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Expect more fake eggs on this year’s Easter spread
MISSION, Kan. — With egg prices stubbornly high, the internet has offered up a host of alternatives, with crafters painting…
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Asia
Unification Church faces dissolution in Japan
CALLS FOR HELP It would be the third religious group ordered to disband in Japan – another being the Aum…
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Hamas brushes off Trump’s threat, will only free hostages in return for lasting truce
CAIRO — The Hamas militant group on Thursday brushed off President Donald Trump’s latest threat and reiterated that it will…
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Pope marks 1 week in hospital with pneumonia: Might he resign?
ROME — Pope Francis marked the one-week point Friday in his hospital stay, getting up to eat breakfast as the…
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Mexico
Why are Mexicans dressings Jesus as a Club America fan?
Can you picture the Baby Jesus dressed in your favorite club’s jersey? Well, one Mexico City market has made this…
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Supreme Court to weigh approval for 1st publicly funded religious charter school
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court agreed Friday to take on a new culture war dispute: whether the nation’s first publicly…
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Asia
India kicks off massive Hindu festival for 400 million pilgrims
About 30 new bridges have been built, and around 7,000 saffron-coloured buses will be ferrying devotees to the banks of…
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Soccer-loving nun from Brazil tops list of world’s oldest living person at nearly 117
MIAMI — A soccer-loving nun from Brazil is believed to have become the world’s oldest living person at nearly 117…
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Texas is taking a final vote on allowing Bible-infused lessons in public schools
AUSTIN, Texas — Texas would allow Bible-infused lessons in elementary schools under changes that were set for a final vote…
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United States
Thousands mourn Turkish preacher and Erdoğan rival Fethullah Gülen
Gülen, who was accused by Turkey’s president of orchestrating a coup in 2016, died on Sunday at a Pennsylvania hospital.…
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