Pope likens migrant holding centers to 'concentration camps'

By Philip Pullella ROME (Reuters) – Pope Francis urged governments on Saturday to get migrants and refugees out of holding centers, saying many had become “concentration camps”. During a visit to a Rome basilica, where he met migrants, Francis told of his trip to a camp on the Greek island of Lesbos last year. Islamists had slit the throat of the man’s Christian wife because she refused to throw her …

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Best animal friendships

They really are friends fur-ever! These adorable animals have struck up the most unlikely friendships in the animal kingdom. From a pig and a cat to a baby goat and a dog, these are companions you never thought you’d see.

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Missing Tennessee teen to return home, teacher charged with kidnapping: family

Speaking on ABC News’ Good Morning America program Friday morning from Tennessee, Anthony Thomas, the girl’s father, said he was looking forward to seeing Elizabeth later in the day when officials fly her back. Sheriff deputies in Siskiyou County on Thursday rescued Thomas and arrested Tad Cummins, 50, a former teacher at her school in Maury County, Tennessee, from a cabin near Yreka, California, about 60 miles (100 km) south …

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Spicer insists WH didn’t mislead anyone about location of U.S. aircraft carrier heading toward North Korea

During the White House press briefing on Wednesday, press secretary Sean Spicer insisted that the White House didn’t mislead anyone about the location of a U.S. aircraft carrier that was heading toward North Korea last week despite U.S. Navy photos showing it was headed in the opposite direction at that time.

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