Silent letters are the scourge of spellers and often a stumbling block when learning how to write in English. To the modern eye, it’s unclear what these letters are doing in the words in question, and ...

When the murderer who murdered the insurance executive was caught in Altoona, I was surprised when some on social media applauded the coward. I was even more surprised to read in the Mirror about a ...

In John 15:18, Jesus tells his followers — his disciples — “If the world hates you, remember it hated me first.” We are living in a time in which the believers and followers of Christ Jesus are truly ...

This week the York City Council took another step towards protecting their citizens from gun violence. The Council passed an ordinance making it illegal to use a converter to turn a handgun into an ...

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"We can't post the information we're legally required to post." "We can't comply with the FOIA request." "We can't pay the wrongfully convicted man what we owe him." Nine days out of ten, the Richmond ...

The Guardian website updates daily on the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza. On Tuesday, it reported the UN saying Gaza is “hell on earth”, with doctors fainting from hunger and snipers shooting civilians in ...

Johannes Vermeer, Mistress and Maid, ca. 1664-67; oil on canvas, 35 1/2 x 31 in. Photo: Joseph Coscia Jr., coutesy of the Frick Collection A woman sits on the right, clad in a fur-trimmed yellow coat, ...

With the exception of a few prophetic voices like the Rt. Rev. Mariann Budde (Episcopal Bishop of Washington D.C. ) and the Most Reverend Mark Seitz (Catholic Bishop of El Paso, Texas), many Christian ...

GRAZ, Austria (AP) — Austria fell silent for a minute on Wednesday and people laid candles in the city of Graz in memory of the 10 people killed in a school shooting that shocked the country.

I am grateful for Leila Atassi’s recent column (‘Lead-safe’ is a lie. Cleveland is still using kids as lead detectors) highlighting the deeply concerning lack of progress in reducing lead poisoning in ...

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