UK braces for heavy snow as cold weather snap in Europe persists
LONDON (AP) — Britain braced for potentially life-threatening winds, rains and snowfall as a severe storm rolled in from the southwest of England on Thursday during what already has been one of the country’s worst cold snaps in years. Forecasters said the brunt of the storm would hit central England with as much as 30…
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Spain’s bishops agree to let government ombudsman oversee compensation of sexual abuse victims
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Spain’s Catholic bishops agreed Thursday to let the Spanish government’s ombudsman have the final say in the church’s compensation of victims of sexual abuse by clergy members who have died or whose possible crimes are too old to be prosecuted. The agreement, which envisages a one-year window for claims, marks a…
