DETROIT (AP) — BMW is recalling more than 917,000 older cars and SUVs in the U.S. — most for a third time — to fix a problem that can cause engine compartment fires.The recall covers many 3 Series, 5 Series, 1 Series, X5, X3, and Z4 vehicles from the 2006 through 2013 model years.Documents posted…Continue Reading
The scene: Our synagogue religious school, last Sunday morning. The conversation: Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. A student, thirteen years old: “I heard that Putin was ill — like, mentally ill. Maybe that is why he is doing all this stuff.” Another student, eleven years old: “No. He’s, like, totally evil.” If there is anything remotely…Continue Reading
(RNS) — The Rev. Jennie Williams may not not care much for the kitchen, but she didn’t start cooking her way through the solemn season of Lent as penance. She did it to get to know her new congregation at Elm Springs United Methodist Church in Springdale, Arkansas. Williams will resume that Lenten practice this…Continue Reading
BERLIN (AP) — The head of the German Bishops’ Conference on Monday pressed for a quick decision from Pope Francis on the future of a prominent archbishop who faces strong criticism for his handling of the church’s sexual abuse scandal. Cardinal Rainer Maria Woelki, the archbishop of Cologne, said that he had offered his resignation…Continue Reading
MADISON, Wis. (RNS) — When she first became pastor of Lakeview Moravian Community, the Rev. Staci Marrese-Wheeler got a bit of advice from the church’s former pastor. “Get to know your neighbors,” she recalled him saying. She took the advice to heart, for both pragmatic and spiritual reasons. As a small congregation, Lakeview needed to…Continue Reading
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