Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent, an important time for Christians leading up to Easter. Here's what to know.

Holy Saturday marks the end of the Lenten season on April 19, it is a time to mourn the death of Jesus and to prepare for his resurrection. After sunset, the Easter Vigil is often celebrated it is a a ...

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The program director of the Harvard Kennedy School’s Nonviolent Action Lab, gave Harvard his two-weeks notice on Wednesday in ...

The National Authority for Disaster Management said mass evacuations were initiated late Wednesday for those living closest to the danger. By Thursday morning, around 500 people had been moved.

The advisory, which runs into Wednesday ... Mass. (Robert F. Bukaty/AP) Wildfires with turbulent plumes can produce clouds that in turn can produce lightning or a vortex of ash, smoke and flames ...

Firefighters are making progress, officials said, but residents must be ready for a return of powerful winds that could spread flames.

Officials said the worst of the winds are expected overnight Tuesday into Wednesday. Forecasters predicted ... neighborhood was completely blocked. Ash fell all around them while fires burned ...

“It is a mass erasure of heritage,” said Adrian Scott ... The Los Angeles Public Library's Palisades Branch was reduced to ash by the Palisades fire. The library’s original 1963 building ...

This happens during a special Ash Wednesday service. During Mass (for Catholics) or worship service (for Protestants), the priest or pastor will usually share a sermon that is penitential and ...