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By Ann M. Augherton
What is the difference between the traditional soda bread and tea cake?
Global
By Barb Fraze
WASHINGTON – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said that atrocities carried out by the Islamic State group against Yezidis, Christians and other minorities were genocide, the first U.S. declaration of genocide since Sudanese actions in Darfur in 2004. Kerry said he was not judge and jury, but the Islamic State had self-defined itself as […]
National
By Carol Zimmermann
WASHINGTON (CNS) — When President Barack Obama announced Judge Merrick Garland as his Supreme Court nominee in the White House Rose Garden March 16, his praise for the candidate was coupled with an urgent plea that members of the U.S. Senate give Garland a fair chance. The president said he took seriously his responsibility to […]
Global
By Sam Lucero
DE PERE, Wis. – Lisa Kristine was 11 when her aunt and uncle gave her an Olympus 35 mm camera. From a converted darkroom in her home in California, she developed black-and-white film and printed images of family and friends. “They weren’t the typical ‘everybody say cheese’ images,” said Kristine. Even then, her photos had […]
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By Karen Osborne
The movie “The Bucket List” inspired the public to reflect on what each person wants to do before he or she dies. Ever since the movie came out a few years ago, everyone seems to have been busy imagining what they want to do in life. Even teens I know have made bucket lists. From […]
Pope Francis
Pope Francis kisses 5-month-old Isaac Fagen, son of Sara Fagen of St. Agnes Church in Arlington. The Fagens attended the pope’s general audience March 2 as part of a pilgrimage to Rome led by Frs. Jason C. Burchell, St. Agnes parochial vicar, and Christopher J. Pollard, pastor of St. John the Beloved in McLean.
Schools
Isabel Anderson, a senior at Bishop Ireton High School in Alexandria, was awarded the President’s Volunteer Service Award. The award was granted by the Prudential Spirit of Community Awards Program that is sponsored by Prudential Financial and the National Association of Secondary School Principals on behalf of President Barack Obama. The program recognizes middle and […]
Local
By Dave Borowski
In December, three young men became the fifth generation of the Hassan family to become full members of the Knights of Columbus. Patrick, 17, William, 18, and Matt, 21, raised their hands to take the third-degree oath at the Father Herman J. Veger Council in Warrenton as their Knight father, Matthew David, and their Knight […]
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By Zoey Dimauro
One morning 25 years ago, Kathleen Beckman and her husband were taking their sons to play baseball when they received a terrible call: her father-in-law had been brutally beaten. They rushed to the hospital where they saw a man with “no semblance of his former countenance,” said Beckman. Her father-in-law died from the injuries, and […]
Schools
By Trey Lovisone
At Bishop Ireton High School in Alexandria, senior Corey Johnson has started at cornerback for the varsity football team for the past three years. He earned second team all-state standing during his sophomore and junior years, and he made first team in his senior year. Feb. 3, Johnson signed a letter of intent to play […]
