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Mark A. Kellner was a Faith & Family reporter for The Washington Times.

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Tony Sirico, who plays the role of Paulie 'Walnuts' Gualtieri in the hit HBO television series 'The Sopranos' poses for photographers as he arrives to the world premiere of the sixth season in New York, Tuesday, March 7, 2006. Sirico, who played the impeccably groomed mobster Paulie Walnuts in 'The Soprano' and brought his tough-guy swagger to films including 'Goodfellas,' died Friday, July 8, 2022. He was 79. (AP Photo/Stuart Ramson, File)

Actor Tony Sirico, ‘Sopranos’ star, dead at 79

Tony Sirico, a one-time jailbird who achieved fame as mobster Paulie "Walnuts" Gualtieri in "The Sopranos," died Friday, his brother the Rev. Robert Sirico said on Facebook. He was a little more than two weeks short of his 80th birthday.

July 9, 2022
In this Jan. 28, 2007 file photo, Tony Sirico, left, Vincent Curatola, second from left, John Ventimiglia, center, Frank Vincent, third from right, Robert Funaro, second from right, and Dan Grimaldi, from television's "The Sopranos," arrive at the 13th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards in Los Angeles. Vincent, a veteran character actor who often played tough guys including mob boss Phil Leotardo on "The Sopranos," has died. He was 80. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)

Actor Tony Sirico, ‘Sopranos’ star, dead at 79

Tony Sirico, a one-time jailbird who achieved fame as mobster Paulie "Walnuts" Gualtieri in "The Sopranos," died Friday, his brother the Rev. Robert Sirico said on Facebook. He was a little more than two weeks short of his 80th birthday.

July 8, 2022
U.S. State Secretary Antony Blinken talks to the media as he attends a bilateral meeting with Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi on the sidelines of the G2-0 Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia, Friday, July 8, 2022. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara, Pool)

Republican lawmakers blast Biden administration grant to protect atheists overseas

A State Department grant of $500,000 to fund the promotion of the rights of atheists and other nonbelievers in the Near East and South-Central Asia has drawn fire from more than a dozen members of Congress who claim the goal is to push atheism, which they assert is a component of "radical, progressive orthodoxy" worldwide.

July 8, 2022