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Baseball to honky tonks: Bryan Ruby find his voice on 'Growing Season'
Bryan Ruby, a former professional baseball player, released his latest EP, "Growing Season," on July 11. Ruby, who came out as gay in 2021, is pursuing a career in country music, inspired by artists like Florida Georgia Line and Kristian Bush. He...

Tomb of First Maya Ruler of Caracol Unearthed in Belize
Digs & Discoveries January/February 2018 Read Article (Juan Carlos Perez/Courtesy of the Ministry of Culture and Sports, Guatemala and the Waka Archaeological Project) Top 10 Discoveries of 2024 January/February 2025 Aswan, Egypt Read Article...

Lisa Snowdon, 53, flaunts her jaw-dropping figure in a TINY green bikini while filming in sun-soaked Cyprus
Lisa Snowdon showcased her jaw-dropping figure as she slipped into a skimpy bikini amid filming in sun-soaked Cyprus on Monday. The TV personality, 53, looked nothing short of incredible in the green two piece while posing for a radiant mirror...

Beach Volleyball Teams Finish 9th In Fourth Stage
Bermuda’s national beach volleyball teams have concluded the fourth stage of the NORCECA Beach Volleyball Tour, with both the men’s and women’s pairs securing ninth-place finishes. In the men’s division, Kyle Hamilton and Connor Somerville were...

Cincinnati Public Radio CEO: Funding cuts pose 'devastating impacts'
Congress approved $1.1 billion in funding cuts from public broadcasting, threatening the public media ecosystem. Ohio public radio and TV stations risk losing $13.3 million in annual funding from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB)....

Belize Wins Silver at Regional Volleyball Championship
Over the weekend, Belize’s Men’s National Volleyball Team delivered their strongest performance yet at the AFECAVOL Men’s Final Four Championship held in El Salvador, securing a hard-fought silver medal after a nail-biting five-set match against...
ICE may deport migrants to countries they aren't from with just six hours' notice
BOSTON ‒ U.S. immigration officials may deport migrants to countries other than their home nations with as little as six hours' notice, a top Trump administration official said in a memo, offering a preview of how deportations could ramp up. U.S....

Marking the sizzling history of fried chicken, from KFC to Korea
Fried chicken is a staple of St. Louis cuisine. The impact of the dish goes much deeper than the debate over which local restaurant serves the best fried chicken. “Fried chicken is so glorious, it stands on its own,” said scholar Adrian Miller,...

Balfour Miami Beach Unveils a New Chapter with Morgans Originals
Balfour, an iconic art deco gem in Miami Beach's upscale South of Fifth enclave, debuts a new chapter as part of Morgans Originals, a collection of one-of-a-kind, independent hotels with an iconic cultural story. The 82-room boutique property has...

End of 'The End of History'
Year 2025 has seen immense turbulence. Since Donald Trump's formal inauguration as President of the United States, 60% of international development funds have been slashed, immigration controls in the West have multiplied exponentially, trade...

ICE can deport migrants to a ‘third country’ with just six hours’ notice, memo says
Open this photo in gallery:Alex Brandon/The Associated Press U.S. immigration officials may deport migrants to countries other than their home nations with as little as six hours’ notice, a top Trump administration official said in a memo,...

Tucson Speaks Out: July 19
Doves fly during a ceremony at the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima, western Japan, marking the 79th anniversary of the world's first atomic bombing. (2024 file photo) Yu Nakajima, Kyodo News Re: ‘Remembering Hiroshima’ I agree with John Warnock...

Raymond Presented St Stephen Award
INDEPENDENCE – Earlier this year Rev. Sue Ann Raymond, Deacon of St James Episcopal Church, was recognized the Association for Episcopal Deacons (AED) with a St. Stephen’s Recognition award. Stephen is first mentioned in the Bible in the Acts of...

Manassas family in limbo as mother remains in ICE custody despite deportation request
The family of a Manassas woman who was taken into Immigration and Custody Enforcement custody, deported to Guatemala and brought back to the U.S., remains in limbo, as she continues to be detained after requesting to leave the country. Jhoan...

5 Tips For When It Is Time To Quit
HAMBURG, GERMANY - NOVEMBER 10: A Team of nine women and one man set a world record of the longest ... More distance running in high heels on a treadmill in thirty minutes at Holmes Place on November 10, 2014 in Hamburg, Germany. (Photo by...

Where the left gets its rage against borders
The street chaos that erupted in Los Angeles last month — when Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents moved to arrest illegal-alien criminals — wasn’t random. Anyone surprised by the outburst hasn’t been paying attention. The moral fervor...

ICE secretly deported Pennsylvania grandfather, 82, after he lost his Green Card
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Here are the 15 best things to do in Houston this 4th of July weekend
The 4th of July lands on a Friday this year, which means things will get especially patriotic this weekend. We’ve already listed all the fireworks celebrations and restaurant specials that’ll be popping off on Friday. (Don’t forget about the...

Padre Marcelo’s Last March
Just before 8:00 AM on Sunday, October 20, 2024, parishioners were exiting the Catholic church in Cuxtitali, a neighborhood on the edge of the city of San Cristóbal de las Casas, in the highlands of Chiapas, Mexico’s southernmost—and...

Defensor católico de la inmigración denuncia fallo de la Corte Suprema que permite deportaciones a un tercer país
Migrants detained by U.S. Border Patrol agents after crossing into the United States from Mexico to request asylum get into a vehicle to be transferred to a detention center in El Paso, Texas, Dec. 19, 2022. (OSV News photo/Jose Luis Gonzalez,...