Pope urges charity when churches are sold, reused
Photo Credit: AP Photo/ Gregorio Borgia ROME – The Vatican and bishops from Europe and beyond have developed proposed guidelines for the sale or reuse …
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Google spinoff to test truly driverless cars in California
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Church opens in former
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Was There: Smith and Carlos protest during 1968 Olympics
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Coogler to return as writer-director of ‘Black Panther 2′
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Runner who lost feet to frostbite completes first marathon
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WHO says it can fight Ebola outbreak despite U.S. withdrawal
Photo Credit: AP Photo GENEVA (AP) — The head of the World Health Organization said Monday it can fight the deadly Ebola outbreak in Congo …
National fraternities, sororities sue Harvard over controversial single-sex rule
PHOTO COURTESY OF HARVARD.ORG CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Several national fraternities and sororities sued Harvard University Monday over a 2016 rule that discourages students from joining …
Africans played key, often unheralded, role in WorldWar I
PHOTO COURTESY OF THE GREAT WAR PROJECT JOHANNESBURG (AP) – Amid the fanfare marking the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I, little …
Arkansas’ capital city could elect black mayor for first time
PHOTO COURTESY OF YOUTUBE.COM LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – Voters are casting ballots in an election that could result in Little Rock’s first popularly elected …
Caucus pushes to raise the age for buying tobacco to 21
PHOTO COURTESY OF TWITTER The Legislative Black Caucus of Maryland is concerned about the toll smoking has taken on the African-American community and is leading …
GROUPS OPPOSE PLANTATION EXHIBIT COMING TO DETROIT MUSEUM
PHOTO COURTESY OF WORLD HISTORY DETROIT (AP) – A coalition of community groups is opposing a planned Thomas Jefferson Monticello plantation exhibit coming to Detroit. …
U.S. coal consumption drops to lowest level since 1979
PHOTO COURTESY OF THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans are consuming less coal in 2018 than at any time since Jimmy Carter’s presidency, …
Trump task force recommends ways to boost Postal Service
WASHINGTON (AP) — A task force created by President Donald Trump to evaluate ways to stem billions of dollars in losses at the U.S. Postal …
Wrapping up the holidays in an environmentally sustainable way
For many of us, wrapping gifts is even more fun than giving them. But each year, we throw away miles and miles of wrapping paper, …