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HOUSTON – Celebrity pastor Joel Osteen’s Houston megachurch held a special service Sunday dedicated to healing and thanksgiving, a week aftera woman opened firein one of its hallways before being gunned down by security officers. Osteen’s Lakewood Churchhas not had services since the Feb. 11 shooting that sent worshippers scrambling for safety. On Sunday, Osteen, his wife Victoria Osteen and …

The following is a transcript of an interview with Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina that aired on Feb. 18, 2024. ROBERT COSTA: South Carolina Republican Senator Lindsey Graham who opposed the bipartisan Senate legislation joins us now from Clemson, South Carolina. Senator, good morning. At this point do you expect– SENATOR LINDSEY GRAHAM: Morning. ROBERT COSTA: –any new …

UPDATE: On Monday afternoon police announced a suspect is in custody. The El Paso County Coroner’s Office released the identity of the two victims who were found dead inside a dorm room on the University of Colorado – Colorado Springs campus. According to authorities, at approximately 5:59 a.m., a call was received of a report of shots fired from the …

Washington — Sen. Tim Scott, a South Carolina Republican who has endorsed former President Donald Trump’s bid for the White House, dismissed questions about Trump’s legal troubles on Sunday, saying “the American people are more focused on their future than Donald Trump’s past.” “They’re not talking about legal challenges, they’re talking about their challenges across a kitchen table,” Scott said …

More than 400 people were detained in Russia while paying tribute to opposition leader Alexey Navalny, who died at a remote Arctic penal colony, a prominent rights group reported. The sudden death of Navalny, 47, was a crushing blow to many Russians, who had pinned their hopes for the future on President Vladimir Putin’s fiercest foe. Navalny remained vocal in …

The following is a transcript of an interview with Republican Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina that aired on Feb. 18, 2024. ROBERT COSTA: We turn now to South Carolina’s other Republican senator, Senator Tim Scott. He joins us this morning from his home state. Senator, thanks for being here. Former President Donald Trump has spent a lot of time …

The Washington Post’s Dan Balz is considered by many the dean of political reporters. Balz is 77 years old – the same age as former Presidents Trump, Clinton and Bush. He says the spotlight on President Biden’s age (81) is understandable, and nothing new. In 1984, when Ronald Reagan – then 73 – was running for reelection, he playfully used …

There’s an old saying among doctors: if you’ve seen one 80-year-old, you’ve seen one 80-year-old. Some will act like they’re 60 or 70, while others seem a lot older. So, instead of asking How old is too old?, shouldn’t the question be, How old is too old for what function? “Absolutely. I could not agree more,” said Dr. Louise Aronson, …

Cillian Murphy jumped to act in “Oppenheimer,” even before reading writer and director Christopher Nolan’s script. The decision paid off. Murphy won a Golden Globe for the role and he’s nominated for an Oscarfor the first time in his decades-long career. There have been six Nolan films for Murphy. “It’s always paid off for me, you know, in every film …

“I cannot get over the feeling that something terrible is going to happen to this city,” said Mystislav Chernov, in his documentary, “20 Days in Mariupol.” Something terrible did happen to the Ukrainian city, and Chernov, of the Associated Press, was there to witness it. “What I did not expect is that the bombardment will be so intensive,” he told …