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View ArticleFeds say slaughter geese in city parks
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View ArticleFor Easter on Fifth Avenue, faith is optional
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View ArticleThe Border Project: Catholics divided on migrants
The Catholic image Our Lady of Guadalupe, a Mexican depiction of the Virgin Mary, is painted on many glass candles at the religious shrine of El Tiradito in downtown Tucson. Both English and...
View ArticleNYC Marathon: Navajo vibe in Bay Ridge
Frank Stokes, of The Awakening Live jazz band, plays for the marathon runners and crowds in Bay Ridge. Photo by Chelsia Marcius As bass player Frank Stokes strummed his guitar strings for passing...
View ArticleAfter fire, Queens shop owner reminisces
Pedestrians walk along 37th Avenue between 84th Street and 85th Street in Jackson Heights, Queens, passing a vacant lot where Tom's Shoe Repair burned down in February. Thomas Kourakos opened the shop...
View ArticlePhiladelphia Life: Despite population increase, some Amish choose to leave
Jemima King, 28, of Lancaster County, Pa., stands in front of her family's Amish produce stand at Reading Terminal Market in Philadelphia. Despite a recent increase in the worldwide Amish population,...
View ArticleJewish book sale bridges generational gap
Barely visible behind the tidy, stacked columns of Judaic literature, Yitzhak Israeli leafed through a leather-bound copy of the Talmud, searching for new insights on an ancient text. Two rows away,...
View ArticleHundreds protest hearings on Muslim extremism
Muhammad Tahir stood tall over the sea of umbrellas and patterned headscarves, his face solemn as he held a soggy sign high above the crowd. Hundreds of others flashed similar posters, all with the...
View ArticleFeds say slaughter geese in city parks
Honking fowl may no longer be a common sound in New York City parks. The United States Department of Agriculture (U.S.D.A.) and City Hall plan for another round of goose killings this year, drawing...
View ArticleFor Easter on Fifth Avenue, faith is optional
Decked out in anything from marshmallows and playing cards to banners, trinkets and plastic eggs, hundreds made their way along Fifth Avenue Easter Sunday in the Bonnet Festival at St. Patrick’s...
View ArticleAfter leaving the order, Catholic “married priests” continue to minister
Thomas McCormick holds two photos of himself, one taken during the early years of his priesthood, the other taken more than 20 years later on his wedding day. McCormick is one of 200 priests of...
View ArticleRebuilding Detroit: Two sides of 8 Mile
Along the curved path of Woodstock Street near the corner of Durham Road, Byna Camden often cruises in her boat-sized, cream-colored Cadillac Eldorado as part of Green Acres radio patrol, keeping watch...
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