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Ask Amy: Reader gives an update about emotional roller coaster relationship
Readers give “updates” to their questions that have been published in this space.
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Baked Sriracha Chicken Breast
Chef Jacques Pépin slathers chicken breasts with a mayonnaise-sriracha mixture and bakes it for a moist, delicious result in a recipe he calls Chicken à la Susie.
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Miss Manners: I ordered champagne for one and had to share
A waiter split the letter writer’s champagne with the rest of the table.
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Carolyn Hax: How to say no to elderly parents’ visits when they don’t ask first?
A letter writer’s parents announce their visits instead of asking first, and given their “age and overall health, I cave.”
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Japan Earthquake: Rescuers Search Rubble After Powerful Earthquake Strikes Japan
Officials ordered evacuations and said that some people could be trapped under collapsed buildings after a quake struck the western prefecture of Ishikawa.
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Israel-Hamas War: One Year On, Netanyahu’s Government Holds Together Amid Divisions
Despite plummeting popularity, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel has made clear he has no intention of resigning after the war in Gaza ends.
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Putin Vows to Keep Up Bombardment After a Russian City Is Hit
President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia says his country will continue targeting Ukrainian cities in retaliation for a deadly attack on the city of Belgorod on Saturday.
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Pope Raises Concerns About Church in Nicaragua
Speaking at his traditional New Year’s Day message, Francis highlighted the arrests and expulsion of clergy.
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They Said ‘I Do’ in a Moscow Prison
She’s 18. He’s 23. He sent her a one-sentence letter through his prison’s electronic mail system: “Will you marry me?” They wed in a small room in a Moscow jail.
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A Final Goodbye: Tributes to Some of the People We Lost in 2023
Before fully committing to 2024, we wanted to look back one more time at some of the tributes we wrote this year about the people we lost in 2023. Click here to read more and find quotes from a few of our most memorable pieces this year. The tributes selected are by Bijan Bayne, Dan…