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Woman mourns 10-month-old daughter and mother by dressing mannequins in their clothes


Woman mourns 10-month-old daughter and mother by dressing mannequins in their clothes

ROCKY MOUNT, Va. (WDBJ/Gray News) – A Virginia woman is mourning the loss of her loved ones in a way that some may find unusual. She placed fully clothed mannequins outside her home in memory of her mother and daughter. What started as a Halloween tradition for a woman named Siobhan evolved into an outlet […]

Review of “Our London Lives” by Christine Dwyer Hickey – the Irish diaspora | Fiction


Review of “Our London Lives” by Christine Dwyer Hickey – the Irish diaspora | Fiction

“TThis first time, she hardly saw him.” So begins Our London Lives, the sprawling yet intimate new novel by award-winning Irish writer Christine Dwyer Hickey. She is Milly, a teenage runaway from County Louth who has recently arrived in London to make a fresh start. He is Pip, an aspiring young boxer who can usually […]

News in brief from home and abroad from 29 August


News in brief from home and abroad from 29 August

Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway closes with market value over one trillion dollars (Reuters) — Berkshire Hathaway’s market value exceeded $1 trillion for the first time on Wednesday, reflecting investor confidence in the conglomerate that Warren Buffett built over nearly 60 years into a company that many consider an indicator of the American economy. Buffett’s company […]

Day 9 at the NYS Fair: Today’s handpicked menu and schedule


Day 9 at the NYS Fair: Today’s handpicked menu and schedule

Geddes, NY — We’re going to take full advantage of this. After all, today is the 47th Dairy Day at the New York State Fair. Today is the day when the milk-producing cattle are the real heroes of the fair and we lactose intolerant people just eye the butter sculpture while the “udder” people stuff […]

Michigan faces rollercoaster ride at back to school as classes are cancelled due to weather


Michigan faces rollercoaster ride at back to school as classes are cancelled due to weather

WESTLAND, Michigan (WXYZ) – “I want to inform you that due to the extreme temperatures forecast for the next two days, we will be implementing half-day schedules.” This is part of the voicemail that mother Amy Rumrill received from the American Montessori Academy in Westland, which began the turbulent back-to-school week for her family. “It […]

A film about Harry Potter and the Cursed Child would make a detail from Deathly Hallows even worse


A film about Harry Potter and the Cursed Child would make a detail from Deathly Hallows even worse

There is still great interest in Harry Potter and the Cursed Child would be a key element of the Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. The Cursed Child The script follows Harry Potter and Ginny Weasley’s son, Albus Severus Potter, and Draco Malfoy’s son, Scorpius Malfoy, during their years at Hogwarts, along with many other […]

Why the Brentwood and Brentwood Academy game is rare


Why the Brentwood and Brentwood Academy game is rare

From the perspective of a Nashville-area high school football fan, the idea of ​​an annual rivalry developing between Brentwood Academy and Brentwood High makes sense. There are no travel costs, admission is included in the price and it can provide unforgettable, dramatic moments. But games pitting a large public school against a traditional private top […]

Basic income enables parents to afford toys and improves quality of life


Basic income enables parents to afford toys and improves quality of life

At the store, Monique Gonzalez’s daughters picked out matching pairs of Converse high-tops. They were beaming and couldn’t wait to show their new sneakers to their friends at school. It had been a long time since Gonzalez, 41, could afford new shoes for her children. The mother of six was struggling to make ends meet […]

Tarrant County Sheriff’s Officers Catch Alligator in Viral Video


Tarrant County Sheriff’s Officers Catch Alligator in Viral Video

5:00 a.m. on August 29, 2024 CDT A video posted on social media on Wednesday showed Tarrant County Sheriff’s officers relocating an alligator from a road to a waterway. Sheriff’s Office spokesman Robbie Hoy said via email that the alligator was spotted Sunday in the 9900 block of Boat Club Road near Eagle Mountain Lake. […]