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My husband and I sold our house and spent a year traveling. Jason Prokowiew After my husband was laid off from his tech job, we decided to sell our house and travel for a year. During our time abroad,...
A Tunisian man turns his dying mother’s cancer treatment into a celebration of love, devotion, care and resilience....
The IFRC chief on US aid cuts, attacks on aid workers and whether neutrality can survive modern wars....
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The Wolf Moon is named for the hungry predators that sometimes can be heard howling in the winter month....
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A witness to Saturday’s fatal shooting of a 37-year-old man is disputing the government account of the incident....
Details about the 37-year-old man shot and killed by a federal agent in Minneapolis are coming into light....
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Erin Renzas is a former marketing executive. Dina Litovsky for BI Erin Renzas spent nearly two decades dutifully climbing the career ladder before she hit a breaking point. She had achieved many of th...