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GATLINBURG - 6:30 PM TUESDAY UPDATE: The name of a 13th Sevier County wildfire victim has been released - a 63-year-old man whose body was found at a Gatlinburg motel. Robert A. Hejny was found after last week's blaze at the Traveler's Motel, according to a notice Tuesday afternoon from Dana Soehn,.... |
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It was 75 years ago today that the Japanese staged a surprise attack on U.S. forces at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, plunging the United States into World War II, which had been raging in Europe for two years. Recently, four northeast Georgians recalled how they first heard about the attack and what happened in the days and months immediately afterward. |
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An Italian priest refused to back down after his comments blaming the recent devastating earthquakes on gay civil unions invited the ire of several people, including a top Vatican official. Rev. Giovanni Cavalcoli first made these comments a day after Italy witnessed its most powerful earthquake in about 36 years. |
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Until 1941, America was reluctant to get involved in World War II. There were two vast oceans separating America from the warring countries, and the first “War to End All Wars” was still too fresh in everyone’s minds to forget. Then, all hell seemed to break loose. The Dec. 7, 1941, bombing of Pearl Harbor happened, and Americans were outraged. |
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For 11-year-old Paul Wolfgang, Dec. 7, 1941, started like so many Sundays: church Mass followed by Sunday school and then a game of football with his brothers and cousins. But when Wolfgang, who lived in York City, walked inside his uncle’s home after the pickup game, he knew something was different. |
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GATLINBURG - 6:30 PM TUESDAY UPDATE: The name of a 13th Sevier County wildfire victim has been released - a 63-year-old man whose body was found at a Gatlinburg motel. Robert A. Hejny was found after last week's blaze at the Traveler's Motel, according to a notice Tuesday afternoon from Dana Soehn,.... |
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While the people at the emergency shelter at the Sandy Bay Government School are grateful to the people, organizations and businesses who have made donations thus far, shelter manager Gradi King says that more is needed to keep the shelter running smoothly. |
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Substitute teacher by trade and musician at heart, Noma Noxolo Khumalo’s passion has just netted her the prestigious title of 2016’s South African Idols. At 22, she is the first black female winner in the competition’s history. Not only that, but in the final leg of the competition, which saw her go.... |
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Some executives of NPP displaying one of the masks at the press conference. The Volta Regional branch of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has revealed what it alleges to be a grand scheme by the National Democratic Congress ((NDC) to cause confusion and rig tomorrow's general election in the region. |
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“It surprised me how much of a head start it got,” Morrissey said, standing near the scene on Tuesday amid boarded-up buildings and piles of rubble, an acrid tang still lingering in the air after 72 hours. Advertisement. He described the large “loom up” that billowed into the sky above the.... |
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