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The Vatican has confirmed a ban on Catholics becoming Freemasons, a centuries-old secretive society that the Catholic Church has long viewed with hostility and has an estimated global membership of up to six million.

"Active membership in Freemasonry by a member of the faithful is prohibited, because of the irreconcilability between Catholic doctrine and Freemasonry," the Vatican's

Eight teens were arrested and charged with murder in the “senseless beating” of 17-year-old Jonathan Lewis Jr. as authorities revealed Tuesday the after-school fight in Las Vegas started over stolen headphones. The eight suspects were taken into custody and booked in juvenile hall after the disturbing footage of the vicious beatdown spread across social media in recent days, the Las Vegas

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Rep. Dean Phillips (D-Minn. speaks at a rally in Concord, N.H., on Friday after filing to run in the state's Democratic presidential primary. Photo: Gaelen Morse/Getty Images President Biden's re-election campaign responded with a shrug Friday as Democratic Rep. Dean Phillips jumped into the presidential race. Why it matters: Polls indicate most Democrats prefer that Biden not run again — but