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TRENTON, New Jersey, January 3, 2019 (LifeSiteNews) – Just before Christmas, pro-life advocates were arrested for entering the Trenton, New Jersey Planned Parenthood and distributing red roses to abortion-vulnerable women. They saved at least one life during this Red Rose Rescue (RRR). At roughly 9:00 a.m. on Saturday, December 22, pro-life advocates Father Fidelis Moscinski of the Franciscan Friars of the Renewal, William Goodman, Patrice Woodworth, and Matthew Connolly entered the abortion facility on State Street in Trenton. This was the first RRR at a Planned Parenthood. The pro-lifers counseled some six women in the waiting room and gave them...

The Mail on Sunday today reveals shocking new evidence of the full horrific impact of US drone attacks in Pakistan. A damning dossier assembled from exhaustive research into the strikes’ targets sets out in heartbreaking detail the deaths of teachers, students and Pakistani policemen. It also describes how bereaved relatives are forced to gather their loved ones’ dismembered body parts in the aftermath of strikes. The dossier has been assembled by human rights lawyer Shahzad Akbar, who works for Pakistan’s Foundation for Fundamental Rights and the British human rights charity Reprieve. Filed in two separate court cases, it is set...

The big black letters on the water tower that looms over this small South Jersey town announce “Everybody likes Pitman.” Except that someone doesn’t. Or so say many of the borough’s residents. Located just 17 miles southeast of Philadelphia, the Gloucester County town has the rural feel of fictional Bedford Falls in “It’s a Wonderful Life” — the kind of town where the barber shop is called just that in a window sign and has a working barber pole spinning out front. There is no snow on the ground, but wreaths encircle lamp posts like halos, the marquee in front...

Knights of Columbus' Family of the Year Quebec City, Aug 18, 2008 / 01:21 pm (CNA).- A family from Goshen, New York has received the honor of being named the International Family of the Year by the Knights of Columbus. Dr. Mario Loomis, his wife Donna and their four children were chosen for their exemplary witness to their Catholic faith, ranging from mission work to producing a DVD on priestly vocations.  Dr. Mario Loomis’ initial impression of the Knights was that it was mostly an organization of older men whose children were already out of the house. As he...

WASHINGTON, June 26 - Federal Reserve officials, who meet this week, are beginning to suspect that the perplexing decline in long-term interest rates is more than a temporary aberration. The possibility has major implications for the economy, and it creates new puzzles for Fed officials on how they should respond. On Thursday, the Fed is all but certain to raise the federal funds rate on overnight loans between banks by another quarter point, to 3.25 percent. That would be the ninth increase in the last year, and the central bank is expected to signal that it will continue to raise...

The US dollar rose to a three-month high against the euro on Monday amid further signs that market sentiment is warming towards the greenback, temporarily at least.The dollar moved markedly higher in US trade, with dollar bulls pointing to the unveiling of the US budget for fiscal year 2006, which reiterated President George W Bush’s intention to begin dealing with the burgeoning fiscal deficit.However while this appeared to be evidence of the “voice of fiscal restraint” alluded to by Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan in a keynote speech on Friday, the budget contained little new.Paul Mackel, currencies strategist at...

In the fifth tightening of US monetary policy in as many meetings, Alan Greenspan and the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) raised the Federal Funds Rate target 25 basis points to 2.25%, as expected. More...

In the fourth tightening of US monetary policy in as many meetings, Alan Greenspan and the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) raised the Federal Funds Rate target 25 basis points to 2.00%, as expected. More...

In the second tightening of US monetary policy since May of 2000, Alan Greenspan and the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) raised the Federal Funds Rate target 25 basis points to 1.50%, as expected. More...

In the first tightening of US monetary policy since May of 2000, Alan Greenspan and the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) raised the Federal Funds Rate target, from its 46 year low, 25 basis points to 1.25%. More...

Consumer Spending Increases At Highest Rate Since 2001.  "Consumer spending rose by the largest amount in 2-1/2 years last month but inflation accounted for half the increase, the government said Monday, cementing expectations that the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates this week. Personal spending was up 1.0% in May, the Commerce Department said, beating forecasts for a 0.8% gain and the biggest advance since October 2001's 2.4% rise." ("Consumer Spending Surges In May, Prices Up," Reuters, 6/28/04)Personal Income, Wages And Salaries Rise.  "Disposable income, or the money left over after taxes, increased 0.6 percent for a second month. Wages...

Economists see Fed raising rates in June, boosting them threefold-plus in 18 months: report. NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - The Federal Reserve will raise a key short-term interest rate to 2.5 percent 12 months from now and 3.5 percent by the end of next year, a newspaper reported Thursday. The Wall Street Journal said that 43 of 55 economists surveyed said they expect the central bank to raise its target for the federal funds rate, an overnight bank lending rate, starting in June, up sharply from a month ago when most economists surveyed said the Fed would raise rates in...

NEW YORK, May 10 (Reuters) - It is rare for economists on Wall Street to agree on anything but for once they are united, sharing the view that the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates in June, or August at the latest. But they still differ on how far the U.S. central bank will go, now that the economy is on a sure footing and inflation is on the rise. A blockbuster April U.S. payrolls report has prompted a wholesale shift in thinking about the Fed on Wall Street and analysts now see no reason for it to put off...

Look, up in the sky: It's a bird. It's a plane. It's the fed funds rate. How high will it go? NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - In case there was any doubt, Friday's jobs report made a Fed rate hike a done deal. The only questions now are: how far and how fast will rates rise? The answer depends on whether or not policy-makers have been watching the right numbers. Friday morning, the Labor Department reported a second consecutive blowout number for monthly job growth, sending economists scrambling to readjust their forecasts for the Federal Reserve's first interest-rate hike since...

Central bank not seen raising rates Tuesday but FOMC likely to signal that a rate hike is coming. NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - Economists will be shocked if the Federal Reserve were to change interest rates Tuesday, but most are convinced the central bank's policy makers will do so soon. The Fed's Open Market Committee meeting Tuesday is its first since recent economic reports showed the highest jobs expansion and inflationary pressure in several years. But even with rates near four-decade lows, economists believe it's too soon to expect the Fed to shake up the market with a sudden rate...