Beginning last May, she started raising money and looking for recipients. Becka Robbins’s books have gone to places like a pride center in West Texas and an LGBTQ-friendly high school in Alabama.
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French voters propel far-right National Rally to strong lead in first-round legislative elections
A new coalition on the left, the New Popular Front, also poses a challenge to the pro-business President Macron and his centrist alliance Together for the Republic.
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Hurricane Beryl approaches southeast Caribbean as a Category 4
Hurricane warnings were in effect for Barbados, St. Lucia, Grenada, Tobago and St. Vincent and the Grenadines.
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Suspected female suicide bombers kill at least 18 in Nigeria, authorities say
Authorities in Nigeria’s northeastern city of Gwoza say at least 18 people have been killed and 30 wounded, including 19 seriously, in coordinated attacks.
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Zelensky appeals to West to relax targeting limits for Ukraine as glide bombs hammer front line
The Ukrainian president said Sunday that Russia had dropped more than 800 glide bombs in Ukraine in the past week alone.
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Beryl strengthens into a hurricane in the Atlantic, forecast to become a major storm
A major hurricane is considered a Category 3 or higher, with winds of at least 111 mph. As of Saturday afternoon, Beryl was a Category 1 hurricane.
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After president’s debate debacle, Jill Biden delivering message that they’re still all in
The first lady is trying to rally support for her husband after a dreadful performance in Thursday’s presidential debate created fresh worries about President Joe Biden’s age and his ability to compete in November’s election and to serve another four years.
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10 Ukrainians, imprisoned in Russia for years, return home after Vatican mediation
The former prisoners, wrapped in blue and yellow flags, reunited with families in Kyiv and called those who couldn’t be there. For some, the separation had lasted many years.
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UN starts to move tons of aid from U.S.-built pier after security fears suspended work there
Millions of pounds of aid have piled up. In just the last week, more than 10 million pounds were moved ashore, according to the U.S. military.
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In Egypt, Gaza evacuees live in the shadows: ‘Everything is closing in’
Washington Post reporters visited displaced Gazans at their homes and workplaces around Cairo, where they have found sanctuary and a measure of calm, but are unable to build a future.