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Michele Singer Reiner: A Life Rooted in Activism and Listening to Others

Michele Singer Reiner was the guiding force in the lives of her family, stressing the need to help and respect one another.

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8 Best Planners of 2026: Roterunner, Hobonichi, Kokuyo

Digital tools are not always superior. Here are some WIRED-tested paper agendas and notebooks to keep you on track.

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How a child bride escaped Afghanistan and became a bodybuilding champion

She left Afghanistan as a teenage mother. Now bodybuuilding champion Roya Karimi has a message for the Taliban.

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Boy, 11, who lost legs after abuse takes families to Lapland

Tony Hudgell was joined by 26 families, including 61 children, on the "trip of a lifetime".

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A vegetarian Christmas: Chantelle Nicholson’s French mushroom pie, caramelised pear pud and more

Blue cheese and honey gougeres, roast squash soup with melting brie, mushroom and celeriac pithivier, roast miso brussels sprouts, and a caramelised pear and rosemary puddingChristmas for me began as a summertime celebration in New Zealand, with long days and warm evenings. Twenty-plus years on, the…

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Winners of the RSPCA Young Photographer Awards 2025 – in pictures

The winners and runners-up of this year’s RSPCA Young Photographer Awards have been announced with an image of a stag lit up in the darkness by Thomas Durrant, 17, from London, named the overall winner Continue reading...

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I started dancing at the age of 60 - I'm 102 and still going

Inspired to dance like Fred Astaire, Josie in York says she took up tap and ballet when she was 60.

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After three years of long-distance, my partner and I aren’t sure if we should stay together

These types of relationships can be challenging – you need to have an honest conversation about what you both wantMy partner and I are professionals in our early 30s. We’ve been together for five years, and long-distance for the last three, but have just moved back in together.While we were long-dis…

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How two girls called Hollie became best friends after transplants

The girls from Daventry and Bangor had lung transplants in the same week in the same hospital.

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‘I’m going to scream!’: how to survive (and maybe even enjoy) your family Christmas

From preparing safe topics to taking silly games, we ask the experts how to avoid falling out with your nearest and dearest – before, during and after the big day• I threw a potato. Mum brandished a knife – would whole-family therapy save our Christmas?Plan breaks in your schedule
Spending time wit…

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Hurdle hints and answers for December 21, 2025

Hints and answers to today's Hurdle all in one place.

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Winning numbers announced for estimated $1.5 billion Powerball jackpot

Saturday's jackpot has an estimated cash value of $686.5 million, Powerball said. It's the game's seventh-largest among U.S. lottery jackpots.

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From devastation to wonder as Kangaroo Island bushfires lead to cave discoveries

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'This is the first Christmas without my wife - enjoying life with our boys is how I'll honour her'

Dad-of-two Andrew, 42, shares what he has learned about grief since his wife's sudden death.

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'Funeral' held for the penny at Lincoln Memorial after US Mint discontinues coin

The penny received a "funeral" on Saturday, attended by mourners and Abraham Lincoln impersonators outside the Lincoln Memorial, after the U.S. Mint discontinued the coin last month. Hundreds attended the event, many dressed in black or wearing Victorian-style attire. Mourners placed pennies into ei…

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Vintage WWII aircraft is turned into a Christmas sleigh

The Southern Cross, a restored C-49 World War II-era plane, is used by a nonprofit group for a peaceful mission this holiday season, to provide a Santa-eye view of the Christmas lights in North Texas. The goal is to keep veteran history alive and air-worthy. Omar Villafranca explains.

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