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Knock, knock: Jehovah’s Witnesses resume door-to-door work

Jehovah’s Witnesses have restarted their door-to-door ministry after more than two and a half years on hiatus because of the coronavirus pandemic, reviving a religious practice the faith con...

Columbia River’s salmon at core of ancient religion

ALONG THE COLUMBIA RIVER – James Kiona stands on a rocky ledge overlooking Lyle Falls where the water froths and rushes through steep canyon walls just before merging with the Columbia River...

Grassroots groups help rescue Holocaust survivors in Ukraine

LOS ANGELES – Since the shelling began to intensify in Kyiv and Kharkiv earlier this month, Julia Entin has been working feverishly – thousands of miles away in Los Angeles – to evacuate Hol...

Pipe organ made famous on ‘Hour of Power’ program returns

GARDEN GROVE, Calif. – There are few pipe organs in the world that have a nickname, a feminine pronoun and a Facebook fan page. The Hazel Wright organ – just “Hazel,” to her admirers – was r...