Faith, political leaders unite in rally against antisemitism
Faith leaders, celebrities and lawmakers across the political spectrum joined Thursday to condemn a rise in antisemitic incidents around the world triggered by the recent conflict between Israel and Gaza’s militant Hamas rulers.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
Faith, political leaders unite in rally against antisemitism
Faith leaders, celebrities and lawmakers across the political spectrum joined Thursday to condemn a rise in antisemitic incidents around the world triggered by the recent conflict between Israel and Gaza’s militant Hamas rulers.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
Faith, political leaders unite in rally against antisemitism
Faith leaders, celebrities and lawmakers across the political spectrum joined Thursday to condemn a rise in antisemitic incidents around the world triggered by the recent conflict between Israel and Gaza’s militant Hamas rulers.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
Faith, political leaders unite in rally against antisemitism
Faith leaders, celebrities and lawmakers across the political spectrum joined Thursday to condemn a rise in antisemitic incidents around the world triggered by the recent conflict between Israel and Gaza’s militant Hamas rulers.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
Panel says faith community must lead slavery reparations
The faith community should guide the way on reparations for America’s history of slavery and racial discrimination and help the nation’s process of reconciliation and healing, religious leaders said during a panel held to discuss the issue.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
Panel says faith community must lead slavery reparations
The faith community should guide the way on reparations for America’s history of slavery and racial discrimination and help the nation’s process of reconciliation and healing, religious leaders said during a panel held to discuss the issue.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
Panel says faith community must lead slavery reparations
The faith community should guide the way on reparations for America’s history of slavery and racial discrimination and help the nation’s process of reconciliation and healing, religious leaders said during a panel held to discuss the issue.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
Panel says faith community must lead slavery reparations
The faith community should guide the way on reparations for America’s history of slavery and racial discrimination and help the nation’s process of reconciliation and healing, religious leaders said during a panel held to discuss the issue.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
Faith leaders call for elimination of Senate filibuster
A coalition of faith leaders and activists on Monday demanded the elimination of the Senate filibuster, wading into a crucial debate in Washington with a 50-50 Senate and President Joe Biden eyeing ambitious legislation on expanding voting rights, stemming gun violence and other proposals that face opposition from Republicans.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
Faith leaders call for elimination of Senate filibuster
A coalition of faith leaders and activists on Monday demanded the elimination of the Senate filibuster, wading into a crucial debate in Washington with a 50-50 Senate and President Joe Biden eyeing ambitious legislation on expanding voting rights, stemming gun violence and other proposals that face opposition from Republicans.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
Faith leaders call for elimination of Senate filibuster
A coalition of faith leaders and activists on Monday demanded the elimination of the Senate filibuster, wading into a crucial debate in Washington with a 50-50 Senate and President Joe Biden eyeing ambitious legislation on expanding voting rights, stemming gun violence and other proposals that face opposition from Republicans.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
Election turmoil splits West Virginia city's evangelicals
BLUEFIELD, W.Va. (AP) — If you’re Christian in Bluefield — and most everyone is, in this small city tucked into the Appalachian Mountains — you have your choice.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
Election turmoil splits West Virginia city's evangelicals
BLUEFIELD, W.Va. (AP) — If you’re Christian in Bluefield — and most everyone is, in this small city tucked into the Appalachian Mountains — you have your choice.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
Election turmoil splits West Virginia city's evangelicals
BLUEFIELD, W.Va. (AP) — If you’re Christian in Bluefield — and most everyone is, in this small city tucked into the Appalachian Mountains — you have your choice.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
Election turmoil splits West Virginia city's evangelicals
BLUEFIELD, W.Va. (AP) — If you’re Christian in Bluefield — and most everyone is, in this small city tucked into the Blue Ridge Mountains — you have your choice.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
Isolated at home, California woman connects by giving
Even as she fights cancer and struggles with a rare lung disease, Corinna Dewar thinks of helping others.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Christmas unites community after fire guts historic church
NEW YORK (AP) — At Christmases past, parishioners at Middle Collegiate in New York City rejoiced over gospel hymns, carols and soul tunes played on a Steinway piano that is now only metal and ashes after the historic church was destroyed this month by fire.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Virginia woman does 53 acts of kindness for 53rd birthday
The pandemic didn’t allow Debra Ferrell to gather with her whole family for her birthday. So instead, she celebrated the day by giving back — with 53 gifts from her heart.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Virginia woman does 53 acts of kindness for 53rd birthday
The pandemic didn’t allow Debra Ferrell to gather with her whole family for her birthday. So instead, she celebrated the day by giving back — with 53 gifts from her heart.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Virginia woman does 53 acts of kindness for 53rd birthday
The pandemic didn’t allow Debra Ferrell to gather with her whole family for her birthday. So instead, she celebrated the day by giving back — with 53 gifts from her heart.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Virginia woman does 53 acts of kindness for 53rd birthday
The pandemic didn’t allow Debra Ferrell to gather with her whole family for her birthday. So instead, she celebrated the day by giving back — with 53 gifts from her heart.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
US Jews plan smaller Hanukkah celebrations amid virus
Jewish Americans from a variety of branches of the faith are celebrating Hanukkah with smaller-than-usual gatherings this year, in hopes of keeping the year-end holiday safe but still joyful as coronavirus cases spike across the country.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
US Jews plan smaller Hanukkah celebrations amid virus
Jewish Americans from a variety of branches of the faith are celebrating Hanukkah with smaller-than-usual gatherings this year, in hopes of keeping the year-end holiday safe but still joyful as coronavirus cases spike across the country.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
US Jews plan smaller Hanukkah celebrations amid virus
Jewish Americans from a variety of branches of the faith are celebrating Hanukkah with smaller-than-usual gatherings this year, in hopes of keeping the year-end holiday safe but still joyful as coronavirus cases spike across the country.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
US Jews plan smaller Hanukkah celebrations amid virus
Jewish Americans from a variety of branches of the faith are celebrating Hanukkah with smaller-than-usual gatherings this year, in hopes of keeping the year-end holiday safe but still joyful as coronavirus cases spike across the country.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Pandemic, loss unite 2 rural Missouri pastors around faith
NOEL, Mo. (AP) — Thirty miles of rural Missouri separate the two churches, and so much else. One is mostly white; the other hosts services in five languages for a flock that spans the world.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Fire guts historic church home to New York's Liberty Bell
NEW YORK (AP) — A historic church in lower Manhattan that houses New York's Liberty Bell and whose congregation dates to the city's earliest days was gutted by a massive fire early Saturday that sent flames shooting through the roof.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Predawn fire guts old church housing New York's Liberty Bell
NEW YORK (AP) — A historic church in lower Manhattan that houses New York's Liberty Bell and whose congregation dates to the city's earliest days was gutted by a massive fire early Saturday that sent flames shooting through the roof.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Brooklyn bishop hails ruling, says diocese in line with pope
NEW YORK (AP) — The longtime head of the Roman Catholic Church in Brooklyn said Friday that a ruling by the Supreme Court that barred New York from enforcing certain restrictions on religious services in areas hit hard by the coronavirus is a “good decision” that guarantees constitutional protections for …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Alabama mail carrier surprises birthday boy with a gift
When Chip Matthews heard the mail truck arriving on his sixth birthday, he rushed out — not knowing that he’d come back with a treasure.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Vatican report reveals anonymous letters accusing McCarrick
The Vatican’s report on ex-Cardinal Theodore McCarrick revealed the previously unknown contents of six anonymous letters accusing him of pedophilia that were sent to U.S. church leaders in the early 1990s and later forwarded to the Holy See.
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Christian churches mirror country's political division
NEW YORK (AP) — The messages in Christian houses of worship on the first weekend since the election were as divided as the country's electorate, with religious leaders mostly calling for peace and unification even as some bemoaned the result and others celebrated.
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Faith groups pray, sing in post-vote ritual in New York
NEW YORK (AP) — Buddhists, Christians, Jews, Muslims and people of other faiths prayed and sang together in post-election solidarity Wednesday afternoon in New York City, even as the outcome of the hotly contested and polarizing vote was still in doubt.
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Who's Logan today? Teen dons costumes to cheer classmates
NEW YORK (AP) — Harry Potter. The Phantom of the Opera. Thor. A pirate, a baseball player and a gentleman in a bowler hat. Logan Houghtelling turned into all of them, in class, and way before Halloween — all to bring some cheer to his own life and the lives …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Yom Kippur Zoom reunites Holocaust survivors 71 years later
NEW YORK (AP) — Holocaust survivors Ruth Brandspiegel and Israel “Sasha” Eisenberg call their reunion a miracle that began on the holiest day in Judaism, and it only happened thanks to a prayer service that was held virtually due to the coronavirus pandemic.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Man shelters 300 dogs from Hurricane Delta in Mexico home
LEONA VICARIO, Mexico (AP) — As the dangerous Hurricane Delta closed in on Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula, Ricardo Pimentel opened his home — to about 300 dogs.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO
Man runs 218 miles to virus-stricken ‘Nana’s’ nursing home
Cappelloni’s “Run for Ruth” has raised more than $24,000
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Vital meals help Holocaust survivors amid coronavirus crisis
NEW YORK (AP) — Brooklyn caterer Israel Frischman is continuing to prepare dozens of meals for elderly Holocaust survivors even though the Jewish community center that provides them owes him money.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
Spreading birthday card love in the time of coronavirus
NEW YORK (AP) — Mona Helgeland was sad for her children. Their birthdays were coming up but they were self-quarantined because of the coronavirus and going to miss celebrating with friends and family.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Antarctica's mysteries could be key to future
DECEPTION ISLAND, Antarctica - Earth's past, present and future come together here on the northern peninsula of Antarctica, the wildest, most desolate and mysterious of its continents.
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