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The Best Way to Respond to Text Messages

The “HA HA” Tapback stands alone. It’s no exaggeration to say that it has saved many of my friendships.

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U.S. Says It Has Shared 110 Million Covid-19 Vaccine Doses Overseas

The Biden administration fell short of its initial goal of shipping 80 million doses by the end of June.

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He Hired 2 Men to Kidnap His Wife. They Ended Up Drowning.

Lawrence Handley, 53, a business executive from Lafayette, La., pleaded guilty this week to three criminal charges after a plot to kidnap his estranged wife went badly awry.

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George Forss, 80, Photographer Discovered on the Streets of N.Y., Dies

He was peddling his black-and-white photos of New York City’s majesty for $5 each in the 1980s — until a famous photographer came upon them in “astonishment.”

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How Covid Became a Red-State Crisis

The geography of this wave is nakedly political.

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Israel seeking to bolster PA, says senior official ahead of Bennett’s US visit

Defense Ministry holding off on settlement building approvals but will okay plans when timing is right, giving preference to projects in so-called blocs, says Israeli official

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U.S. Long Jumper And Medalist Brittney Reese Says It’s Time She Gets Some Recognition

Is she the best long jumper of all time? “I am,” she said. “Point blank.” Reese doesn’t hold the world record, but she’s established herself as an extraordinary athlete over a huge number of years. (Image credit: David J. Phillip/AP)

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Israel Aerospace Industries inks $237 million radar deal with German military

Long-range system will boost Germany’s airspace surveillance, ballistic missile defense, company says

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Sen. Lindsey Graham Praises COVID-19 Vaccine, Despite Testing Positive From Breakthrough Infection

(COLUMBIA, S.C.) — Sen. Lindsey Graham has become the first senator to disclose a breakthrough infection after being vaccinated against the coronavirus, saying Monday he is “very glad” he received the vaccine, without which his current symptoms would be “far

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