The Independent

A Muslim political group has described the scale of racist and Islamophobic abuse it received during the recent general election.The Muslim Vote is reporting the offensive messages received to the police in the hope that the perpetrators will be held accountable.Among the messages, seen by The Independent, are serious threats to safety such as the “burning down” of mosques and correspondence calling staff “vile terrorist scum”.“Get out or die, your choice,” says another.Speaking to The Independent, The Muslim Vote coordinator Abubakr Nanabawa, 24, said the small team within the organisation began receiving an influx of abusive emails around February, accusing...

‘I will burn every single mosque’ - Muslim political group was inundated with racist abuse during election

The Guardian

A rise in sexual violence means food prices have leapt in CAR as women and girls say they fear working in the fields

‘They turn our farms into rape centres’: Russian mercenaries accused of abuse in Central African Republic

Retired US Army Lt. Gen. Mark Hertling joins CNN as the Middle East braces for possible Iranian retaliation for the killing of a senior Hamas leader in Tehran.

Ret. US general predicts how Iran could escalate attacks against Israel

Florida State

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Jacksonville Today

Gov. Ron DeSantis has issued a state of emergency in Northeast Florida and across much of the state as a tropical system appears almost certain to develop. The National Hurricane Center said Friday morning that a tropical wave has a 90% chance of developing into at least a tropical depression over the next seven days. Most models show it moving into the Gulf of Mexico and then coming ashore and crossing the state, possibly moving over Northeast Florida.

Tropical system is nearly certain to develop

In a move that is widely seen as a major blow to religious freedom, the government of Rwanda has closed more than 4,000 houses of worship over the past month for various infractions that include operating in substandard structures, “unhygienic conditions,” not meeting noise pollution standards and not having formally trained preachers.

Rwanda Closes Thousands Of Churches And Mosques After Claiming Code Violations

Fox News

The U.S. has reportedly warned Iran that a retaliatory attack on Israel for the recent killing of a Hamas leader in Tehran would pose a “serious risk" to the country's stability.

US issues warning to Iran of 'serious risk' if it carries out retaliatory attack against Israel: report

Apex, NC

An embattled Calvary Chapel pastor, who quietly put his church building up for sale last month, resigned abruptly Sunday, after 30 years of pastoring there. Calvary Chapel Cary Pastor Rodney Finch—who has been accused of bullying, misuse of funds, and alleged drug addiction—announced to his North Carolina church Sunday that this would be his last Sunday. Finch also apologized that he and his elders didn’t tell the congregation before putting the $11 million church property up for sale in July, a decision that drew questions online from former staff. By last Wednesday, the listing was no longer available.

Embattled Calvary Chapel Pastor Abruptly Resigns Days After Quietly Trying to Sell Church

Hassan Nasrallah said his group will avenge the assassination of the group’s top commander, but keeping Israelis waiting is “part of the punishment.”

Hezbollah leader says group will respond but keeping Israelis waiting is part of ‘punishment’

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The White House will offer deportation relief and work permits to an estimated 11,500 Lebanese nationals already in the U.S., due to conflict between Israel and Hezbollah in southern Lebanon, U.S. President Joe Biden said in a memo on Friday. The measure, under an authority known as Deferred...

White House grants deportation reprieve to Lebanese, citing Israel-Hezbollah tensions

Georgia State

It was a packed house on Tuesday as family, friends, and fellow musicians gathered to remember three members of the Nelon family, who had performed Southern Gospel music for years as the Nelons, and four others who died in a recent plane crash. On July 26, multiple members of the...

Surviving Member of Nelons Gospel Group Affirms Trust in God After Tragic Plane Crash

Republican Donald Trump has a 7-point lead over Democrat Kamala Harris among Florida voters, 49% to 42%, according to a new poll from the University of North Florida. Four percent are backing another candidate, and 6% are undecided or didn’t answer.

New Florida poll: Trump leads; support strong for abortion and recreational weed

Latrobe, PA

In 2022, Mark Rivera, a former Anglican lay minister, was convicted of felony child sexual assault three years after a young girl told her mother that he had abused her. Months later, he pled guilty to felony sexual assault, nearly three years after his neighbor reported that Rivera had raped her.

In Scandal’s Wake, ACNA Adopts New Rules On Reporting Misconduct

The Associated Press

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s newly elected president said his government will create “balance in relations with all countries” in line with national interests and the prerequisites for peace but stressed to the United States that his country “will not respond to pressure.”. Masoud Pezeshkian...

Iran’s new president vows balance with all countries but warns US his country won’t be pressured

North Carolina State

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Town Talks

In North Carolina, the divorce process can be challenging, particularly due to the mandatory one-year separation requirement. This law mandates that couples must live separately for at least a year before filing for divorce, a rule that can be frustrating for many.

You might be granted a divorce in North Carolina if your spouse is ‘incurably insane.’ Here’s how

Uncovering Florida

Most people are guilty of doing it at least once in their lives, many people do it by accident, some do it because they find it fun, and others do it for reasons like honoring loved ones. Regardless of the situation, just about everyone has released a balloon. The difference is that intentionally releasing balloons is now illegal by House Bill 321’s standards.

Law Signed By DeSantis Makes It Illegal To Release Balloons In Florida

Axios

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu protested to White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan Thursday about sanctions the Biden administration recently imposed on Israeli settlers who are involved in violence against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, two Israeli and U.S. officials said. Why it matters: The settlers and Netanyahu's...

Netanyahu protested to White House about U.S. sanctions on Israeli settlers

Los Angeles County, CA

Herbie J Pilato

[Note: The quotes and commentary that appear in this article are from an interview the author conducted with David White in 1989.]. Actor David White, who died in 1991, found great success for his best-known and likable performance as the devious advertising executive Larry Tate on the classic TV sitcom,Bewitched (ABC, 1964-1972).

'Bewitched' Actor David White Forever Mourned the Tragic Pan Am/Lockerbie Death of His Son

Denver, CO

David Heitz

No, pallet shelters for people experiencing homelessness don’t fold into caskets. It’s a question a reader posed one of the first times I wrote about pallet shelters. I find the pallet shelters to be more palatable than ice fishing tents. The Colorado Village Collaborative operates both micro-communities and the so-called Safe Outdoor Spaces with the tents. We all learned the tents are not safe when a fire roared through a CVC Safe Outdoor Space, destroying the compound quickly. Officials never disclosed a cause of the fire.

Opinion: No, pallet shelters for homeless in Denver, Aurora don’t fold into caskets

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Some beachgoers were in for a surprise this week when a bizarre looking prehistoric fish washed ashore in Colleton County along Edisto Beach at Edisto Beach State Park. It turned out to be an atlantic sturgeon.

Rare Atlantic sturgeon washes ashore on South Carolina beach

 Thousands of supporters of a Pakistani radical political party rallied near the capital, Islamabad, on Saturday, denouncing Israeli strikes in Gaza and urging the government to send more aid to the Palestinians.The protesters also demanded that Pakistan declare Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu “a terrorist.” There was no immediate response from the government following the rally in the garrison city of Rawalpindi.Pakistan has no diplomatic relations with Israel. Pakistan has been calling for a cease-fire in the nine-month Israel-Hamas war, and in recent months has sent relief items for the Palestinians in Gaza.Saad Rizvi, head of the Islamist Tehreek-e-Labiak...

Thousands of Islamists rally near the Pakistani capital to denounce Israeli strikes in Gaza

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U.S. Must Address India’s Religious Persecution, Say Christian Leaders

(Opinion) More than three hundred Christian clergy, leaders, and religious liberty advocates have signed an open letter to U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken urging diplomatic...

U.S. Must Address India’s Religious Persecution, Say Christian Leaders

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