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Faith and Family

It looks like summer, and the sun is getting closer to our expectation of what the season is about: HEAT. But as a local, I know this can change on a dime. I want to share with you an event that happened to me the other day and how it changed my perspective on God’s goodness and his presence ...

Attack at a California Islamic center

EDITOR’S NOTE: This story includes discussion of suicide. If you or someone you know needs help, the national suicide and crisis lifeline in the U.S. is available by calling or texting 988. SAN DIEGO, CA — In rambling writings full of vitriol against a wide range of people, the teenagers ...

Arkansas lawsuit

FAYETTE, AR — A real estate broker says an organization denied her the opportunity to purchase land in an Arkansas development because of her Jewish ancestry, and because she has a Black husband and biracial children, according to a lawsuit filed Wednesday in federal court. The lawsuit, ...

Faith and Family

I listen to or watch the news after dinner. Often, it makes me upset to see so much suffering and so much violence that has no meaning or a clear reason for the hurt it causes. Currently, we are plagued with rampages of anger and behavior that hurt or kill ordinary citizens and innocent souls ...

Seeking a connection

KEY WEST, Fla. — Ruthie Browning dove into the calm, blue water off Key West, Florida, expecting to see “a big, old rock with stuff growing all over it.” She was on a pilgrimage with other Black divers and community members, visiting sacred sites including one where a British slave ship ...

Vatican issues final warning

ROME (AP) — With Pope Leo XIV’s first big crisis looming, the Vatican Wednesday issued a final warning to a breakaway group of traditionalist Catholics that their planned consecration of bishops without papal consent constitutes a schismatic act that incurs automatic excommunication. Leo ...