Tag: Birthdays
Younger adolescents get ready to receive COVID-19 vaccine
MISSION, Kan. — Parents, schools and vaccine clinics rushed to begin inoculating younger adolescents Tuesday after U.S. regulators endorsed Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine for children...
Germany commemorates icon of resistance to Nazism
BERLIN — Germany on Sunday commemorated the 100th birthday of Sophie Scholl, a young woman who became an icon for her role in the...
Muted celebrations of Dutch king’s birthday amid pandemic
AMSTERDAM — The Dutch celebrated their king's birthday Tuesday in muted fashion as a coronavirus lockdown prevented large-scale street parties for the second year...
After sad Mother’s Day 2020, vaccines offer sweet reunions
NEW YORK — When Leland Stein heads to his 93-year-old mother's senior living facility for Mother's Day, he'll have flowers in hand, a bottle...
Alabama, Mississippi mark Confederate Memorial Day
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — State offices were closed Monday in Alabama and Mississippi for Confederate Memorial Day, which a watchdog group used to call for...
Miami women surprise homeless teen with magical quinceanera
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Entering her magical quinceanera on by her father’s arm, her tiara sparkling and her fuchsia ballgown trimmed with ruffles to...
Queen enters ‘twilight’ of reign after farewell to Philip
LONDON — Now that the Royal Family has said farewell to Prince Philip, attention will turn to Queen Elizabeth II’s 95th birthday on Wednesday...
Alaska pinata maker now makes coronavirus-shaped models
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — When the coronavirus pandemic began last year, Carolina Tolladay Vidal's pinata business in Alaska grounded almost to a halt.
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British guitarist Thompson’s memoir revisits golden rock era
In 1968, the year “Hey Jude” hit the charts, Richard Thompson turned down an invitation to Paul McCartney’s birthday party.
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After long pandemic year, a changed New York shows renewal
NEW YORK — Pamela Puchalski still remembers how frightening it felt when the coronavirus upended life in her New York City neighborhood last March.
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