20+ min ago (23+ words) Reading about Yaacov's marriages to Leah and Rachel is an appropriate time to recall some of the duties incumbent upon Jewish husbands....

1+ hour, 37+ min ago (303+ words) Sports is a great teacher. In a cricket-crazy country like ours, the game offers both entertainment as well as fabulous success learnings. As a society we seem to be suffering from the "App-dication syndrome, with our heads bowed down not towards applying ourselves to our tasks with greater diligence; instead, our heads lie buried for hours inside the apps that have caught our fancy and are addictive. In a sense we have "app-dicated our dreams to the apps that control our brains, which are overfed with information and experience a kind of mentally draining engagement. Application in contrast is about avoiding distractions and staying focused " whether on the cricket field or in the field of existence, where we aspire to build careers or businesses. No doubt, the smart phone apps are a great leverage if used in the right way…...

1+ hour, 42+ min ago (1410+ words) The first time Ange de Lumiere discovered she had a sixth sense was when she narrowly escaped death at the age of 21. As a trainee lawyer, she was living with her parents in Paris in September 1986 when a series of bomb attacks terrorised the French capital. Travelling on the underground from her intern job, Ange had planned to stop at her favourite store in the city, La Fnac, to buy some books.I was determined to go shopping " and I am not the type of person who changes her mind," Ange, now 60 and living in Bristol, explains. But that day, for some reason, I could not get up and stayed rooted to my seat on the metro. I saw the doors open and then close in front of me at my stop and I thought "what is going on?" Ange…...

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4+ hour, 59+ min ago (97+ words) Hawaii News, Sports, Weather and Entertainment Sunday, November 30, 2025 70" Today's Paper Honolulu City Lights kicks off holiday festivities The 41st Honolulu City Lights celebration kicked off Saturday with a block party followed by the Public Workers Electric Light Parade and lighting of a 55-foot tree at Honolulu Hale. A new attraction this year is Thomas Square's "Show Aloha Land," an immersive display of illuminated trees, light tunnels and keiki train rides. The activities run through Christmas Day. By Michelle Bir, Special to the Star-Advertiser Nov. 29, 2025 " Updated 10:06 p.m....

5+ hour, 23+ min ago (38+ words) Hunter Sowards profiles Boy Scout Troop 2, who are once again helping keep the Santa Monica community in the holiday spirit at their Christmas Tree lot. Boy Scout troop rings in Christmas season at Santa Monica tree lot...

5+ hour, 42+ min ago (1381+ words) As a tiny seedling began sprouting in the forest along Mount Rose Highway west of Reno, the Vietnam War was ending under President Gerald Ford, the price of gas was 53 cents per gallon and the Kool-Aid man made his first television commercial appearance. Today, 50 years later, that seedling has grown into Silver Belle, a 53-foot-tall red fir from the Carson Ranger District and the first Capitol Christmas tree to be harvested from Nevada. Silver Belle will be on display on the West Lawn of the Capitol through the holiday season, with an official lighting ceremony Dec. 2. The U.S. Forest Service has provided a Christmas tree for display at the Capitol since 1970, but no tree has ever been harvested from the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest. Spanning 5.6 million acres in Nevada and almost 700,000 acres in California, it is the largest forest in the lower…...

5+ hour, 54+ min ago (330+ words) Grace Foundation Tree Lighting 2025 STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. " It was a day of smiles and fun as friends and families of participants gathered for the GRACE Foundation's tree lighting event on Saturday. Food was readily available from the foundation's food truck, staffed by foundation members, which has become a familiar sight at Staten Island events. The foundation has been serving children, teens, young adults and families impacted by autism spectrum disorder for more than 25 years. Board member Diane Peruggia, one of the founding members, said, "Our campus at the GRACE Foundation is lit up like a winter wonderland. It doesn't look like it's a facility. It is beautiful, and it's very inviting." Peruggia added, "Our kids helped set everything up. They love it and are so excited. GRACE really does go above and beyond and thinks out of the box on the…...

7+ hour, 2+ min ago (402+ words) TUCSON, Ariz. (KGUN) " A veteran who lost his life in action is being honored by his community with a new mural dedicated to his impact in the Sunnyside neighborhood. This mural is dedicated to Martin Barreras, an Army Ranger who lost his life while in action in 2014. Each part of it represents a significant milestone in Barreras's life, and it was all brought together with help from his family and the Tucson community. As Gloria and Ray Barreras look at their son's new mural, they reflect on the type of man he was. "He was a Command Sergeant Major," Ray Barreras said. He had his men that he worked with; they were his children, because he was so much older than they were. So he was just an awesome young man." "We prayed for him and his men," Gloria Barreras…...

7+ hour, 12+ min ago (315+ words) Galveston on Saturday kicked off the holiday season with its annual tree lighting at Saengerfest Park in the island's historic downtown. Santa hats were handed out to the crowd packing the park for the festivities which featured performances by Galveston Ballet, Galveston Musical Youth and other young performers. Rossy Jaime takes a selfie with her husband, Mike, and their sons Michael and Edward, during the annual tree lighting at Saengerfest Park in downtown Galveston on Saturday, Nov. 29, 2025. Santa Claus arrives by trolley for the annual tree lighting at Saengerfest Park in Galveston on Saturday, Nov. 29, 2025. A young girl reaches for bubbles Saturday, Nov. 29, 2025, during the festivities at the annual tree lighting at Saengerfest Park in downtown Galveston. Galveston Musical Youth perform holiday classics during the annual tree lighting at Saengerfest Park in Galveston on Saturday, Nov. 29, 2025. The Galveston Ballet performs…...