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Majority of US adults support religious chaplains in public schools, a new AP-NORC poll shows
Few U.S. adults support allowing religious schools to become tax-funded public charter schools, but a majority favors ...
Who was Olga, the Alaska Native drawing devotion as Orthodoxy’s new saint?
St. Olga of Kwethluk, Matushka of All Alaska,” as she is officially known, was canonized on June 19 as the first female ...
Alaska Native woman, ‘everybody’s helper,’ is Orthodox church’s first female North American saint
It was in the dusty streets and modest homes of this remote Alaska Native village that Olga Michael quietly lived her entire ...
Investigators begin analyzing data from black boxes of Air India flight that crashed
Investigators have begun analyzing data extracted from the black boxes of the ill-fated Air India Boeing 787 Dreamliner that crashed about two weeks ago, killing at least 270 ...
International Space Station welcomes its first astronauts from India, Poland and Hungary
The first astronauts in more than 40 years from India, Poland and Hungary arrived at the International Space Station on ...
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei makes first public statement after end of Israel-Iran war
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei made his first public statement Thursday after the end of the Israel-Iran war. Khamenei took shelter in a secret location ...
North Korea may send military construction workers to Russia as early as July or August
North Korea’s planned dispatch of thousands of military construction workers and deminers to Russia’s Kursk region will likely take place as early as July or August, ...
These are the celebs who are attending Jeff Bezos’ Venice wedding
Oprah Winfrey arrived in Venice on Thursday, leading a star-studded guest list of celebrities descending on the lagoon city for the weekend wedding of Amazon founder Jeff ...
Florida congresswoman says offices were evacuated due to death threats
Rep. Kat Cammack (R-Fla.) on Wednesday said her offices were evacuated due to “imminent death threats against me, my unborn child, my family, and my staff.” ...
Cambodia ex-leader Hun Sen and Thailand’s prime minister make separate visits to tense border areas
Cambodia’s powerful former leader Hun Sen and Thailand’s prime minister, Paetongtarn Shinawatra, on Thursday made separate ...
College graduates face toughest job market in more than a decade as hiring slows
While completing a master’s degree in data analysis, Palwasha Zahid moved from Dallas to a town near Silicon Valley. The ...
Storms in France leave 2 dead, 17 injured and cause parliament to spring a leak
Two people were killed and 17 injured during torrential storms in France that toppled trees, flooded Paris streets and caused parliament’s roof to spring a leak as the prime ...