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Gullah Geechee elders work to preserve sacred songs passed down by enslaved ancestors

Gullah Geechee elders work to preserve sacred songs passed down by enslaved ancestors

ST. HELENA ISLAND, S.C.
How Afghan women under Taliban rule are coding their way to a brighter future

How Afghan women under Taliban rule are coding their way to a brighter future

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — One after the other, the opportunities vanished. Like so many other Afghan women, Sodaba could do little but watch as her country’s new Taliban government imposed a stranglehold on women’s lives.
Burnt offerings, whispering to mountains: Inside Bolivians' rituals for Mother Earth

Burnt offerings, whispering to mountains: Inside Bolivians' rituals for Mother Earth

LA CUMBRE, Bolivia (AP) — Neyza Hurtado was 3 years old when she was struck by lightning. Forty years later, sitting next to a bonfire on a 13,700-foot (4,175-meter) mountain, her scarred forehead makes her proud. “I am the lightning,” she said.
How one man's dream led to 50,000 pilgrims honoring Our Lady of Copacabana in Bolivia

How one man's dream led to 50,000 pilgrims honoring Our Lady of Copacabana in Bolivia

COPACABANA, Bolivia (AP) — More than 50,000 people from Bolivia and neighboring Peru make a pilgrimage every August to Copacabana, on the shores of Lake Titicaca , to honor Bolivia's patron saint, Our Lady of Copacabana.
Netanyahu hints at expanded war in Gaza but former Israeli military and spy chiefs object

Netanyahu hints at expanded war in Gaza but former Israeli military and spy chiefs object

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hinted at wider military action in devastated Gaza on Tuesday, even as former Israeli army and intelligence chiefs called for an end to the nearly 22-month war.
Purdue University student freed from ICE detention after outcry from faith leaders

Purdue University student freed from ICE detention after outcry from faith leaders

A Purdue University student from South Korea has been freed from federal detention, tearfully reuniting with her family and religious community in Manhattan following days of outcry from faith leaders in New York and abroad.

Judge blocks 4 districts from enforcing Arkansas law requiring Ten Commandments in classroom

LITTLE ROCK, Ark.
Dozens killed as Palestinians in Gaza scramble for aid from air and land

Dozens killed as Palestinians in Gaza scramble for aid from air and land

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Dozens of Palestinians were killed or wounded on Monday as desperate crowds headed toward food distribution points and airdropped parcels in the Gaza Strip , according to witnesses and local health officials.
8 are missing, including an Irish missionary, after gunmen storm a Haiti orphanage

8 are missing, including an Irish missionary, after gunmen storm a Haiti orphanage

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Eight people, including an Irish missionary and a 3-year-old child, remained missing on Monday after gunmen stormed an orphanage in Haiti , the latest attack in an area controlled by a powerful collection of armed gangs.
Israeli minister prays at flashpoint holy site as officials say 33 aid-seekers killed in Gaza

Israeli minister prays at flashpoint holy site as officials say 33 aid-seekers killed in Gaza

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — A far-right Israeli minister visited and prayed at Jerusalem’s most sensitive holy site on Sunday, triggering regional condemnation and fears that the provocative move could further escalate tensions.