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Leander Springs project to return to City Council over next few months
Developers behind the Leander Springs project near Austin reaffirmed their commitment to build the billion-dollar, 78-acre ...
Who was Olga, the Alaska Native drawing devotion as Orthodoxy’s new saint?
St. Olga of Kwethluk, Matushka of All Alaska,” as she is officially known, was canonized on June 19 as the first female Orthodox saint from North America. Orthodoxy — the ...
Alaska Native woman, ‘everybody’s helper,’ is Orthodox church’s first female North American saint
It was in the dusty streets and modest homes of this remote Alaska Native village that Olga Michael quietly lived her entire ...
An explosion and ensuing stampede kill 29 children in a Central African Republic school
An explosion and the stampede that followed killed at least 29 schoolchildren and injured more than 250 at a high school in Central African Republic’s ...
Investigators begin analyzing data from black boxes of Air India flight that crashed
Investigators have begun analyzing data extracted from the black boxes of the ill-fated Air India Boeing 787 Dreamliner that crashed about two weeks ago, killing at least 270 ...
Life of the Mother Act becomes law in Texas, allowing some abortions
The new law clarifies when doctors can perform abortions if the pregnancy poses a risk to the mother’s life. Senate Bill 31 does not expand access to abortions in Texas, but it explains when a doctor ...
Starbase borrows $1.5 million from SpaceX
The city of Starbase finalized plans to borrow about $1.5 million from SpaceX on Monday. Under the agreement, Starbase will ...