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Photos show Venezuelan migrants spending Christmas at home after abandoning hope of reaching the US

MARACAY, Venezuela (AP) — After months on the move through jungles, seas and borders, Venezuelan migrants Mariela Gómez, her partner Abraham Castro and her two…

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A Venezuelan family’s Christmas: From the American dream to poverty

By MATIAS DELACROIX and REGINA GARCIA CANO MARACAY, Venezuela (AP) — This was not the Christmas that Mariela Gómez would have imagined a year ago….

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A Venezuelan family’s Christmas: From the American dream to poverty

By MATIAS DELACROIX and REGINA GARCIA CANO MARACAY, Venezuela (AP) — This was not the Christmas that Mariela Gómez would have imagined a year ago….

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National Weather Service issues snow advisory for CT. Bitter cold also headed this way.

The National Weather Service has issued a hazardous weather outlook for parts of Connecticut starting Friday afternoon and continuing through Saturday morning with a forecast…

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Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer was created in Chicago by Montgomery Ward copywriter Robert L. May to sell toys in 1939. Here’s how the popular Christmas character — and its author — went down in history.

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer was conceived for a purely Scrooge-like reason — to make money. Thankfully, its creator saw the Montgomery Ward marketing campaign as…

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King Charles III calls for kindness and unity in Christmas message amid global conflicts

LONDON — On a Christmas Day when the war in Ukraine casts a shadow over Europe, concerns over immigration divide societies, and some politicians fan…

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King Charles III calls for kindness and unity in Christmas message amid global conflicts

LONDON — On a Christmas Day when the war in Ukraine casts a shadow over Europe, concerns over immigration divide societies, and some politicians fan…

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Liberty Township and Chesterton Fire departments build for now and future

The Duneland communities of Chesterton and Liberty Township are investing millions of dollars to expand and update their fire stations in response to the area’s population…

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Can Democrats reinvent themselves as Washington disrupters?

All year, top Democrats have shown a striking awareness of one of their biggest problems. The party, Sen. Chris Van Hollen of Maryland told NPR…

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Fun to Do: Hip-hop duo Clipse, comedian Fortune Feimster and a winter wonderland

Looking for something to do this week? Here are just a few happenings in Hampton Roads. Grammy-nominated hip-hop duo Clipse will bring their “Home for…

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