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Dozens die in extreme Hajj heat, but fears toll could be in hundreds
dpa international via Yahoo News· 3 days agoDozens of Muslims have died during the annual Hajj pilgrimage in Mecca, Saudi Arabia this year due...
Belleville doctor and chef consider taking over shuttered Hofbräuhaus building
Belleville News-Democrat via Yahoo News· 2 days agoI look at it this way, if they get in there, and for some reason it doesn’t work, how much worse are...
China changed village names 'to erase Uyghur culture'
BBC via Yahoo News· 2 days agoWatch (HRW) says. According to a report by the group, hundreds of villages in Xinjiang with names...
In Omaha's circus history, one night when the clowns cried
Omaha World-Herald· 6 days agoOmaha witnessed one of the fatal exceptions. Sway-pole artist Henrietta Kreis Grotefent fell to her...
20 years ago at the Emmys: David Hyde Pierce keeps his streak alive
LA Times via Yahoo News· 3 days agoWhether it was the tail end of a remarkably stable comedy lineup, the long-awaited breakthrough for...
MLB is honoring the Negro Leagues with game at historic Alabama ballpark. What to know
TODAY via Yahoo Sports· 2 days agoMajor League Baseball is staging a regular-season game at historic Rickwood Field in Birmingham,...
Hajj deaths from heat pass 1,000
Newsweek· 2 days agoOver 1,000 have died during extreme heat at the Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia, according to tally by the AFP news agency. Reports also say the...
‘Fantasmas’ Is Operating on a Level of Brilliance Beyond the Bizarre
indieWIRE· 8 hours agoJulio Torres' inspired new HBO series, 'Fantasmas,' centers the weird and unexpected while weaving...
Egyptian consular teams search for missing pilgrims in Saudi hospitals
dpa international via Yahoo News· 2 days agoThe Egyptian Foreign Ministry said on Thursday it has deployed consular teams in Mecca and the holy...
Married filmmakers release PBS documentaries on 'American Women Saints'
National Catholic Reporter· 5 hours agoJerome Bongiorno and Marylou Tibaldo-Bongiorno make no bones about it: their Catholic faith is very...