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In the ever-evolving world of linguistics, it can sometimes be challenging to keep up with new words, from slang to science. The online dictionary, Merriam-Webster.com, has taken a stab at keeping itself up to date, adding 200 new words and phrases to its database. “Our lexicographers monitor a huge range of sources to select which…
Making one’s way into the Chicago Loop Synagogue isn’t merely a matter of opening the front door. First, visitors must ring a doorbell and talk to a receptionist at an office desk. After making their way into the foyer, they buzz another doorbell for entrance. Then, they have to pass through a metal detector scan….
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There comes a time in every young beaver’s life when they decide to branch out and leave their parents’ lodge to build their own home. For Nibi, Massachusetts “diva” beaver, it’s a bit more complicated than that. And in the end, the governor of Massachusetts had to get involved. Nibi was just a baby when…
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The Biltmore Estate, the extravagant former home of the Vanderbilts and one of North Carolina’s biggest attractions, was among the structures slammed by the remnants of Hurricane Helene last week. Buncombe County, where the 8,000-acre estate is located, is considered among the hardest hit by Helene. As of Thursday, at least 72 people had died…
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The poor woman who went camping with her boyfriend got a splinter stuck in her hand by the stream while preparing for a barbecue. She didn’t care and just bandaged the wound. When she returned home, she thought she had a pimple on her hand at first. She was immediately examined by her boyfriend at…
immy Carter is 100 years old. The 39th president, who has been in home hospice care since February of last year, received birthday wishes from many, including President Biden, as well as a parade in his honor in his birthplace of Plains, Ga. A star-studded celebration of Carter’s birthday took place in Atlanta in September….
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Writer Ta-Nehisi Coates says he long felt the pull to visit Africa — and yet it was a trip he kept putting off. “When you’re Black in this country, Africa — or the story that’s told about Africa — is a weight,” Coates says. “I always knew it was a trip that I had to…
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Turbo Tetterton found out Sunday night that people outside her storm-beaten neighborhood in Asheville, N.C., were reporting her missing after no one could reach her following Hurricane Helene’s destructive path through her mountain community. Tetterton and several of her Asheville neighbors were using Wi-Fi from a hot spot trailer provided by county officials to help…
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Tabi Haly defies expectations. She’s a woman with a progressive muscular illness; she can’t move her body and she needs round-the-clock care from aides. She wasn’t expected to go to college, or to get a job — much less become a vice president at the banking giant JPMorgan Chase. Even staying alive and healthy defied…
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A Kentucky sheriff shot and killed a local judge last month after seeing his teenage daughter’s number on the judge’s phone, according to court testimony Tuesday. Police say Letcher County Sheriff Mickey Stines dialed his daughter’s number from District Judge Kevin Mullins’ phone, then pulled his gun and shot Mullins repeatedly inside his own chambers…
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