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From sunhats to shoe bags: Guide to essential gear Muslims bring for Hajj
MECCA: Straw hats, cross-body bags, and collapsible chairs: These are just some of the essentials Muslims bring to the Hajj pilgrimage.Spiritually, the five-day Hajj is…
Civil rights icon James Meredith, 90, falls at Mississippi event but has no visible injuries
JACKSON, Miss.: Civil rights icon James Meredith fell outside the Mississippi Capitol on Sunday at an event marking his 90th birthday, but he suffered no…
Everything Everywhere All At Once: ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’ is big winner at the Oscars
In the late 1960s, young cineastes shook up a moribund film industry by delivering idiosyncratic, startlingly original work. The moment became known as New Hollywood….
California: To the rooftops: Staggering snowfall in California mountains
LOS ANGELES: Emergency crews in California scrambled Wednesday to shuttle food and medicine to mountain communities stranded by back-to-back winter storms that have dumped so…
California could face floods, blizzards from huge US storm
LOS ANGELES: A coast-to-coast storm that paralyzed roads and blacked out nearly 1 million homes and businesses was set to pound California on Friday, sparking…
Turkey-Syria earthquake: A glance at the world’s deadliest quakes in past 25 years
A magnitude 7.8 earthquake shook Turkey and Syria on Monday, killing thousands of people in the two countries. The death toll is expected to rise…
Winter storm cancels flights, keeps thousands without power
AUSTIN: A mess of ice, sleet and snow lingered across much of the southern US on Thursday as thousands in Texas endured freezing temperatures with…