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More than 1,000 die amid extreme heat at hajj in Saudia Arabia, AFP says
CBS News· 2 days agoAll told around 10 countries have reported 1,081 deaths during the annual pilgrimage, one of the...
Hundreds of Muslim pilgrims died in heat-stricken Hajj
KTEP 88.5 El Paso· 22 hours agoThe Hajj is a journey of sacrifice that able Muslims are required to take once in their life. The...
New Zealand's Gun Laws, Tightened After the 2019 Mosque Attack, Being Revised by an Ex-Gun Lobbyist
US News & World Report· 1 day agoNew Zealand’s government will overhaul the tighter gun laws introduced after a deadly mass shooting by a white supremacist five years ago, because they put excessive burdens on gun owners who ...
Hundreds of Muslim pilgrims died in heat-stricken Hajj
NPR· 18 hours agoSaudi Hajj authorities advised people to drink lots of water and avoid going outside certain times of day. They also said people did not need to walk to Mecca’s Grand Mosque
Opinion | The U.S. heat dome is a warning about the 2024 election
MSNBC· 3 days agoAccording to the Saudi weather service, temperatures at the Grand Mosque in Mecca reached an...
Intense Heat Claims Over 1,000 Lives At Hajj In Saudi Arabia
Hip-Hop Wired· 1 day agoThe high heat – which topped out at 51.8 degrees Celsius or 125 degrees Fahrenheit at the Grand ...
Extreme heat threatens 2 million hajj pilgrims. Scientists warn it will only get worse.
The Christian Science Monitor· 2 days agoNearly 2 million Muslims will reach the end of the hajj pilgrimage this week, but extreme heat has...
'Bodies on the ground': Pilgrims recount hajj heat horrors
AFP via Yahoo News· 24 hours agoAfter years of failing to secure a hajj visa, Yasser finally concluded he had no choice but to...
More than 550 die in searing Saudi heat on Mecca pilgrimage
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 3 days agoHajj pilgrims circling the Kabba at the Grand Mosque on Tuesday - AFP However, the strength of this...
Decades before Juneteenth became a holiday, Fort Worth had rich history of celebrations
Fort Worth Star-Telegram McClatchy via AOL· 5 hours agoOne of the earliest Fort Worth Juneteenth celebrations took place in 1882 with “music and dancing,...