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Vanessa Arcos tried acupuncture with her sister and her father, while her mother got a Reiki treatment. The family started attending the church the week they arrived in Minnesota from their home state of Guerrero, Mexico, almost a decade ago.Lying in the lounge chair next to a statue of the

, Arcos said she overcame her fear of needles and found the treatment relaxing for both muscles and mind.“It felt very peaceful, very safe,” Arcos said. “It’s important to do little things for yourself.”This story has been updated to correct Lizete Vega’s job title to family engagement coordinator instead of its Latino outreach coordinator. It has also been corrected to reflect that Limber Saliero has worshipped at St. Paul’s for more than a year, instead of five years.

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KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Nepal’s mountaineering community celebrated the conquest of the world’s highest mountain with a rally of climbers, guides and others who gathered for International Everest Day.

The event Thursday marked thePicking the most fit athlete is a topic that tends to be a conversation starter. Wrestlers? Endurance runners? Water polo players? Boxers, swimmers, cross-country skiers?

Race car drivers don’t tend to end up high on any of those lists; they just sit and drive ... right?Drivers across every elite series do some kind of physical training, from Newgarden’s cross-fit training to the endurance training and reaction-time exercises of

drivers. Seven-time NASCAR champion Jimmie Johnson is a fitness buff who hasquestions why anyone might not consider top-level drivers to be elite athletes.