Linda Hall considers the unsaid in Margaret Atwood’s new memoir.
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Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Jan. 2026
The British film, adapted from Helen Macdonald’s best-selling memoir, charts how Foy’s Helen sinks into a grave depression following the sudden death of her father (Brendan Gleeson).
Top Destinations and Routes for Business Travel The report identifies the most traveled to cities and routes in 2025, featuring a detailed overview of activity across each major travel category.
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Roger Sands,
Forbes.com,
23 Jan. 2026
The petition, which was granted by a federal judge, cites reports alleging that guards at the facility choked and asphyxiated Campos.
Love practiced fully throughout last week after getting cleared from concussion protocol, though the Packers chose to rest him for their 16-3 loss to the Minnesota Vikings on Sunday.
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Steve Megargee,
Twin Cities,
8 Jan. 2026
The county has worked for months with UCSD and Scripps researchers to absorb the protocols created by local researchers, gradually fine-tuning models so that the data that the county’s process creates matches with what has already been collected and published by the research effort.
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Paul Sisson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 Jan. 2026
Shortly before the rally, the American Legion and the Palisades LTRG held a separate memorial at the corner of Sunset Boulevard and Swarthmore Avenue.
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David Wilson,
Daily News,
7 Jan. 2026
Some have praised the government for investing in synagogue restoration, Holocaust memorials and Jewish cultural life, as well as for maintaining close diplomatic ties with Israel.
Shakers invented a new form of notation to record their songs, using letters adorned with a variety of hashmarks to denote pitch and rhythm.
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Christian Goodwillie,
The Conversation,
22 Dec. 2025
While searching census records, Klein discovered that Alson was listed as an artist and that 17-year-old Sarah was also described as an artist—an uncommon notation, particularly for a young woman in the 19th century.
His first action of the night came after about three minutes into the game, not long after going over to the exercise bike parked just outside the tunnel leading to their locker room, jumping on it while being advised by a member of the Hornets’ performance staff.
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Roderick Boone,
Charlotte Observer,
9 Jan. 2026
Cellphone data showed Fuentes was at the crash site, immediately went home and then returned in a different car within 20 minutes, the affidavit said.
The language in the memorandum affirms legitimate counterterrorism work while leaving room to treat political dissent as out of bounds.
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Stephanie A,
The Conversation,
22 Jan. 2026
Last October, Carolina Migrant Network filed a Freedom of Information Act request for a memorandum reported by the Washington Post on ICE’s policy concerning ankle and wrist monitors.
New leaders brought in In an internal memo obtained by the Washington Examiner, Scott told senior officials across the agency in December about his new deputy, whom the DHS had selected for him.
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Anna Giaritelli,
The Washington Examiner,
22 Jan. 2026
The memo was presented to Congress by whistleblowers who said this directive goes against not only the law but standard training.
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