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FAMILY FEATURES When looking for the perfect present, hone in on your loved ones’ favorite hobbies. The options for creatives and art lovers are nearly endless, with stocking stuffers and thoughtful gifts ranging from pens and pencils to markers, personal drawing lessons and beyond. Give the gift of creative expression this holiday season with a…

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 (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File) LONG BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Two people in Southern California have come down with dengue fever without traveling outside the United States, where the mosquito-borne illness is rare, health officials said. A Pasadena resident was confirmed to have dengue last month but is recovering, officials said. “This is the first confirmed…

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ABOVE PHOTO: Tou Thao leaves the courtroom after his sentencing hearing in Hennepin County District Court on Monday, Aug. 7, 2023, in Minneapolis, Minn.  (Leila Navidi/Star Tribune via AP) By Steve Karnowski ASSOCIATED PRESS MINNEAPOLIS  — Tou Thao, the last former Minneapolis police officer convicted in state court for his role in the killing of…

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ABOVE PHOTO: People watch as smoke and flames fill the air from raging wildfires on Front Street in downtown Lahaina, Maui on Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2023. (Alan Dickar via AP) By Claire Rush ASSOCIATED PRESS A dangerous mix of conditions appear to have combined to make the wildfires blazing a path of destruction in Hawaii…

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ABNOVE PHOTO: A GROUP MEMORIALIZING TRANSGENDER PEOPLE WHO DIED because of bias or hate in the U.S. marches in the Pride parade, Saturday, June 10, 2023, in Boston. The biggest Pride parade in New England returned on Saturday after a three-year hiatus, with a fresh focus on social justice and inclusion rather than corporate backing….

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ABOVE PHOTO: High school student Leo Burchell speaks at the Central Bucks School Board meeting about LGBTQ student rights in Doylestown, Pa., on Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2022. After hearing a man tell the school board that transgender people posed a risk of violence in bathrooms, Leo expected another adult in the room to interrupt what…

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ABOVE PHOTO: Philadelphia City Hall (Photo: AL DÍA Archives) The data comes from the recently released report: “What Philly Wants: The Every Voice, Every Vote Survey of Philadelphia Voters.” By Nigel Thompson AL DÍA Note: This story originally appeared in the March 22, 2023 edition of AL DÍA Last Tuesday, March 14, the Lenfest Institute dropped…

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ABOVE PHOTO: Maria Quiñones-Sánchez  (Photo/Quiñones-Sánchez campaign website) Because she didn’t see a way she could continue to compete on a financial level, former Councilmember Maria Quinones Sanchez has suspended her campaign for Mayor of Philadelphia. By Denise Clay-Murray When she resigned from Philadelphia City Council last year to make a run at the Democratic nomination for…

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ABOVE PHOTO: Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg speaks at a press conference after the arraignment of former president Donald Trump in New York on Tuesday, April 4, 2023. (AP Photo/John Minchillo) By The Associated Press The criminal charges that Donald Trump is now facing in New York stem from three separate instances in which the…

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By Constance Garcia-Barrio When several generations of women from the same family reside under one roof, it can force old secrets to surface. The women in “Black Candle Women,” a just-published novel by Diane Marie Brown, find themselves in that predicament. The Montrose women, New Orleans transplants to southern California, include: 40-ish Victoria, a therapist…

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