Associated Press Pop-up school for US asylum seekers thrives despite pandemic Associated Press - By JULIE WATSONMATAMOROS, Mexico (AP) — It started out simply: A pop-up school on a sidewalk to teach reading, writing, math and art to Central American children living in a camp of asylum seekers stuck at America’s...
Associated Press Son, father farm to feed neighbors during lockdown in India Associated Press - By EMILY LESHNERThe garden that Sijo Zachariah and his father planted was a desperate measure in response to the pandemic. But it became so much more: sustenance for a community, and a great inspiration for Zachariah...
Associated Press Artist gives life to Belgian boot-scrapers during pandemic Associated Press - By VIRGINIA MAYOANTWERP, Belgium (AP) — Life can feel smaller, even tiny during the coronavirus pandemic as public health restrictions limit social contacts to a bare minimum. But Belgian artist Elke Lemmens has found...
Associated Press Alaska Tlingits hold memorial ceremony online amid pandemic Associated Press - By MARK THIESSENANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — When a Tlingit elder dies, leaders from the Alaska Native tribe’s two houses, the Raven and Eagle clans, typically come together along with family and well-wishers for a memorial...
Associated Press After Hurricane Dorian, a layup helped the Bahamas rebuild Associated Press - By TIM REYNOLDSThe newly rebuilt Tabernacle Baptist Church in Freeport, Bahamas, doesn’t see as many parishioners as it would in normal times, simply because coronavirus concerns keep a number of them from venturing...
