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As wildfires continue to take over Maui, many locals have been forced to evacuate the island. Two men from Lahaina, a historic part of Maui that is a popular tourist location and is the biggest community on the island’s west side, described their experience as “hell” while they fled the island. “I saw a couple…

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In a new survey from Deloitte, parents are planning to trim down their spending budgets on back-to-school items by 10 percent this year, with an average cost of $597 per student. In the last two years, the prices of school supplies have risen roughly 24 percent. Many parents plan to focus on restocking their children…

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A New Hampshire woman and her child were kidnapped in Haiti from a Christian education ministry, El Roi Haiti, that is is founded and directed by her husband, Sandro Dorsainvil. According to the organization, Alix Dorsainvil and her child were taken near Port-Au-Prince on Thursday morning. Alix, who works as a community nurse, was said…

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As the summer winds down, colleges prepare for the influx of new and returning students. This new academic year, the University of Chicago’s religious studies department will offer its students a course called “Queering God.” According to the course description, this course will look at questions like “Can God be an ally in queer worldmaking?…

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