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More than 10,000 without power as storms roll through Houston area
CenterPoint Energy's Outage Tracker shows hundreds of outages across southeast Texas Monday morning, as thunderstorms roll ...
Book Review: Sara Jafari’s 'Things Left Unsaid' is a tale of tentative lovers who keep connecting
Sara Jafari’s “Things Left Unsaid” is a love-craving, tumbling tale of two Iranian British friends who first meet in high ...
Book Review: Nancy Kwan tells the behind-the-scenes story of playing a Hollywood stereotype
In “The World of Nancy Kwan,” a memoir by the pioneer Hollywood star, we hear from the real-life woman who played Suzie Wong.
Unseeded Ostapenko defeats top-seeded Sabalenka to win Porsche Grand Prix in Stuttgart
STUTTGART, Germany (AP) — Unseeded Jelena Ostapenko upset top-seeded Aryna Sabalenka in straight sets on Monday to win the ...
Lawful permanent residents like Mahmoud Khalil have a right to freedom of speech – but does that protect them from deportation?
And Mohsen Mahdawi, a Palestinian man who is a lawful permanent resident and a Columbia University student active in the Palestinian rights protests, was detained and arrested on April 25. This ...
Francis, a pope of many firsts: 5 essential reads
Jorge Mario Bergoglio became a pope of many firsts: the first modern pope from outside Europe, the first whose papal name honors St. Francis of Assisi, and the first Jesuit – a Catholic religious ...
'A tremendous loss': Texas Catholics mourn death of Pope Francis
Pope Francis passed away on tktkt after 12 years of leading the international Catholic community. In light of the loss, ...
Thousands are expected to attend the White House Easter Egg Roll, with the Trumps presiding
The Easter Egg Roll is one of the oldest White House traditions. It dates to 1878 and the presidency of Rutherford B. Hayes, ...
Claves sobre la muerte del papa Francisco
La muerte de Francisco fue anunciada por el cardenal Kevin Farrell, el camarlengo del Vaticano, nacido en Irlanda y que ocupa ...
What to know about the death of Pope Francis
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis died on Easter Monday at the age of 88. Here are the key things to know about the death of ...
Francis − a pope who cared deeply for the poor and opened up the Catholic Church
Francis’ papacy has been historic. He embraced the marginalized in ways that no pope had done before. He not only deepened the Catholic Church’s commitment to the poor in its religious life but also ...
How the next pope will be elected – what goes on at the conclave
(THE CONVERSATION) With the death of Pope Francis, attention now turns to the selection of his successor. The next pope will be chosen in what is called a “conclave,” a Latin word meaning “ a room ...