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An ultra-Orthodox Jewish man buys disposable plastic dishes in Jerusalem's Mea Shearim neighborhood, Friday, Jan. 20, 2023. Israel's new government is in the process of repealing a new tax on single-use plastics. Ultra-Orthodox Jews, who have large families and use large quantities of disposable cups, plates and cutlery, say the tax unfairly targeted them. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

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In Israel, disposable plastics trigger culture war, test PM
By ILAN BEN ZION - Associated Press
Mon,01/30/23-12:08AM , 146 Reads
JERUSALEM (AP) — On Idit Silman’s first day as Israel’s new environmental protection minister, she handed out soft drinks in disposable plastic cups to hospital patients.
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Owen Glick gets ready to play pickle ball at Phelps Park, Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2023, in Winter Park, Fla. Glick was among the 233,000 people who left a Western state for another U.S. state out of the region. The U.S. population center is on track this decade to take a southern swerve for the first time in history, and it's because of people like Glick, who moved from California to Florida more than a year ago. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

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US population center trending toward South this decade
By MIKE SCHNEIDER - Associated Press
Sat,01/28/23-10:07AM , 176 Reads
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The U.S. population center is on track this decade to take a southern swerve for the first time in history, and it's because of people like Owen Glick, who moved from California to Florida more than a year ago.
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A picture made available by Gucci press office Saturday, Jan. 28, 2023, showing Sabato De Sarno who will assume the role of Creative Director. De Sarno will present his debut runway collection at Milan Women's Fashion Week in September 2023. (Gucci Press Office Via AP)

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Sabato De Sarno named new Gucci creative director
By COLLEEN BARRY - AP Fashion Writer
Sat,01/28/23-3:48AM , 267 Reads
MILAN (AP) — Italian designer Sabato De Sarno has been named the new creative director of Gucci, and will unveil his first collection during Milan Fashion Week next September, Gucci and parent company Kering announced Saturday.
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This photo provided by Leah Epling in January 2023 shows The Lipstick Lounge in Nashville, Tenn., which opened in 2001. While the bar is home to its share of trivia nights and drag shows, it has also hosted Sunday worship services, weddings and funerals. (Leah Epling via AP)

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Queer bars offer sacred space for LGBTQ community
By KATHRYN POST - Religion News Service
Thu,01/26/23-2:20PM , 171 Reads
(RNS) — When actor Daniel Franzese visited Jerusalem in November, he looked for God in all the usual places.

But it wasn’t at the Western Wall or Mount of Olives where he encountered the divine, but in a hole-in-the-wall ’80s-style gay bar that was hosting a “David and Jonathan” theme night for religious queer people.
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