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Today’s column involves a husband and wife, both of whom were getting Social Security benefits — and the husband dies.

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A Jewish organization helped him flee as a teen. Years later as a US soldier, my father went in search of the parents he'd ...

Great for Hanukkah, 'The Tourist’s Guide to Lost Yiddish New York City' by Henry H. Sapoznik is not your usual guidebook. In fact, many of the sites listed in it haven't existed for decades ...

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As 2025 winds down, June Casagrande writes about the correct punctuation for all the holidays to come in 2026.

There is a presidency at work in Washington, but it is not clear that there is a president at work in the Oval Office.

"Slop" is Merriam-Webster's Word of the Year for 2025, meaning more people than ever need to "touch grass," which, as it ...

That’s just what our 49 2025 Impact Awards honorees have done, across the categories of community service/local impact, educational support/learning achievement, ethical sourcing/supply chain ...

Brett Ambler starred in a 1989 video about kazoos for kids. The video got a new life on YouTube and went viral soon after.