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How will COVID-19 change this Festival of Lights, which celebrates a successful Jewish revolt against foreign oppression?
Recently, I started the day outside on our deck under a clear pre-dawn sky. The stars were brilliant, Orion settling in the west. A meteorite streaked across the sky just before the east began to fade into gray. No sooner had the crimson and gold dissolved into the soft pastels of morning th…
Treadmills are designed to simulate endless forward motion, but running and walking aren’t the only options.
It’s no secret nonprofit organizations that help people get through hard times are having some hard times themselves.
Turbulent conditions across the Galveston Bay Complex and offshore Gulf of Mexico remind me of one of the major concerns for boaters this time of year, and that is capsizing. While this is of concern year-round, it warrants special attention from December through the early spring.
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Of the three major releases this week, two are guaranteed awards players. Oscar-nominated director David Fincher (“Gone Girl,” “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”) returns with a look at old Hollywood in “Mank.”
“We become what we think about.” — Earl Nightingale
Ski resort importuning’s to visit drift onto my computer screen. As several vaccines against COVID-19 appear imminent, travel may return as an option.
Since March, 160 Galveston County residents have died after contracting COVID-19.
The Daily News has a long-standing policy against publishing letters and guest columns backing or attacking candidates on Election Day. In every election, just as voters go to the polls, we get last-minute allegations of facts we can’t verify.
Flounder have been the focal point of coastal fishing and fishing reports for several weeks now. However, with conditions settling and the peak of the run behind us, other fish will start getting attention.
The following volleyball players were awarded for their efforts in the 2020 season
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Galveston County and the other counties in Trauma Service Area R could join at least 71 other counties in Texas under more intense COVID restrictions.
A 379 percent increase. It seems almost impossible that the food pantry at St. Vincent’s House in Galveston has increased the amount of groceries it has distributed by 379 percent — from 48,000 pounds of food last year to 230,000 pounds this year.
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The Christmas season always brings a wave of nostalgia, and residents of the East End Historic District are experiencing two.
I don’t know about you, but I could stand to lose a few pounds — well honestly, quite a few. The dilemma is which diet to choose. There are so many to choose from, and they’re all touted as the miracle way to lose weight and stay healthy.
I have griped too much about the reluctance of the fall season to make a sustained presence. Fall weather finally arrived in the Texas Upper Gulf Coast over the past weekend. It’s about time, as the winter season will officially start in about three weeks.
Charles Duhigg, author of “The Power of Habit,” states that as making the bed each morning becomes a habit it kicks off a chain of good decisions throughout the day and gives a person a sense of being in charge and establishing order.
December is here, which means the holidays are among us. With the holidays come fun, family and, of course, delicious foods. While holiday favorites are usually eaten around this time of the year, these foods can sometimes be overeaten and be high in calories, fat and added sugars. Therefore…
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