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About 30 Jesuit priests from Georgetown University in Washington spent a day exploring the roots of Catholicism in colonial Maryland.

The Courant's arts picks for Aug. 21-27 include a festival at Heublein Tower, two emotional theater shows and concerts as varied as Lorde, Wilco and Ghostface Killah.

From Batman and The Flash to Thor, The Hulk and more, Rob Stewart counts down the top 10 supporting casts in comic books.

In multiple ceremonies, the Grateful Quilters of Mooresville awarded Quilts of Valor to area veterans honoring each for their service.

This week: the UPS Foundation enters its 70th year of giving back, Everyday Heroes will auction off Kenworth T680 Next Gen for Truckers Against Trafficking and TA raises $102,000 for St. Christopher Trucker’s.

The bill, introduced by Sen. Marsha Blackburn, would exempt all "essential workers" the vaccine mandate. Also: KW dealer auctioning T680 Next Gen to benefit Truckers Against Trafficking; spot rates see largest decline in months.

Bishop-designate Koenig speaks of his love of people and New York Mets April 30, 2021 Bishop-designate William E. Koenig of Wilmington, Del., is seen during his introductory news conference at the Cathedral of St. Peter in Wilmington, April 30, 2021. (CNS photo/Don Blake, The Dialog) WILMINGTON, Del. (CNS) — Bishop-designate William E. Koenig of Wilmington was in his home diocese of Rockville Centre, New York, in late April when his cellphone rang. Archbishop Christophe Pierre, the papal nunc...

Best Comic of the Week: Hollow Heart #1 – Paul Allor and Paul Tucker caught my eye with their Tet series at IDW some years back, and Tucker has come to TCAF at least once, where I bought some of his self-published work, and so I was predisposed to like this book.  It’s about El, which is either a giant robot with a human-like pink skull, or a form of cyborg, or something.  El is kept in a high tech facility from which he keeps trying to escape.  Mateo is a tech who works on him, and star...

Best Comic of the Week: X-Factor #6 – X-Factor is my other unexpected favourite X-book on the stands.  Leah Williams, like Zeb Wells in Hellions, is putting a number of third-string characters front and centre, and is giving us a very character-driven book.  Siryn keeps turning up dead, but is not prepared to work with X-Factor when they try to understand why.  It’s an interesting mystery, but I’m just as interested in seeing Eye-Boy and Prodigy hang out.  This is a very good book. Qu...