Ash Wednesday is the first day of the season of Lent that leads up to Good Friday and Easter. What to know about the day.

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Then, a stunning loss to Northern Illinois in September left Freeman scrambling for answers as pressure ... by members of Catholic religious order Congregation of Holy Cross in 1842.

By the afternoon of Feb. 2, there were 67 Crosses standing under a leaden grey sky — one for each victim from the Washington aviation disaster.

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When one thinks of the defining TV performances of the past 25 or so years, what comes to mind? For Variety staffers, some of the answers included a teacher-turned-drug kingpin, spies working both for ...

As a teenager, Peter Achermann left war-torn Europe and made a fresh start in the U.S. He had written he hoped for a peaceful ...

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I remember the first time I felt ashamed of desire. I was eight, sprawled across my bed, my small hands exploring the ...

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The Jerusalem Cross that Hegseth’s jackets and ties cover ... He pressed a unit leader for answers. “You were not brought to the inauguration because … they dubbed you as a ‘white ...