Evangelical Lutheran church installs 1st transgender bishop
SAN FRANCISCO — The Evangelical Lutheran Church of America is set to install its first openly transgender bishop on Saturday.
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Could Texas abortion ban strategy be double-edged sword?
SALT LAKE CITY — The unusual legal strategy used to ban most abortions in Texas is already increasingly being employed in Republican-led states to...
TV’s Cartoonito aim: to help tots be ‘best humans’ possible
LOS ANGELES — It's a good time to be a preschooler with TV privileges.
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UNH steps up virus regulations; Vermont marathon scaled back
A look at coronavirus-related developments round New England:
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In the GOP, voter ID is a slam dunk … except in Nebraska
OMAHA, Neb. — State Sen. Mike Groene was frustrated but not terribly surprised last year when Nebraska’s legislature rejected, for the seventh time, a...
Prince Andrew’s lawyers question service of legal documents
LONDON — A U.S. court will hold a pretrial conference Monday in the civil suit filed by a woman who claims Prince Andrew sexually...
Indiana reports first West Nile virus case of 2021
INDIANAPOLIS — State health officials are asking Indiana residents to protect themselves from mosquito bites after the first West Nile virus case of 2021...
Indiana DNR: Birds now can be fed in all 92 counties
INDIANAPOLIS — Hoosiers in all 92 Indiana counties can resume feeding birds, the Department of Natural Resources has announced.
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Crowded stadiums, pandemic create combustible mix this fall
More than 65,000 fans packed a stadium in Tampa to watch Tom Brady lead the Buccaneers to a win in the NFL's season opener,...
From COVID to Ida: Louisiana’s marginalized ‘see no way out’
CHALMETTE, La. — Darkness set in for Natasha Blunt well before Hurricane Ida knocked out power across Louisiana.
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