Interests outside work will fuel a happier retirement
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October 4, 2024
Odds are I won’t have to deal with it: the latest thing men are doing wrong according to the (largely female) writers of The Washington Post’s Well+Being: Healthy Living articles. “It” being the shame...
Inflation cools again, potentially paving way for Fed to cut interest rates soon
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July 11, 2024
WASHINGTON (AP) — Inflation in the United States cooled in June for a third straight month, a sign that the worst price spike in four decades is steadily fading and may soon usher in interest rate cut...
Iran encourages Gaza war protests in U.S., intelligence chief says
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July 9, 2024
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Iranian government is covertly encouraging American protests over Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza in a bid to stoke outrage ahead of the fall election, the nation’s top intell...
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July 9, 2024
By MARIA SHERMAN and KAITLYN HUAMANI Associated Press Joe Bonsall, Grammy award winner and celebrated tenor of the country and gospel group the Oak Ridge Boys, died Tuesday. He was 76. Bonsall died fr...
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July 9, 2024
The assault on Gaza City shut down medical facilities. DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — An apparent Israeli airstrike on a schoolturned- shelter in southern Gaza killed at least 25 Palestinians on Tue...
Restoring electricity will take days after Beryl knocks out power for millions
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July 8, 2024
HOUSTON (AP) — Texas officials say restoring electricity will take days after Beryl came ashore Monday as a Category 1 hurricane and knocked out power to nearly 3 million homes and businesses. Texas L...
Ukraine and the winter war
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July 8, 2024
In early World War II, on Nov. 30, 1939, a Soviet-Russian army invaded Finland in a surprise massive attack. The Finns were eventually outnumbered nearly 3 to 1. The population of the Soviet Union in ...
The power of ‘Possum Trot’
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July 8, 2024
“The whole town. The whole town wants kids now!” The caseworker with the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services was giddy with a mixture of elation and disbelief. A pastor and his wife wer...
Russia’s heaviest bombardment of Kyiv in 4 months hits a children’s hospital
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July 8, 2024
The strikes resulted in at least seven deaths, including two staff members at the hospital. KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian missiles blasted cities across Ukraine on Monday, damaging the country’s larges...
Israeli protesters block highways, call for cease-fire to return hostages
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July 7, 2024
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Marking nine months since the war in Gaza started, Israeli protesters blocked highways across the country Sunday, calling on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to step down and ...
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June 30, 2024
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Hurricane Beryl strengthened into what experts called an “extremely dangerous” Category 4 storm as it approached the southeast Caribbean, which began shutting down Sunday ...
U.N. food agency pauses its aid work at U.S. pier in Gaza
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By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
June 10, 2024
WASHINGTON (AP) — The director of the U.N. World Food Program said Sunday the program has “paused” its distribution of humanitarian aid from an American-built pier off Gaza, saying she was “concerned ...
Biden apologizes to Zelenskyy for monthslong holdup to weapons
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June 7, 2024
PARIS (AP) — President Joe Biden on Friday for the first time publicly apologized to Ukraine for a monthslong congressional holdup in American military assistance that let Russia make gains on the bat...
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May 23, 2024
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — A climber from Kenya attempting to scale the world’s highest mountain has been found dead near the summit, officials said Thursday. The body of Cheruiyot Kirui was found on Mou...