Mother

An American journalist vanished in Syria 13 years ago. His mother never stopped searching for him

“This is either gonna be wildly successful or a complete disaster,” Austin Tice wrote in May 2012, on the eve of a dangerous journey to bear witness to history. “Here goes nothing.” Tice, a physically towering former Marine and fledgling journalist, threw himself with grit and resolve into war zones, friendships and the injustices he …

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Egypt Independent October 28, 2025

Opinion: Susan Stamberg, trailblazer and NPR founding mother, retires

Susan Stamberg at a microphone, age 25. Later, as the host of All Things Considered, she was the first woman

NPR NEWS September 6, 2025

‘I should have been with him’: Ukrainian mother describes the horror of losing her 10-year-old in a Russian airstrike

Kramatorsk — When wars kill many over years, the names of the dead can bleed into faceless lists. But each loss still burns a black hole in the worlds they left behind. And few more so than Tymur Hryhorenko. Most of the bald facts of his death are horrifyingly unremarkable, after three years of Russian …

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Egypt Independent August 2, 2025

‘We don’t want you to die’: Palestinian mom’s children fear for her life as she sets out to get food

Gaza City, Gaza — It’s a long and dangerous walk to the point through which trucks carrying aid into Gaza are expected to pass. Um Khader and other women who live in the tents neighboring hers are huddled next to a car in the dark, surrounded by a large crowd of men. Not many women …

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Egypt Independent July 30, 2025

Iranian mother released from ICE detention after Republican House Majority Leader intervenes

New Orleans AP — An Iranian mother detained by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers has been released this week following advocacy from Republican House Majority Leader Steve Scalise. Mandonna “Donna” Kashanian, 64, was detained by ICE officers last month as she gardened in the yard of her New Orleans home. She had been living …

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Egypt Independent July 14, 2025

A disabled mom’s message to parents: We all need help, and it’s OK to ask for it

Jessica Slice with her two children. Liz Cooper Liz Cooper In 2011, Jessica Slice took a strenuous summer hike on

NPR NEWS June 1, 2025

Man sentenced to 53 years in prison in hate-crime attack on Palestinian-American boy, mother

Joliet, Illinois AP — An Illinois landlord who murdered a six-year-old Muslim boy and severely injured the boy’s mother in a vicious hate-crime attack days after the war in Gaza began was sentenced Friday to 53 years in prison. Joseph Czuba, 73, was found guilty in February of murder, attempted murder and hate-crime charges in …

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Egypt Independent May 3, 2025

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Mother

An American journalist vanished in Syria 13 years ago. His mother never stopped searching for him

‘I should have been with him’: Ukrainian mother describes the horror of losing her 10-year-old in a Russian airstrike

‘We don’t want you to die’: Palestinian mom’s children fear for her life as she sets out to get food

Iranian mother released from ICE detention after Republican House Majority Leader intervenes

Austin Tice’s mother returns to Syria in search for son

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