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Several dozen dead birds also spotted in Jezreel Valley in northern Israel, as environmental protection minister accompanies nature officials on situation assessment

While the 1942 Disney film is far more well-known, the original text analogizes the tragic story of a fawn to the plight of Jews just before the Holocaust

A federal program reimburses families up to $9,000 for funeral costs for loved ones who died of COVID-19. But many eligible families have not applied for assistance. (Image credit: Mike Stewart/AP)

Holiday sales rose at the fastest pace in 17 years, even as shoppers grappled with higher prices, product shortages and a raging new COVID-19 variant in the last few weeks of the season, according to one spending measure. Mastercard Spending

Archbishop Desmond Tutu, South African anti-apartheid leader, dies at 90  NBC News Desmond Tutu, anti-apartheid leader and voice of justice, dead at 90  CNN South Africa’s Tutu – anti-apartheid hero who never stopped fighting for “Rainbow Nation”  Yahoo News Desmond Tutu taught us

In Enid, Okla., pandemic politics prompted a fundamental question: What does it mean to be an American? Whose version of the country will prevail?

First They Fought About Masks. Then Over the Soul of the City.  The New York TimesView Full Coverage on Google News

Maryland senator sees possible comeback for Build Back Better  POLITICO Cardin on future of Biden spending bill: ‘A lot of us are gonna be disappointed’ | TheHill  The Hill ‘A lot of us are gonna be disappointed’ with Build Back Better, Cardin

A massacre in Myanmar that left more than 30 people, including women and children, dead and burned in their vehicles after they were reportedly shot by government troops as they were fleeing combat. (Image credit: KNDF via AP)

More than 1 in 100 people in the Paris region have tested positive in the past week, according to the regional health service. Most new infections are linked to the omicron variant, which government experts predict will be dominant in