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Beaten and arrested during a 1968 student protest, he was later instrumental in efforts to define Buddhist social engagement.

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In a press release, library officials said Kimberly Probert Grad will serve on the 2026 Randolph Caldecott Award Selection Committee, which is responsible for selecting the most distinguished American ...

A snowy owl made a rare appearance at Shirley Chisholm Park for the first time one of the birds has been seen in a few years.

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The world's oldest person is now 116-year-old Brazilian nun Inah Canabarro Lucas, who was born 16 days after Tomiko Itooka.

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