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Compositions by Northwest choral conductor Morten Lauridsen will be featured when Walla Walla Choral Society presents its "Mid-Winter Songs" holiday performances Nov. 26-27.

Okan Celik/iStock(BERLIN) -- Germany passed a grim milestone on Thursday: 100,000 deaths from COVID-19. In recent weeks, the situation has spiraled out of control as cases have spiked and intensive care beds have become scarce in some regions. The country has one of the lowest rates vaccination rates in western Europe -- only 68% of the population has been vaccinated, according to recent health statistics. "Sadly, the coronavirus still hasn't been beaten. Every day we see new records a...