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This summer, a relative reached out to me regarding the sad story of Kodie Dutcher, a 10-year-old from Baraboo, Wisconsin who was reported missing in July. Law enforcement officials put out an Amber Alert, and a volunteer search party was organized. Kodie’s body was found the following morning – July 7, a Tuesday – near
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For ten years now, I have suffered from chronic pain after ripping apart my abdominal wall, causing permanent nerve damage. I generally keep it private, but in the face of the mounting despair and hopelessness in our society, I feel I ought to pull back the veil. One day I was fine, wrenching a toilet
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With the sudden passing of designer Kate Spade and TV personality Anthony Bourdain—both of whom authorities believe took their own life—it’s easy to wonder if an epidemic of suicide is upon us. As it turns out, such ponderings are not far-fetched, a fact which the well-timed release of a CDC report on suicide explains. According
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I’m confused. You see, I thought the definition of a prostitute was a male or female who accepted money for sexual favors. My online dictionary offers a more chauvinistic definition: “a person, in particular a woman, who engages in sexual activity for payment.” I’m not sure why that definition singles out women, but
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In August, the U.S. Department of Justice served SpaceX CEO Elon Musk with a lawsuit, alleging his company is guilty of employment discrimination for refusing to hire refugees and asylum seekers. Between September 2018 and May 2022, SpaceX hired no refugees and only one individual who said they were an asylee, according to Fox Business.
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For those curious to know what type of books American school children are reading, look no farther than Renaissance Learning’s 2016 report What Kids are Reading. Compiled from reading data from 9.8 million students, the report lists the top 25 most read books for each grade along with their reading level. While some tried and
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