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Thanksgiving Travel: Here’s What to Know for the Holiday
With about 30 million travelers expected to jam U.S. airports this year and storms in the forecast, you may want to take an extra helping of patience, too.
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How to live a mindful life in a fast-paced world
Mindfulness is the practice of present moment awareness. It is about paying attention to your thoughts, feelings, and sensations in the here and now without judging them as good or bad. When you live mindfully, you become more aware of yourautomatic thoughts and behaviors so you can choose to respond in a different way. Mindfulness…
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What to watch with your kids: ‘Trolls Band Together’ and more
Common Sense Media’s guide to this week’s family movies and TV shows.
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Thai plus Laotian equals something special at Padaek in Arlington
Seng Luangrath of Thip Khao fame opens another location of her Falls Church restaurant, whose cooking spans two nations’ cuisines.
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How to remove creosote stains from a stone hearth
You need a cleaner that’s safe to use on bricks and stone for this DIY project.
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Ohio’s weed win brings new attention to feds and marijuana use
A bipartisan House bill would prohibit federal agencies from blocking employment because of prior marijuana use.
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Trump leads big in New Hampshire as Haley rises, Post-Monmouth poll finds
The poll confirms other polls that show former U.N. ambassador Nikki Haley moving into second place, albeit a distant second.
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The hidden biases at play in the U.S. Senate
People of color get significantly less representation than White voters. And that’s not the only way the Senate is skewed.
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For Biden, a Subtle Shift in the Power Balance With China’s Xi Jinping
For the first time in years, a Chinese leader desperately needed a few things from the United States.
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Biden Signs Spending Bill, Staving Off a Government Shutdown
The bill sidesteps an immediate crisis, but the path to a longer-term agreement on government spending is unclear.