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How Orthodox Jewish families are finding ways to support their trans children

How Orthodox Jewish families are finding ways to support their trans children

Ziva Mann remembers how joyful and smiley her daughter was as a child — the family even gave her the nickname “Giggles.” “She was just sunshine,” Mann said. That changed around second grade, when her joy began to fade.
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100 days of Pope Leo XIV: a calm papacy that avoids polemics is coming into focus

100 days of Pope Leo XIV: a calm papacy that avoids polemics is coming into focus

VATICAN CITY (AP) — When Pope Leo XIV surprised tens of thousands of young people at a recent Holy Year celebration with an impromptu popemobile romp around St.
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Far-right Israeli minister posts a video of his confrontation with an imprisoned Palestinian leader

Far-right Israeli minister posts a video of his confrontation with an imprisoned Palestinian leader

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel's far-right national security minister posted a video Friday that shows him admonishing an imprisoned Palestinian leader in a face-to-face meeting inside a prison, saying Israel will confront anyone who acts against the
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A shooting near a mosque in Sweden leaves 1 dead, police say

A shooting near a mosque in Sweden leaves 1 dead, police say

BERLIN (AP) — A shooting near a mosque in central Sweden on Friday left one person dead and one injured and police said they believe it was linked to gang violence.
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French leader Macron vows justice after unknown attackers chop down tree honoring murdered Jew

French leader Macron vows justice after unknown attackers chop down tree honoring murdered Jew

PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron pledged Friday that no effort will be spared to track down and prosecute unknown attackers who chopped down an olive tree planted in homage to a French Jew murdered in 2006.
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Pope Leo XIV prays for peace as US-Russia summit over Ukraine war gets underway

Pope Leo XIV prays for peace as US-Russia summit over Ukraine war gets underway

CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy (AP) — Pope Leo XIV prayed Friday for a peaceful end to the “increasingly deafening violence” of wars around the world as he celebrated a Catholic feast day on the same day as a high-stakes U.S.
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Torrential rains trigger flash floods in Kashmir, killing at least 56 and leaving scores missing

Torrential rains trigger flash floods in Kashmir, killing at least 56 and leaving scores missing

SRINAGAR, India (AP) — Flash floods caused by torrential rains in a remote village in India-controlled Kashmir have left at least 56 people dead and scores missing, authorities said Thursday, as rescue teams scouring the devastated Himalayan village
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Israel announces a settlement project that critics say will effectively cut the West Bank in two

Israel announces a settlement project that critics say will effectively cut the West Bank in two

MAALE ADUMIM, West Bank (AP) — Israel’s far-right finance minister said Thursday that a contentious new settlement construction in the Israeli-occupied West Bank is going ahead — a project that Palestinians and rights groups worry will scuttle plans
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Aid groups call on Israel to end 'weaponization' of aid in Gaza

Aid groups call on Israel to end 'weaponization' of aid in Gaza

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — More than 100 nonprofit groups warned Thursday that Israel’s rules for aid groups working in the Gaza Strip and occupied West Bank will block much-needed relief and replace independent organizations with those that se
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Orthodox Christians in Alaska pray for peace ahead of Trump-Putin summit

Orthodox Christians in Alaska pray for peace ahead of Trump-Putin summit

ANCHORAGE (AP) — Orthodox Christians across Alaska have been taking part in three days of prayer for peace ahead of Friday's summit there between U.S.
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