Jews prep for a pandemic Passover: Smaller but no less vital
Passover and its epic story — how the Jewish people escaped to freedom after plagues struck their oppressors — are uniquely resonant this year,…
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Passover and its epic story — how the Jewish people escaped to freedom after plagues struck their oppressors — are uniquely resonant this year,…
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Divers found the body of 8-year-old Gideon McKean, a great-grandson of Robert F. Kennedy, on Wednesday afternoon, police said. They discovered the…
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Charlotte Figi, a child with a catastrophic type of epilepsy who went on to inspire a CBD movement, passed away Tuesday at age 13. Charlotte had…
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The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons’ Investigation and Identification Team (IIT) has concluded the Syrian government…
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WASHINGTON, DC — As the U.S. death tolls nears 15,000, President Donald Trump continued Wednesday to try to shift blame for his response…
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WASHINGTON, DC — Linda Tripp, whose secretly recorded conversations with White House intern Monica Lewinsky led to the 1998 impeachment of…
Continue ReadingSmall business owners feel they’re in a race for their livelihoods. When they learned $349 billion in forgivable loans would be paid out on a…
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WASHINGTON, DC — Sen. Bernie Sanders ended his presidential bid on Wednesday, making Joe Biden the presumptive Democratic nominee to challenge…
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At a time when there are not enough coronavirus tests to meet demand in hospitals across the United States, those who can afford it and have the…
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At a time when there are not enough coronavirus tests to meet demand in hospitals across the United States, those who can afford it and have the…
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At a time when there are not enough coronavirus tests to meet demand in hospitals across the United States, those who can afford it and have the…
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Along with Italian marble and Egyptian antiquities, legendary newspaper publisher William Randolph Hearst filled his San Simeon estate with hundreds…
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Nearly 60,000 years ago, as prehistoric humans just started venturing out of Africa, a forest of cypress trees grew on the banks of a river near the…
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NASHVILLE, Tennessee — John Prine, the ingenious singer-songwriter who explored the heartbreaks, indignities and absurdities of everyday life in…
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The number of deaths from the novel coronavirus continued to reach grim milestones, with more than 800 fatalities reported Tuesday in New York City,…
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When Shelby Law gave birth to her baby seven weeks early in late March, she and her husband freely visited their newborn in the hospital’s…
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WASHINGTON, DC — As Congress races to craft the next coronavirus rescue package, President Donald Trump’s sudden request Tuesday to pump $250…
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WASHINGTON, DC — President Donald Trump said he would “put a hold” on U.S. funding for the World Health Organization, before backtracking and…
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My 15-year-old daughter Lyric noted how flimsy she thought the barriers blocking public beach access seemed. The aluminum barriers stood just a few…
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As the US grapples with the rapid spread of the novel coronavirus that has the health care system at a tipping point, a growing number of states are…
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NEW YORK, NY — A big rally on Wall Street suddenly vanished Tuesday, undercut in part by another plunge in the price of oil. The S&P 500 dipped…
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WASHINGTON, DC — Acting U.S. Navy Secretary Thomas Modly resigned Tuesday, bringing to a climax an extraordinary drama that he advanced by…
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The Supreme Court’s 5-4 decision refusing to extend a deadline for absentee ballots in Tuesday’s Wisconsin elections reflects Chief…
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NEW YORK, NY — New York City’s death toll from the coronavirus eclipsed the number of those killed at the World Trade Center on 9/11, health…
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The Indian Health Service, founded 65 years ago and criticized ever since, has encountered yet another major challenge: Covid-19 — or as the…
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Today is National Beer Day, and, yes, it is a Tuesday. But that shouldn’t stop you from popping open a Mast Landing’s Weekend Plans India…
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In case there wasn’t enough to deal with in the world right now, radiation levels near the Chernobyl nuclear disaster site have spiked as…
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Much of Japan will enter a state of emergency Tuesday, as the country struggles to rein in the coronavirus pandemic, months after the first domestic…
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Around the world, some religious gatherings continue to take place, despite widespread knowledge that large groups of people facilitate in spreading…
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Health experts are warning the national count of Covid-19 deaths in the United States could be underestimated as the coronavirus pandemic continues…
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