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Cubans turn to faith and family amid nationwide blackout

In the middle of a worship song on Sunday, the morning after Cuba’s electrical grid collapsed for a second time in six days, the preacher at Renewal in Christ Church in Havana said he had a message to share that came to him in a dream.  Sunlight splashed in through …

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At least 6,126 people killed in Iran’s crackdown on nationwide protests, activists say

Iran’s bloody crackdown on nationwide protests killed at least 6,126 people while many others still are feared dead, activists said Tuesday, as a U.S. aircraft carrier group arrived in the Mideast to lead any American military response to the crisis. Iran’s currency, the rial, meanwhile fell to a record low …

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As white-nose syndrome threatens bats nationwide, this scientist’s probiotic ‘cocktail’ could save them

As night falls over a large country house in Washington state’s Snohomish County, a dozen volunteers gather around Abby Tobin, a scientist with the Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife.   “They’ll start getting restless soon,” Tobin says. The group is attentive as Tobin gives instructions. Their mission is as …

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U.S. Supreme Court limits nationwide injunctions, in case on Trump birthright citizenship order

The U.S. Supreme Court dealt a blow on Friday to the power of federal judges by restricting their ability to grant broad legal relief in cases, as the justices acted in a legal fight over President Donald Trump’s bid to limit birthright citizenship, ordering lower courts that blocked the policy …

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Nationwide protests in Georgia are a battle for the direction of the country — toward Europe or Russia

As the riot police form a line, shields raised, protesters across the street shout curses and chants at them before deploying fireworks. As the pyrotechnics rain down, some of the police charge forward, dragging protesters away for arrest, beating them all the while. A crowd dispersal vehicle with water cannons …

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After losing their children to rare cancer, Alberta parents advocate for nationwide change

A home once filled with music and laughter feels empty without Gabriel Rey.  The piano he used to play hasn’t been touched since the 12-year-old Calgary boy lost his battle with diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma, or DIPG.  “The voice, the shouting, the running around, the, ‘Do your homework first before …

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