Jill Biden shines fresh spotlight on military family program
Jill Biden on Wednesday delivered on her promise to prioritize the struggles of military families by reviving a decade-old initiative that challenged Americans to do something as simple as mow the lawn or drop off a meal for a family with a loved one in the armed forces.
Summoning seniors: Big new push to vaccinate older Americans
The first hurdle was getting on the bus. Seventy-four year old Linda Busby hesitated outside a community center where older people were loading up to go get the coronavirus vaccine.
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A year after COVID-19 superspreader, family finds closure
With dish soap, brushes and plastic water jugs in hand, Carole Rae Woodmansee's four children cleaned the gravestone their mother shares with their father, Jim. Each scrub shined engraved letters spelling out their mother's name and the days of her birth and death: March 27, 1939, and March 27, 2020.
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'How many of us will be left?' Catholic nuns face loss, pain
The nuns' daily email update was overtaken by news of infections. Ambulances blared into the driveways of their convents. Prayers for the sick went unanswered, prayers for the dead grew monotonous and, their cloistered world suddenly caving in, some of the sisters' thoughts were halting.
World
In Peru, authorities allowed secret burials of virus victims
When Andrea Wong reached the field in the Amazon forest, she was confused. There were dozens of crosses planted in the red soil, but nothing to distinguish her father's grave.
Variety
Anne Beatts, groundbreaking comedy writer, dead at 74
Anne Beatts, a groundbreaking comedy writer with a taste for sweetness and the macabre who was on the original staff of "Saturday Night Live" and later created the cult sitcom "Square Pegs," has died. She was 74.
Variety
Howard Weitzman, lawyer for Jackson, Bieber, DeLorean, dies
Howard Weitzman, an attorney whose clients included Michael Jackson, Justin Bieber, and auto maker John DeLorean, has died. He was 81.
Nation
Medal of Honor recipient Charles H. Coolidge dies
Tennessee Medal of Honor recipient Charles H. Coolidge has died. He was 99.
Nation
A city wrestled down an addiction crisis. Then came COVID-19
Larrecsa Cox steered past the used tire shop, where a young man had collapsed a few days before, the syringe he'd used to shoot heroin still clenched in his fist.
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A city wrestled down an addiction crisis. Then came COVID-19
Larrecsa Cox steered past the used tire shop, where a young man collapsed a few days before, the syringe he'd used to shoot heroin still clenched in his fist.
Nation
Summoning seniors: Big new push to vaccinate older Americans
The first hurdle was getting on the bus. Seventy-four-year-old Linda Busby hesitated outside a community center where older people were loading up to go get the coronavirus vaccine.
Variety
Bill Owens, uncle and musical mentor to Dolly Parton, dies
Country songwriter Bill Owens, who was a mentor and early songwriting partner to his niece Dolly Parton and helped start her career in country music, has died. He was 85.
Nation
US Rep. Alcee Hastings dies at 84; was impeached as judge
Rep. Alcee Hastings, the fiercely liberal longtime Florida congressman who was dogged throughout his tenure by an impeachment that ended his fast-rising judicial career, died Tuesday. He was 84.
World
Hans Kueng, dissident Catholic theologian, dies at 93
Hans Kueng, a Roman Catholic theologian who was an early colleague and friend of the future Pope Benedict XVI but later fell foul of the Vatican for challenging church doctrine and became a vocal critic of the pontiff, has died. He was 93.
World
'Chernobyl' and 'Harry Potter' actor Paul Ritter dies at 54
Versatile British actor Paul Ritter, whose roles ranged from a hapless suburban patriarch in sitcom "Friday Night Dinner" to a Soviet engineer who helps cause a nuclear disaster in "Chernobyl," has died, his agent said Tuesday. He was 54 and had been suffering from a brain tumor.
World
Hashida, who wrote 'Oshin,' many other hit dramas dies at 95
Renowned Japanese scriptwriter Sugako Hashida, best known for the internationally popular TV drama series "Oshin," has died of lymphoma. She was 95.
Local
Robert Miller, neuroscientist and microsurgeon, dies at 81
Robert F. Miller, born in Eugene, Ore., in 1939, was a restaurant cook whose boss realized he was made for something bigger. So Miller went…
Sports
Philly lawyer Sprague, active in civic affairs, dies at 95
Richard A. Sprague, a prominent Philadelphia lawyer who prosecuted murderers, won high-stakes civil lawsuits and was deeply influential in state and city political and civic affairs, died Saturday evening, his family announced.
Sports
In shinty or in golf, Robert MacIntyre shows plenty of fight
Robert MacIntyre was 12 tournaments into his rookie season on the European Tour when he wanted to go home to Scotland, a surprise only because of his blue-collar nature to never shy away from a fight.
Nation
For 7 New Yorkers, a pandemic year's fight for the future
It was the eve of the deadliest day of the coronavirus spike that brought New York City to a trembling standstill. They were a handful of people doing what they could in the city's fight for survival, and their own.
Local
Tom Shinnick, dedicated Brooklyn Center volunteer and community leader, dies at 85
If you spent any time at community events in Brooklyn Center in the last six decades, it's likely you would have run into Tom Shinnick.You'd…
Variety
Arthur Kopit, three-time Tony-nominated playwright, dies
Arthur Kopit, a three time Tony Award-nominated playwright and two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist known for fusing disparate genres, absurdism and a darkly comic world view, has died. He was 83.
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