A successful businessman had a holiday surprise for people in the small Pennsylvania town where he grew up.
A former White supremacist store and Ku Klux Klan meeting space is being turned into a community center to promote healing
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A South Carolina preacher and local resident are turning what once was a Ku Klux Klan meeting place into a community center dedicated to educating and fighting against racial injustice. Deep in Laurens stands the h...
LA County is scrambling to find more space to store bodies of Covid-19 victims
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Los Angeles County, the epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic in California, is running out of space to store the bodies of Covid-19 victims and officials are scrambling to secure additional capacity. About 900 bodi...
This kindergartner spent almost 2 weeks making 200 New Year’s cards for seniors. Then she broke her piggy bank to buy them a gift
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They say creativity takes courage. And sometimes courage means finding the self-discipline to sit down and handcraft hundreds of cards by yourself, even if you're only 5 years old. That was the task burgeoning arti...
How to cope with grief during the holidays and a pandemic
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The overwhelming amount of loss we've experienced during this pandemic is in stark contrast to what is supposedly the happiest time of the year. Nine months to a year into the crisis, depending on where you live, n...
Man sentenced to life without parole in racially motivated killings at Kentucky grocery store
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The families of two people murdered in a racially motivated killing at a suburban grocery store in Kentucky have finally seen justice. Gregory Bush was sentenced Tuesday to life in prison without the possibility of ...
Chadwick Boseman’s last performance is a bittersweet gift
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The holidays are often when Americans see family, but many are canceling this year
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No Christmas Eve dinners with lots of loved ones, community holiday celebrations or trips to visit extended family: In any other year so many canceled plans would be unusual, but the rising Covid-19 case numbers hav...
This writer found an old typewriter and rekindled a traditional way of easing isolation just in time for the holidays
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When New Yorker staff writer Rachel Syme bought an old-school typewriter, she thought it might be fun to send friends and family letters they could hold in their hands. When she saw how her old-fashioned letters li...
A New York businessman donated a $1 million art collection to Morehouse College
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Want more inspiring, positive news? Sign up for The Good Stuff, a newsletter for the good in life. It will brighten your inbox every Saturday morning. A Morehouse College alumnus has gifted the historically black ...
‘Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch Musical’ puts the humbug in the holidays
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Having brought back the live musical event, NBC offers a scaled-back Christmas confection with "Dr. Seuss' The Grinch Musical!" -- a not-live (and not-very-good) stage production, starring Matthew Morrison ("Glee") ...
4 ways to stay fit and stress less during the holidays
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Dana Santas, known as the "Mobility Maker," is a certified strength and conditioning specialist and mind-body coach in professional sports, and is the author of the book "Practical Solutions for Back Pain Relief." Yo...
Not everyone is sad to be missing the holidays with family this year
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In pre-pandemic times, Sarah Sheehan always headed to North Carolina for a hectic holiday schedule that included hopping between the homes of several different relatives, a Christmas Eve midnight church service and ...