaw, in an appearance said if Bush administration Attorney General John Ashcroft were dealing with the same scandals that Attorney General Eric Holder has been embroiled in as part of the Obama administration, “the left would be going very hard after them.” “From a [...]