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US Supreme Court Lifts Order That Blocked Trump’s Mass Federal Layoffs

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Valley Crime Stoppers’ Most Wanted Person of the Day: Rigoberto Simental Aguilar

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Israeli Military Says It Struck Key Hamas Figure in Lebanon’s Tripoli

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Trump Says He May Take Over Governance of Washington, DC

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Muslims Join to Demand Police Reforms, Back Black-Led Groups

In the wake of George Floyd's death in police custody, dozens of American Muslim organizations have come together to call for reform to policing practices, and to support black-led organizations. “The victimization of unarmed Black Muslims has a long and troubling history,” said a coalition statement signed by more than 90 civil...

'Othered' in America: An Old Story, Still Playing out Daily

CHICAGO — Activist Hoda Katebi rarely takes a break from organizing. As tensions between the U.S. and Iran escalated in recent weeks, she became even busier. On a recent Sunday afternoon, the 25-year-old Iranian American sat in her Chicago apartment shifting between monitoring her Twitter feed, taking phone calls and...

Troops Let Some Muslims Go to Mosques in Locked-Down Kashmir

SRINAGAR, India — Troops in Indian-administered Kashmir allowed some Muslims to walk to local mosques alone or in pairs to mark the Eid al-Adha festival Monday on the eighth day of an unprecedented security lockdown imposed as India stripped the disputed region of its autonomy. Thousands of additional troops were...

Moon Sightings, Politics Play a Part in Muslim Holiday

BEIRUT — Muslims across the Middle East and beyond began Tuesday marking the Islamic holiday of Eid al-Fitr, one of the most celebrated holidays for the world's 1.5 billion Muslims, amid confusion about the start of the three-day holiday fed partly by political differences. The holiday marks the end of...

Mourners Pay Tribute to New Zealand Victims, Await Burials

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand — Thousands of people paid tribute Sunday at makeshift memorials to the 50 people slain by a gunman at two mosques in Christchurch, while dozens of Muslims stood by to bury the dead when authorities finally release the victims' bodies. Hundreds of flowers were piled up amid...

Their Members Were Massacred. Now Pittsburgh Jews Help New Zealand Muslims.

A Pittsburgh synagogue that was the victim of a shooting massacre killing 11 worshippers last October is raising funds to support New Zealand's Muslim community. An Australian white supremacist is charged with killing 50 people at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, during Friday prayers. The Goal Is $100,000 As...

How Muslims in Albania Saved Jews From the Holocaust

Most anywhere else in Nazi-occupied Europe, a run-in with authorities by a Jewish family probably would have resulted in severe malnutrition, eventual starvation, or execution. Not so in Albania. Following the German occupation in 1943, the Albanian population, the majority of whom were Muslims, refused to comply with the occupier’s...

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