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SPORTS

Jackson — A Force To Be Reckoned With On The Tracks

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Olympic 100-meter bronze medalist Shericka Jackson was the only Jamaican winner at the Rome Diamond League on Thursday. Jackson upset a quality field including two-time Olympic double sprint champion Elaine Thompson-Herah in the 200 meters. Jackson ran a blistering turn to get home in a meet record and season’s best 21.91 seconds. Thompson-Herah ended second in a season’s best 22.25. […]

RELIGION

Pope Urges World Not To Surrender To Evil, Violence In Easter Of War

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ROME — On Easter Sunday, Pope Francis said Jesus, the victor over sin, fear, and death, called on the world not to surrender to evil and violence. He made an impassioned plea for an end to the war in Ukraine and urged the faithful to appeal for peace and the end to cruelty and senseless destruction. For the crowds, this Easter […]