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There are times during the week that you may find a bearded man assembling action figures on the rocky slopes close to the Stennis Lock and Dam in Columbus.
Brackendale resident Roy Shephard died at the Sea to Sky Community Hospice on Feb. 27 at the age of 93.
(RNS) — NBA star Kyrie Irving’s recent conversion to Islam has brought new attention to the relationship between Muslim athletes and Ramadan, the holiest month on the Islamic calendar, when Muslims abstain from food and drink during the day. “All praise is due to God, Allah, for this … for me, in terms of my faith and what I believe in, being part of the Muslim community, being committed to Islam,” the Brooklyn Nets guard said at an NBA news conference late last month. Irving said he is also “committed to all races and cultures, religions” and that having an understanding and re...