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Oreo Is Releasing a Strawberry Frosted Donut Flavor in March
The cookie brand is bringing all the sprinkles for spring.
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The Worst Northeast Snowstorms of the Last 25 Years
See photos of some of the worst snowstorms to hit the American northeast in history.
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‘I Was Praying to God': Boy Who Fell Into Griffith Park Sewer Pipe Found Alive
A 13-year-old boy who fell into a sewer pipe during a family Easter celebration at Los Angeles’ Griffith Park has been found alive after a methodical 12-hour search of the drainage system.
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US Coronavirus Updates: California to Give Cash to Impacted Immigrants; Trump Says US ‘Past the Peak'
After a month in crisis mode, governors across the U.S. face their next challenge in the coronavirus pandemic: When and how to lift restrictions designed to prevent the spread of COVID-19 and return to something approaching normal life.
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US Coronavirus Updates: Trump's Name to Appear on Paper Stimulus Checks; Trump Halts US Funding to WHO
President Donald Trump is anxious to put the pandemic and its crippling economic crisis behind him ahead of the election in November, discussing with aides when social distancing can be rolled back. A team, expected to be formally announced as early as Tuesday, has begun meeting behind closed doors in the West Wing to tackle another matter paramount to the...
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Bishop Who Preached ‘God Is Larger Than This Dreaded Virus' Dies of COVID-19
A Virginia pastor who told his congregants, “God is larger than this dreaded virus” died of COVID-19 the day before Easter, his church said. The New Deliverance Evangelistic Church, in North Chesterfield, Virginia, right outside Richmond, announced the death of Bishop Gerald O. Glenn in an Easter Sunday address by Bryan Nevers, a church elder. “The first thing I asked God is, ‘Why?’”...
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US Coronavirus Updates: Trump Claims ‘Total' Authority on Reopening; Stimulus Deposits by Wednesday
The coronavirus death toll in the United States has surpassed 22,000 while the total number of cases was over 550,000 Monday morning, according to a tally from John’s Hopkins University.
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Storms Tears Through South Amid Pandemic; At Least 30 Dead
Storms that killed more than 30 people in the Southeast, piling fresh misery atop a pandemic, spread across the eastern United States on Monday, leaving more than 1 million homes and businesses without power amid floods and mudslides. In Alabama, people seeking shelter from tornadoes huddled in community shelters, protective masks covering their faces to guard against the new coronavirus….
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Severe Easter Storms Sweep Southern States
Severe storms swept Mississippi, Louisiana and Alabama on Sunday, destroying houses and cars on a day where many families expected to celebrate Easter. Forecasters say the severe weather threat could last for several more days.
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US Coronavirus Updates: Cases Spike Above 550K
The coronavirus death toll in the U.S. has climbed to nearly 20,000 while the total number of cases surpassed 514,415, according to a tally from John’s Hopkins University.
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Andrea Bocelli Performs ‘Amazing Grace' During Easter Concert
Andrea Bocelli’s Easter concert on Sunday was a gorgeous moment for the world to come together and reflect on the trying times we are all experiencing amid the coronavirus pandemic.
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Pope Urges Solidarity on an Easter of Both Joy, Virus Sorrow
Pope Francis is calling for solidarity the world over to confront the “epochal challenge” posed by the coronavirus pandemic
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Amid Pandemic, Churches Celebrate a Socially-Distant Easter
Churches across New England found creative ways to celebrate Easter Sunday services during the coronavirus pandemic. The pandemic, which has sickened over 35,000 people in New England, has forced religious institutions to rethink worshiping practices as local health officials urge people to practice social distancing. In Norwood, Massachusetts, the Grace Episcopal Church set up drive-thru Stations of the Cross and…
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Local Churches Find Ways to Hold Easter Service Amid COVID-19 Pandemic
Churches across New England are finding ways to celebrate the Easter holiday with virtual masses and drive-thru masses.
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Amid Virus, World's Christians Mark an Easter Like No Other
Christians around the world are celebrating Easter at a distance, with many churches closed and family gatherings canceled amid wide-ranging shutdowns due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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Local Churches Find Ways to Hold Easter Mass
Churches across New England are finding creative ways to still hold Easter Sunday services during the coronavirus pandemic.
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Mass. Town Holds Its 1st ‘Bunny Hop Parade' to Spread Easter Cheer Despite Coronavirus
The town of Andover, Massachusetts, put on an Easter parade for the first time Saturday to celebrate the holiday while social distancing. The “Bunny Hop Parade” celebration comes with in-person religious celebrations canceled and group events banned in an effort to stop the coronavirus pandemic. The Easter Bunny rode on top of an Andover Fire Department ladder truck, waving to…
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Global Coronavirus Updates: World Deaths Pass 100,000 as Crisis Deepens
The worldwide death toll from the coronavirus surged past 100,000 on Friday as the epidemic in the U.S. cut a widening swath through not just New York City but the entire three-state metropolitan area of 20 million people connected by a tangle of subways, trains and buses.
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COVID-19 Disrupts Easter Plans, But Celebrations Continue
While the COVID-19 crisis means there will be no large Easter egg hunts, in-person church services, or holiday brunches served at bustling restaurants this weekend, many New Englanders are determined to celebrate—even if they do so in different ways than usual. “I miss all the people with whom I’m friends,” said Bishop Christopher Coyne of the Roman Catholic Diocese...
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Easter Celebrations Forced to Change During Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic means no in-person church services and no large egg hunts this year. But despite the changes, New Englanders are determined to celebrate in different ways than usual.