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By Matteo Negri

ROME (Reuters) - Pope Francis has not done enough to stamp out clerical sex abuse and its cover-up, activists and abuse survivors said on Thursday, protesting before a Vatican-hosted World Children's Day festival.

The Roman Catholic Church has been shaken by sexual abuse scandals around the world. Francis has tried to impose order, but his critics say more should have been done to root out abusive clergy and help their... (continue reading...)

By Joseph Ax

(Reuters) - Baltimore's former top prosecutor will be sentenced on Thursday for lying about suffering a work-related hardship in order to improperly access her city employee retirement account, as well as for making a false statement on a mortgage application.

Marilyn Mosby, 44, was the youngest chief prosecutor for any major U.S. city at the time of her election as Maryland's state attorney for Baltimore in 2014. A year... (continue reading...)

HOUSTON (Reuters) - U.S. government forecasters said on Thursday the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season is shaping up to be "extraordinary" where past experience with tropical storms cannot serve as a prologue, said Rick Spinrad, director of the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

Warm sea temperatures and a falling wind shear at the height of the hurricane season, which begins on June 1, are expected to contribute to more and stronger... (continue reading...)

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday handed a victory to South Carolina Republicans, ruling against a challenge to an electoral map they devised that moved 30,000 Black residents out of a congressional district.

The justices reversed a lower court's ruling that the Republican-drawn map violated the rights of Black voters under the U.S. Constitution's 14th Amendment, which guarantee equal protection under the law.

The... (continue reading...)

By Matt Spetalnick

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson and Democratic U.S. Representative Pete Aguilar will deliver keynote speeches at the Israeli embassy’s Independence Day reception on Thursday, headlining a more subdued event under the shadow of the Gaza war.

The gathering comes amid tensions between the Democratic U.S. leader and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over a U.S. push for Israel to... (continue reading...)