The year I worked Christmas shifts at the hospital was one of the best holidays ever
As the holidays approached last year, my husband and I made a decision: we would both volunteer to spend our Christmas at ...
Sacred Mysteries: Queen Victoria’s four amazing granddaughters
In 1947, at Westminster Abbey, the Marchioness of Milford Haven witnessed her grandson Philip marry Princess Elizabeth, soon ...
Sonowal pays tribute to young Sikh martyrs on Veer Bal Diwas
Dibrugarh: Union minister for ports, shipping and waterways Sarbananda Sonowal, on Thursday paid tribute to the extraordinary ...
In a 1st, Goa to honour heroes of Liberation
The Goa government is honoring 14 families of freedom fighters who died during Goa's Liberation struggle with ₹10 lakh each.
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The Martyrs of Compiègne of French Revolution are canonized after ‘walking together’
Pope Francis on Wednesday decided to make the Martyrs of Compiègne officially saints. It was a rare decision, in that no one in the Church disagreed with it. In order to understand why the ...
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What Marty Makary will do at the FDA & what taxi drivers can teach scientists
I just learned in Lizzy Lawrence’s great profile of Marty Makary that the TV show “The Resident” is based on his book about the medical system. I’ve never seen the show, due to my dislike ...
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Pope Francis declares French Martyrs of Compiègne saints via equipollent canonization
The equipollent, or “equivalent” canonization, announced by the Vatican on Wednesday, recognizes the long-standing veneration of the Carmelite martyrs, who met their deaths with unwavering ...
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English seminary in Rome commemorates Martyrs’ Day on St. Ralph Sherwin’s feast
In 2024, the college’s commemoration of “Martyrs’ Day” was moved to Dec. 2 due to the first Sunday of Advent falling on Dec. 1. In the 16th century, “the situation in England was grave ...
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Johns Hopkins surgeon Marty Makary picked to lead Food and Drug Administration
The appointment, once confirmed by the U.S. Senate, would position Makary atop the federal agency charged with ensuring the safety, efficacy, and security of human and veterinary drugs, biological ...
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Identify all martyrs of the July mass uprising
The delay in identifying hundreds of individuals killed during the July-August uprising is quite disappointing. According to a Prothom Alo report, 80 unclaimed bodies were buried in July and 34 ...
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MARTY FRIEDMAN On MEGADETH's Lowball Offer To Reunite In 2015: "I Was Stunned And Angry And Told Them I Couldn't Even Consider It"
"If I'd had any idea they would lowball me like this, I never would have met with them in Anaheim." "Let's just say he wasn't even in the ballpark. Hell, he wasn't even in the parking lot for the ...
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Ex-Post editor Martin Baron: Trump team will do ‘everything to undermine public confidence in the press’
Martin Baron, the former executive editor for The Washington Post, said in a new interview that President-elect Trump’s team will do “everything” to undermine confidence in the press. Baron ...