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‘Haitians are not eating pets’: Springfield faith leaders stand with embattled migrants
September 16, 2024
‘It was a tough week,’ said Harold Herard, a Haitian community leader in Springfield and visitor at Central Christian Church on Sunday. ‘But today, we feel free.’
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Victims of 9/11 attack remembered in Kent
September 12, 2024
The town paused in somber reflection Wednesday, Sept. 11, to remember the loss of nearly 3,000 American citizens, 2,753 of them at the Twin Towers in Manhattan, on 9/11.
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Maine law thwarts impact of school choice decision, lawsuit says
September 09, 2024
A Christian school at the center of a U.S. Supreme Court decision that required Maine to include religious schools in a state tuition program is appealing a ruling upholding a requirement that all participating facilities abide by a state anti-discrimination law.
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How a drug bust in Wythe County pushed Charley Crockett into a country music career
August 23, 2024
Today, he’s a breakout country music star. He credits an arrest on I-81 with forcing him to focus on music, not running marijuana.
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Weathering Storms
August 13, 2024
An in-depth look at why people don’t leave disaster-prone communities.
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Concerns grow about Christian nationalism in North Dakota
August 06, 2024
Some Christian denominations are publicly or discreetly raising worries about a rise in an ideology known as “Christian nationalism” that desires a brand of conservative Christian dominion over all aspects of American society and politics.
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Five faith facts about Harris pick Tim Walz, a ‘Minnesota Lutheran’ Dad
August 06, 2024
Some are calling his persona “Midwestern Dad” energy, citing his background as a high school teacher and football coach. But Minnesotans know Walz as something even more specific: a “Minnesota Lutheran” Dad.
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Blacksburg runner qualifies for Olympic finals
August 04, 2024
The former University of Oregon star has been training under Virginia Tech’s track and field coach.
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Rodeo riders of all ages and skill buck, bash and bust in Fallon
July 23, 2024
A look inside the 10th annual De Golyer Bucking Horse and Bull Bash Rodeo.
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Amid a flood of bad news, a 90-year-old Vermonter finds reason to sing
July 21, 2024
“Time is fleeting, kid — use it right,” says Barbara Lloyd, who is celebrating her 70th anniversary as a member of the Weston Theater Company with a showstopping role seemingly scripted for turbulent times.
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Oklahoma’s superintendent orders public schools to teach the Bible – relying on controversial views about religious freedom
July 08, 2024
Ryan Walters claimed in an interview on NewsNation that the Bible had “been removed from classrooms, and we’re saying, listen, we’re proud to be the first state to bring it back.”
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How a South Carolina Town Transformed into a Southeastern Arts Hub
June 19, 2024
Lake City officials are now eyeing year-round arts initiatives to secure economic growth.
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Ojibwe costume designer for ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ sues Apple Studios following racial discrimination complaint
May 28, 2024
On the heels of a previous dispute over racial discrimination, Kristi Marie Hoffman says she is not receiving proper recognition for her work as First Assistant Costume Designer on Killers of the Flower Moon.
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100-year-old basket returns home to the Modoc Nation
May 15, 2024
The Modoc Nation celebrated gembli — meaning coming home in Modoc — after leaders from the Peoria Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma returned a culturally significant basket.
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In North Carolina, A Sanctuary for Local Songwriters Emerges: The East Boone Listening Room
May 14, 2024
Songwriters from all over have played here, but for the most part, organizers “try to make it hyper-local.”
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