Locomotive FC end night scoreless against San Diego Loyal SC
(Courtesy: El Paso Locomotive FC) EL PASO, Texas – El Paso Locomotive FC (West-7, 12-12-8, 44 points)Â fought to a 0-0 draw against San Diego Loyal…
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Elite pilots prepare for ‘camping out in the sky’ as they compete in prestigious ballooning race
By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Flying high in the air, pilots Barbara Fricke and Peter Cuneo will have little…
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Elite pilots prepare for ‘camping out in the sky’ as they compete in prestigious ballooning race
By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — It’s been 15 years since the world’s elite ballooning pilots have gathered in…
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NMSU makes history! Aggies top FIU, 34-17 to win first CUSA football game
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – History was made Wednesday night for the New Mexico State Aggies. NMSU secured their first ever Conference USA victory after…
Continue Reading Georgia state Senate to start its own inquiry of troubled Fulton County jail
By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A Georgia state Senate committee says it will start its own investigation of jail conditions in the…
Continue Reading Bedbugs are making France anxious ahead of the 2024 Summer Olympics
By ELAINE GANLEY Associated Press PARIS (AP) — They creep, they crawl, they feast on your blood as you sleep. They may travel in your clothes or…
Continue Reading Pavia leads New Mexico State to 34-17 victory over FIU
LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) — Diego Pavia threw two touchdown passes and ran for a score to help New Mexico State pull away in the fourth quarter for a…
Continue Reading 1 dead, more than 300 injured as Typhoon Koinu sweeps parts of Taiwan
By SIMINA MISTREANU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Typhoon Koinu is sweeping southern Taiwan. One person has died and more than 300 have…
Continue Reading Israeli arms quietly helped Azerbaijan retake Nagorno-Karabakh, to the dismay of region’s Armenians
By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel has quietly helped fuel Azerbaijan’s campaign to recapture Nagorno-Karabakh,…
Continue Reading An atheist in northern Nigeria was arrested. Then the attacks against the others worsened
By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press When the megaphone called out for the daily Islamic prayers, the nonbeliever grabbed his prayer beads and ambled…
Continue Reading Fearing ostracism or worse, many nonbelievers hide their views in the Middle East and North Africa
By MARIAM FAM Associated Press There’s the Tunisian woman who fasts during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, though not for God. The Iraqi woman…
Continue Reading In the pope’s homeland, more Argentines are seeking spiritual answers beyond the church
By LUIS ANDRES HENAO and NATACHA PISARENKO Associated Press CAPILLA DEL MONTE, Argentina (AP) — In the pope’s homeland, there’s a woman who…
Continue Reading Nearly 80% of Italians say they are Catholic. But few regularly go to church
By GIOVANNA DELL’ORTO Associated Press ISOLA DEL GRAN SASSO, Italy (AP) — Two children scribbled petitions to St. Gabriele dell’Addolorata…
Continue Reading America’s nonreligious are a growing, diverse phenomenon. They really don’t like organized religion
By PETER SMITH Associated Press Mike Dulak grew up Catholic in Southern California, but by his teen years, he began skipping Mass and driving…
Continue Reading In secular Japan, what draws so many to temples and shrines? Stamp collecting and tradition
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Momo Nomura, a graphic artist and entrepreneur, visits a shrine near her business meetings or trips…
Continue Reading Nonreligious struggle to find their voice and place in Indian society and politics
By DEEPA BHARATH Associated Press CHENNAI, India (AP) — Despite India’s millennia-old history of nonreligious movements, most atheists and…
Continue Reading Israel is perennially swept up in religious conflict. Yet many of its citizens are secular
By ILAN BEN ZION Associated Press MEVASSERET ZION, Israel (AP) — Israel is a nation perennially swept up in religious fervor and conflict. And yet,…
Continue Reading Fearing ostracism or worse, many nonbelievers hide their views in the Middle East and North Africa
By MARIAM FAM Associated Press There’s the Tunisian woman who fasts during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, though not for God. The Iraqi woman…
Continue Reading Nearly every Alaskan gets a $1,312 oil check this fall. The unique benefit is a blessing and a curse
By BECKY BOHRER Associated Press JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Nearly every Alaskan will receive a $1,312 check starting this week, their annual share from…
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Rapids match with Dallas postponed due to thunderstorm
FRISCO, Texas (AP) — Thunderstorms forced the postponement of Wednesday night’s match between the Colorado Rapids and FC Dallas. The league…
Continue Reading An atheist in northern Nigeria was arrested. Then the attacks against the others worsened
By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press KANO, Nigeria (AP) — When the megaphone called out for the daily Islamic prayers, the nonbeliever grabbed his…
Continue Reading Nearly 80% of Italians say they are Catholic. But few regularly go to church
By GIOVANNA DELL’ORTO Associated Press ISOLA DEL GRAN SASSO, Italy (AP) — Two children scribbled petitions to St. Gabriele dell’Addolorata…
Continue Reading Advocate, artist, grandmother: National leaders and family gather to honor Feinstein’s legacy
By JANIE HAR Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris and other national leaders praised the late U.S. Sen. Dianne…
Continue Reading Kevin McCarthy’s ouster as House speaker could cost the GOP its best fundraiser heading into 2024
By WILL WEISSERT and BRIAN SLODYSKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Kevin McCarthy spent years raising mountains of Republican campaign cash,…
Continue Reading Columbus statue, removed from a square in Providence, Rhode Island, re-emerges in nearby town
By STEVE LeBLANC Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Three years after a Christopher Columbus statue was removed from a square in Providence, Rhode…
Continue Reading In the pope’s homeland, more Argentines are seeking spiritual answers beyond the church
By LUIS ANDRES HENAO and NATACHA PISARENKO Associated Press CAPILLA DEL MONTE, Argentina (AP) — In the pope’s homeland, there’s a woman who…
Continue Reading Trump’s intensifying rhetoric offers insight into how he might govern again as president
By MICHELLE L. PRICE and NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press Over the past two weeks, Donald Trump said shoplifters should be immediately shot,…
Continue Reading America’s nonreligious are a growing, diverse phenomenon. They really don’t like organized religion
By PETER SMITH Associated Press Mike Dulak grew up Catholic in Southern California, but by his teen years, he began skipping Mass and driving…
Continue Reading Highlights from AP-NORC poll about the religiously unaffiliated in the US
By PETER SMITH Associated Press Thirty percent of Americans don’t identify with a religious group — but not all of them are atheists or…
Continue Reading From cradle to casket, life for Italians changes as Catholic faith loses relevance
By GIOVANNA DELL’ORTO Associated Press ISOLA DEL GRAN SASSO, Italy (AP) — In small towns like this mountain one a couple of hours east of…
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