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During high school, I [Clarissa] often worked the Valentine’s Day shift at my town’s grocery store. Assigned to the quick checkout register, I rung up purchases for a steady stream of men, their arms overflowing with roses, stuffed animals, and champagne. Every once and awhile, a bashful gentleman would slide a gigantic red heart of chocolates onto the conveyor belt—no doubt “I hope she forgives me” chocolate—to make up for another missed special day. I easily noticed that the flow ...

Watching in shock and dismay at the overrun of the Capitol on Wednesday, instigated by the president of the United States, emotions ran the range from heartbreak and fury, all the way to … delight. The melee was cleared by police, though the damage was done and at least one and as many as four lives lost. It was not hard to reimagine the scene and the death count had the mob not been mostly white. There’s no shortage of commentary with politicians finding some backbone instead of chasing th...

This year was painful. That doesn’t mean we should forget it.

Round numbers tend to be big in bad ways, and 2020 met every expectation. Looking back, it’s hard to recall a year more fraught with gut-churning distress. Mix a global pandemic killing close to 2 million with racial upheaval, a bizarro US presidential election season, and economic turbulence. Pour in never-ending conflicts in places like Afghanistan and Yemen. Stir and warm over a planet heating up year after year, and you have the makings for a grim apocalyptic stew. No wonder many have won...

Internal conventional wisdom about whos to blame for the shutdown, hes not going to win that. rob: he once $5 billion for the wall the democrats refuse to even negotiate. jillian: a fox news alert, the war on cops escalating overnight. four law enforcement officers in two states shot in the line of duty. in texas the search is on for a suspect after 3 deputies are hurt serving a search warrant, another suspect shot dead and the third in custody. all of the officers are expected to survive. in no...

never in my lifetime did i think i could walk 60 miles in 3 days. if my mom can fight and beat breast cancer, i can walk 60 miles. (woman) the fund-raising was the easiest part. people were very giving. complete strangers wanting to help. i knew someday i was gonna do this walk. if i can do this, you definitely can do this. we can do this. we can all do this together. (man) register today for the... and receive $25 off your registration fee. because everyone deserves a lifetime. he ...

horrible happen. >> out of the corner of my eye i saw a gentleman fall onto the tracks. >> my best guess is he lost his balance. there was no one else around him. >> reporter: the train was barreling down the tracks. its headlights were clearly visible and getting closer. they sprang into action, no time to think. >> the biggest memory was the lights from the train coming closer and closer. we need to get him off and i dont really remember any other emotion or feeling other than ive go...