Those remembered this year also include authors, influencers and other leaders who shaped religion around the world.

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Mohammad Bakri, a Palestinian director and actor who sought to share the complexities of Palestinian identity and culture through a variety of works in both Arabic and Hebrew, ...

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Songwriters living in ancient Egypt would never have expected the words and melodies they sung would feature on Australian ...

English as a Second Language tutoring at the Phoenicia Library, 48 Main St., Phoenicia, runs every Thursday from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m., with librarian Susan teaching English to those who wish to learn. All ...

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Thomas Jefferson’s proclamation of “self-evident truths” in the Declaration of Independence was a turning point in world ...

Hook’s 11-page memoir is on a website, The World War II Experience, a local nonprofit that preserves the stories of the World ...

Twas night before Christmas when all through the de Young Museum, not a person was stirring, not even a mouse... until ...

Paddy Hill, Jennifer Johnston, Virginia Giuffre, Henry Mount Charles, Prunella Scales and Ed Moloney were also among those ...

Betty Reid Soskin, a longtime Bay Area activist and songwriter, founder of one of California’s oldest record shops, and once ...