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Pastor Beth Pyles Goes Back To Iraq

By Heather Niday | April 4, 2008

The Pastor of the McDowell Presbyterian Charge heads back for her fourth trip to that war torn country.

Here's Why Firefighters Are Wrapping Sequoia Trees In Aluminum Blankets
The sequoias are "wrapped with house-wrapping material, kind of an aluminum-foil fabric that goes around the base of the trees," says Jon Wallace, who is helping to lead the firefighting effort.
The Biden Administration Is Fighting In Court To Keep A Trump-Era Immigration Policy
A rarely used U.S. code pertaining to public health was used during the pandemic by the Trump White House to expel asylum seekers. The Biden White House wants to keep it.
Australia's Fraser Island Reclaims K'gari, Its Original Indigenous Name
The name change comes after years of activism from the Butchulla Aboriginal people, who inhabited the island before colonization. K'gari means "paradise" in the Butchulla language.
A Chinese Real Estate Company Is Walloping Your Stocks. Here's Why
The Dow Jones slumped over 800 points as financial troubles at property developer China Evergrande Group became the latest in a growing list of concerns for Wall Street.
America Is Divided. Evan Osnos' 'Wildland' Looks At How That Happened
Osnos' new book focuses on coal country in West Virginia; hedge fund culture in Greenwich, Conn.; institutional racism in Chicago and why Democrat Joe Manchin holds remarkable sway in the Senate.