Pope Francis has called for 'decisive action' in the fight against sex abuse of minors by priests, telling Bishop Gerhard Mueller, the head of Congregation for the Doctrine of Faith to ensure that perpetrators will be punished. It was the pope's first public statement on clerical sex abuse, since being elected last month, replacing Pope Benedict, who was the first in 600 years to resign from the papacy.
Riverview Gun Sales, the Connecticut shop that sold a gun to the Newtown elementary school's shooter's mother, Nancy Lanza, has lost its federal firearms license. Authorities raided the store shortly after the December 14 in which Adam Lanza killed 26 people at Sandy Hook Elementary School, including 20 children. He also shot his mother.
A capital murder suspect and a convicted drug offender were the subject of a two-day manhunt, after escaping from a Texas jail. They are back in lockup after being cornered in a barn about 20 miles away from the penitentiary. Brian Allen Tucker and John Marlin King were returned to the jail in Sulphur Springs, about 75 miles northeast of Dallas, from where they fled on Tuesday.
