When an opening for bishop arose in the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church in 2010, Teresa Jefferson-Snorton looked around to see if any women were offering to be candidates.
None were.
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By ADELLE M. BANKS of Religion News Service and PETER SMITH of The Associated Press
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12/9/21
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Two lawsuits seeking $100 million each have been filed against a Michigan school district, its superintendent, principal and others after four students were fatally shot and others wounded at Oxford …
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By COREY WILLIAMS
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12/9/21
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Vaccine makers are racing to update their COVID-19 shots against the newest coronavirus threat even before it’s clear a change is needed, just in case.
Experts doubt today’s shots will …
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By LAURAN NEERGAARD
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12/9/21
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How will the world decide when the pandemic is over?
There’s no clear-cut definition for when a pandemic starts and ends, and how much of a threat a global outbreak is posing can vary by …
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By MARIA CHENG
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12/9/21
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St. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Normally giving food to wild animals is considered off limits, but the dire situation in Florida with more than 1,000 manatees dying from starvation due to manmade …
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By CURT ANDERSON
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12/7/21
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Eight years ago, a team of researchers launched a project to carefully repeat early but influential lab experiments in cancer research.
They recreated 50 experiments, the type of preliminary …
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By CARLA K. JOHNSON
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12/7/21
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The Beijing Winter Olympics open in just under two months and are now the target of a diplomatic boycott by the United States, with others likely to follow.
So how did Beijing land the Winter …
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By STEPHEN WADE
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12/6/21
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As the omicron coronavirus variant spreads in southern Africa and pops up in countries all around the world, scientists are anxiously watching a battle play out that could determine the future of the …
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By LAURA UNGAR and ANDREW MELDRUM
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12/6/21
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How can I protect myself from the new omicron variant?
The same way you guard against COVID-19 caused by any other variant: Get vaccinated if you haven’t yet, get a booster if you’re eligible …
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By LAURAN NEERGAARD
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12/6/21
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The four-year prison sentence given to ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Monday on charges of incitement and failing to observe pandemic restrictions is one small shot in a legal offensive …
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The Associated Press
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12/6/21
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Nov. 27-Dec. 3, 2021
From Sarah Ransome, an alleged victim of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, arriving at the courthouse surrounded by media for the start of Maxwell's trial New York, to a …
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12/4/21
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Guns used in U.S. school shootings have often come from the homes of young perpetrators, but parents are rarely charged for the violence that occurs, experts say.
That's what makes the case …
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By ED WHITE
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12/3/21
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The Census Bureau is looking to improve trust in the numbers it gathered during the 2020 census by fixing problems caused by the unprecedented challenges of conducting a U.S. head count during a …
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By MIKE SCHNEIDER
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12/3/21
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A law school in South Florida announced on Thursday the creation of a social justice center named after Ben Crump, the Black civil rights attorney who has gained national notoriety representing …
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By AARON MORRISON
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12/2/21
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SEOUL, South Korea -- South Korea has broken its daily record for coronavirus infections for a second straight day, with more than 5,200 new cases.
The rapid delta-driven spread comes amid the …
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By The Associated Press
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12/2/21
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The four teenagers killed by a fellow student at Oxford High School in Michigan were being remembered Wednesday for their commitment to athletics, art and family.
Here's what we know about those …
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12/1/21
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A pandemic-weary world faces weeks of confusing uncertainty as countries restrict travel and take other steps to halt the newest potentially risky coronavirus mutant before anyone knows just how …
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By LAURAN NEERGAARD and LAURA UNGAR
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12/1/21
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LOS LLANOS DE ARIDANE, Canary Islands (AP) — A fresh river of lava from the volcano on Spain’s La Palma island threatened Wednesday to engulf a parish church that has so far survived the eruption …
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By EMILIO MORENATTI
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12/1/21
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“Some say the world will end in fire,” wrote the poet Robert Frost -- and for much of 2021, Associated Press photographers captured scenes of a world ablaze, amid rumblings of ruin.
In New …
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By The Associated Press
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12/1/21
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LISBON, Portugal — Portugal is entering a so-called state of calamity -- the second this year -- to curve an upward trend in coronavirus infections despite having one of the strongest vaccination …
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By The Associated Press
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12/1/21
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