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Having immigrated to the U.S. from Copenhagen, Denmark in June 1907 with her mother, Asta Bothilde Christensen never imagined she would end up in Quiet Dell, West Virginia.

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Local News Shonda Fischer: From love of reading books to writing books For Shonda Fischer, there was a silver lining in the diagnosis of a painful medical condition.The married mother of two said she had to quit her job after being diagnosed with fibromyalgia, a condition that causes pain throughout the body as well as sleep problems and fatigue, among other things. by Gerry Tritz Jul. 25 2021 @ 11:05pm Shonda Czeschin Fischer, a Christian romance author, enjoys an afternoon discussing writing ...

No one ever confused what comes out the back end of a dog with money, but Tom Spano saw it differently.

Lauren Hough. Photograph by Karl Poss IV As a child raised in the Children of God cult, Lauren Hough followed her parents across the globe, from Switzerland to Germany to Ecuador to Texas. She describes herself as a “cult baby,” a closeted lesbian in a conservative Catholic high school in Amarillo, and then a member of the Air Force. Hough also worked as a bouncer at a gay club, paid the bills as a cable tech (an experience she wrote about in a 2018 essay that went viral), and endured perio...

Apr. 1, 2021 11:35 AM Amid the ongoing civil war in Yemen, 13 Jews have immigrated to Egypt, leaving the country’s once vibrant community of at least 50,000 with a population of fewer than 10. Some reports claimed that the Iran-backed Houthi rebels, who control part of Yemen, forced the Jews to leave. The Times of Israel reported that the refugees instead struck a deal with the Houthis to leave peacefully Cairo. They also reportedly refused an offer to go to Israel. Other Yemeni Jewish fami...