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Refugee resettlement agencies scramble after Trump orders them to halt their federally funded work

Jan. 29, 2025 11:15 AM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — Tens of thousands of recently arrived refugees might lose support for basic necessities like food and rent after a Trump administration order suspended federal funding for resettlement agencies. There is widespread confusion as agency leaders seek greater clarity...

Texas Association of Basketball Coaches high school rankings

Jan. 27, 2025 22:36 PM EST

SUGAR LAND, Texas (AP) — Texas Association of Basketball Coaches high school rankings for the week of Jan. 27: GIRLS PUBLIC Class 6A 1. Converse Judson, 30-1; 2. Fort Worth Boswell, 31-2; 3. Cypress Springs, 24-3; 4. Denton Guyer, 27-3; 5. Duncanville,...

Pope Francis warns of 'scourge of antisemitism' ahead of Holocaust Remembrance Day

Jan. 26, 2025 08:29 AM EST

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis warned of the “scourge of antisemitism” in his Angelus prayer on Sunday, the eve of the International Holocaust Remembrance Day, noting it marks 80 years since the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp. “The horror of the...

Killed for fighting corruption, a Congolese man made a martyr is inspiring a new generation

Jan. 24, 2025 09:39 AM EST

GOMA, Congo (AP) — When Floribert Bwana Chui Bin Kositi was asked in 2007 to allow spoiled rice from Rwanda to be transported across the border to the eastern Congo city of Goma, he knew the risks of resisting corruption, especially as a government worker. He refused nonetheless. ...