Japan’s annual ritual of “mame-maki,” or bean-throwing, at Buddhist temples, Shinto shrines and homes sees people marking “setsubun,” the last day of the winter in the Japanese lunar calendar. Like ...

Wisps and clouds of smoke rose into the air at Buddhist and Daoist temples around Asia on Wednesday as people lit incense to pray for good luck in the Year of the Snake.

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ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) — The man accused of firing a gun outside Temple Israel in Albany in December 2023 is expected to change his plea to guilty. Police said Mufid Alkhader fired two shotgun ...

Similarly driven by Seva, Mehul Patel, a volunteer at the Hindu temple BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir in Chino Hills, emphasized the joy of serving others. “In the joy of others, lies our own ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year] SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — A widely seen ...

ALBANY, New York — Nearly a decade ago, Democrats fought for — and secured — a program aimed at keeping teens out of the criminal justice system. Now, they’re sitting on nearly a billion ...

(AP video shot by Haruka Nuga, Tian MacLeod Ji and Bill Bredesen) A Thai Buddhist monk wears winter hat as he waits for offerings in Bangkok, Thailand, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit ...

Fire crews responded to a Greenville shopping center Wednesday afternoon. Sky 4 saw fire crews on the roof of the shopping center that houses the Asia Pacific Restaurant & Supermarket on ...

Check with different insurance companies to see if you qualify for discounts for safe driving, good grades and low mileage, among other things. Cheap car insurance in Albany, NY after a speeding ...

Moninder Singh has spent the past week serving food and beverages at a Gurdwara — a Sikh temple — in Covina ... Tzu Chi USA, a Buddhist nonprofit, has been mobilizing its members as well ...

The temple complex of Pakbirra lies around 10km north of Budhpur under the jurisdiction of Puncha police station inside Manbazar subdivision of Purulia district. It is about 40km south of Purulia town ...