It’s clear President Obama — despite the boos from Flyover Country — doesn’t plan to get off the national stage any time soon. Unlike most former presidents, he’s not going to leave Washington next month and quietly live out the rest of his days in one of the many hoods he grew up in. He […]
2017
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LETTER
Cannot Afford Tax Increase I wonder why there is no mention of the 10 percent property tax to update the local schools. I am an unemployed RN. I live on Mere Point Road in one room with a kitchenette. I pay $460 a month for it. I receive a monthly social security check for $957. […]
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TODAY IN HISTORY
In 1788, Georgia became the fourth state to ratify the U.S. Constitution. In 1792, the first classes began at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. In 1893, the U.S. Postal Service issued its first commemorative stamp to honor the World’s Columbian Expedition and the quadricentennial of Christopher Columbus’ voyage. In 1900, U.S. Secretary of State John […]
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Dear Abby
DEAR ABBY: My mother-in-law passed away two years ago from lung cancer. My father-in-law hasn’t taken it well. This year at Christmas he fabricated a letter and gifts “from her” for the grandkids, as if she had written the letter and bought the gifts before she passed away. He did it without my knowledge. I […]
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Armless Syrian boy thrives in U.S., hopes family can join him
SHARON, MASS. Ahmad Alkhalaf has had a busy year. He attended Democratic President Barack Obama’s final State of the Union address as a special guest of a congressman. He learned to bike and rollerblade, took martial arts and gymnastics classes and spent his summer playing soccer and swimming in a lake at a day camp […]
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1 of Chicago’s bloodiest years ends with 762 homicides
CHICAGO One of the most violent years in Chicago history ended with a sobering tally: 762 homicides, the most in two decades in the city and more than New York and Los Angeles combined. The nation’s third largest city also saw 1,100 more shooting incidents last year than it did in 2015, according to data […]
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With Roof as his own lawyer, sentencing begins in slayings
CHARLESTON, S.C. The same jury that last month unanimously found Dylann Roof guilty in the slayings of nine black parishioners at a South Carolina church is returning to court to begin contemplating his punishment. With the 22-year-old representing himself, the process is sure to be unconventional. But even if Roof is sentenced to death, it’s […]