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Israel PM Strikes Deal For Settlers To Leave West Bank Outpost
In the days before the scheduled evacuation, Eviatar hummed with activity as teenagers used pickaxes to plant trees and children played on an inflatable slide.
AFP
AFP
Jaffa housing battles shed light on Israel's Arab-Jewish unrest
Hostility has gripped usually quiet mixed communities of Israeli Jews and Arabs since the start of a full-blown military escalation a week ago pitting Israel's army against the Islamist group Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
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East Jerusalem Hospital Fills Up After Al-Aqsa Clashes
Palestinians wounded in clashes with Israeli police at Al-Aqsa mosque compound filled the halls of an east Jerusalem hospital Monday, several having lost eyes after being hit by rubber bullets.
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A Pastor Rescues A Cemetery For Enslaved People, Then Buries Her Son In It
Over five years, Pastor Michelle Thomas restored a neglected graveyard for the enslaved in Virginia. Then, her 16-year-old son drowned.
Pandemic Precautions Are Still A Partisan Issue In This Northern Virginia Congressional Race
Democratic Congresswoman Jennifer Wexton is campaigning almost entirely via Zoom in Loudoun County, Va. Her opponent Aliscia Andrews is meeting indoors without masks.
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Unable To Travel To Mecca, Muslim Community Holds Drive-Thru Hajj
With the real pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia curtailed due to the pandemic, a Muslim community in Maryland builds a Kaaba on a traffic circle for a drive-through Hajj
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NPR
Black Doctors Say Pandemic Reveals Enduring Racial Inequity Medicine Alone Cannot Fix
In Washington, three-quarters of the people who have died from COVID-19 have been Black. Three doctors working in the city’s hospitals share the view from their emergency departments.
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Hardline Immigration Czar Cuccinelli Leaves Complex Legacy For Virginia Republicans
Ken Cuccinelli has ascended to a position of national influence as acting Director of U.S. Citizens and Immigration Services. But in his home turf of Northern Virginia, voters have turned away from the conservative policies he champions.
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Gun Control Laws Emerge As Top Issue Ahead Of Virginia Elections
Virginia gun culture has flourished in part because of the Commonwealth’s lenient gun laws. But Democrats say they plan to change that.
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AS EMPLOYMENT RISES, AFRICAN AMERICAN TRANSPLANTS RIDE JOBS WAVE TO THE SOUTH
With the U.S. experiencing record low unemployment, African Americans are part of a Reverse Great Migration. I used census data and on the ground reporting to show how Charlotte’s African American middle class is swelling with transplants from New York, Chicago and other cities in the northeast and Midwest.
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25 Years After Apartheid Ended, South Africa's Land Rights Problem Is Boiling Over
Since the end of apartheid, the South African government has promised to chip away at the white ownership of much of the country's farmland. But that hasn’t happened - and the murder of a winemaker at the center of a land dispute illustrates how this issue is boiling over.
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VENMO’S PUBLIC PAYMENTS CHANGE RELATIONSHIPS
What happens when the world can see your payments? One woman finds out the hard way when Venmo leads her mom to discover she’s living with her boyfriend.
Weeks of violence dampen Christmas spirit at Bethlehem hotel
Gloom descends on beloved century-old Jacir Palace hotel in Bethlehem as the economy plunges in the most lucrative season of the year.
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Palestinian Sesame Street ails without US funds
After Congress froze the transfer of nearly $200 million to the US Agency for International Development, Sharaa Simsim went dark.