Colleges today aren’t sure what they’re doing. An application process that for decades focused on SAT and ACT scores is gone for the most part. Yet there are now signs of a comeback, as some Ivy League institutions are reinstating a mandatory submission of scores after changes were put in place during the COVID pandemic. Millions of parents enrolled their …
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A woman who left her husband behind at the airport after he was prevented from boarding a plane for a trip to see her parents was right to do so — and she may also want to reconsider her relationship, said other Reddit users in response to the unusual personal drama. Reddit user “CantaloupeLife7504” asked readers of Reddit’s “Am I …
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A man was recently playing a game of golf when he encountered an alligator that had a turtle trapped in its jaws. Casey Yarbrough was on the 14th hole at a golf course in Naples, Florida, when he heard something unexpected. “We heard a loud sound, like a gun went off,” Yarbrough told FOX 35 on Monday. FLORIDA WOMAN PHOTOGRAPHS …
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New York City’s boroughs once battled for World Series wins and baseball bragging rights. The Yankees from the Bronx, the Dodgers from Brooklyn and the Giants from Manhattan won eight straight World Series in Major League Baseball from 1949 to 1956. Those “diamond daze” of the 1950s are long gone. CRACKER JACK, IMMORTALIZED IN BASEBALL ANTHEM, IS A GRAND-SLAM RECIPE …
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Cardinal Timothy Dolan, archbishop of New York, joined “Fox & Friends” on Friday morning to share a message of hope and resilience for this coming Easter Sunday. Dolan mentioned the recent killing of NYPD Officer Jonathan Diller, acknowledging that there “seems to be darkness” in the world. Good Friday is the annual day observed by Christians as the anniversary of …
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Bishop Robert Barron pulls no punches when talking about the transcendent and life-altering meaning of Easter. “It’s a revolution. It’s an earthquake,” says Barron. “It’s what turned everything upside down. So one of the worst things we can do is domesticate Easter.” Barron is a bestselling author and the popular creator of Word On Fire Catholic Ministry. THE COMING EASTER …
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As Lent comes to a close and Easter Sunday draws near, it is important to fully consider the implications and meaning behind the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, said a retired judge and seminary president. “As we come to this beautiful day we call Easter, somehow, we know that it is different this year. Something has changed in the …
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The first ambulance service in the United States reportedly rolled to the aid of patients in Cincinnati, Ohio, on this day in history, March 28, 1866. “For many years, Bellevue Hospital in New York claimed to have introduced the first citywide ambulance service in 1869, but records show Cincinnati beat them to it,” the Cincinnati Enquirer reported in 2018. It …
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Adults tend to need more medical care as they age, but coordinating that care can be stressful and strenuous for seniors. Getting in-person care and treatment can require “substantial time, effort and cost” for older adults and their partners or caregivers, according to a new study from Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston. Led by Ishani Ganguli, an associate professor …
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Cracker Jack has enjoyed an all-American reputation as the signature snack of the national pastime for more than a century. “Buy me some peanuts and Cracker Jack/I don’t care if I ever get back,” is one of the refrains of “Take Me Out to the Ball Game.” The iconic tune, written in 1908, is traditionally sung during the seventh-inning stretch …
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