(Letter) Lizette Miller: Thanks to those who helped with Operation

I am writing to thank Windsor​​​-area residents for sharing the true meaning of Christmas with children in need this past holiday season. Generosity throughout contributed to a successful shoebox gift collection season at drop-off locations for the Samaritan’s Purse project Operation Christmas Child. Across the U.S., the project collected over 9.3 million shoebox gifts in…

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At (among other uses) is used for weekends, public and religious holidays, meal times, and times of day. For example: at the weekend (BrEng usage); at Christmas and at Easter; at lunch; and at 12 o’clock. Holiday breaks usually consist of more than one day, so when you refer to Christmas you are thinking about…

‘SNL’: Southwest Airlines apologizes for mass cancellations over holidays, offers

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Appeals court says Philadelphia did not discriminate against Italian Americans

A federal appeals court panel on Friday upheld a lower court decision to dismiss a lawsuit alleging that Mayor Jim Kenney discriminated against Italian Americans by renaming the city’s Columbus Day holiday to Indigenous Peoples’ Day. A year ago, U.S. District Judge C. Darnell Jones II ruled that the plaintiffs, including City Councilmember Mark Squilla…