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Hand-stitched memory bears help grieving maker and recipients
PITTSBURGH — Shirley Whitlinger knows all too well the profound, existential loneliness that follows a spouse’s death.
When David, her husband of 50 years, died from prostate cancer in 2021, after two years of chemotherapy and trials at Hillman Cancer Center, it was almost impossible not to lose herself in grief.
The couple had spent ...Read more
Trump touts 'golden age' for seniors in the friendly territory of The Villages
THE VILLAGES, Fla. — President Donald Trump came to the friendly territory of Florida’s retirement haven Friday for his first public event since an alleged assassination attempt against him, touting tax cuts for seniors and parading Dr. Phil on stage.
Trump quipped he wasn’t afraid for his safety at The Villages, a GOP stronghold where he...Read more
Hand-stitched memory bears help grieving maker and recipients
PITTSBURGH — Shirley Whitlinger knows all too well the profound, existential loneliness that follows a spouse’s death.
When David, her husband of 50 years, died from prostate cancer in 2021, after two years of chemotherapy and trials at Hillman Cancer Center, it was almost impossible not to lose herself in grief.
The couple had spent ...Read more
105-year-old Chicago woman finds herself on century-old Irish census: ‘Those years went by so fast’
CHICAGO — One hundred years ago, a few thousand miles away across the Atlantic, a quiet moment in history rippled across northwestern Europe.
The day was April 18, 1926. Ireland was coming off centuries of British rule and a bloody civil war and hadn’t paused to understand where it stood, or how it had changed, in years. But the young ...Read more
105-year-old Chicago woman finds herself on century-old Irish census: 'Those years went by so fast'
CHICAGO — One hundred years ago, a few thousand miles away across the Atlantic, a quiet moment in history rippled across northwestern Europe.
The day was April 18, 1926. Ireland was coming off centuries of British rule and a bloody civil war and hadn’t paused to understand where it stood, or how it had changed, in years. But the young ...Read more
