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VATICAN CITY – Eight minutes of silence instead of a homily have marked the Vatican funeral of a former papal diplomat, whose trial on charges of possession of child pornography and sexual abuse of minors had begun this summer in a Holy See courtroom. A Vatican spokesman, the Rev. Ciro …

BUCHAREST, Romania – Romania’s former president says prosecutors are investigating threatening remarks he made to a senator while he was president. In March, prosecutors began to investigate Traian Basescufor blackmail which carries a heavier penalty. He arrived at the prosecutor’s office Wednesday where he was jeered by about 20 people. …

UPDATE: A federal judge has ordered a defiant Kentucky clerk to jail after she refused to issue marriage licenses to gay couples. U.S. District Judge David Bunning told Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis she would be jailed until she complied with his order to issue the licenses. Davis said “thank …