I was 16 when my life was first touched by suicide. A good friend and fellow dishwasher at a family restaurant shot himself in his bedroom one weekend while his parents were away. I was devastated. He was one of the funniest and most vivacious people I have ever known. When I had saved up $800 […]

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Hanukkah, the “Festival of Lights,” starts on the 25th day of the Jewish calendar month of Kislev and lasts for eight days and nights. In 2014, Hanukkah begins at sundown on December 16. With blessings, games, and festive foods, Hanukkah celebrates the triumphs–both religious and military–of ancient Jewish heroes. Hanukkah is a relatively minor holiday […]

  Nov. 17. 2014 – Dr. Martin Salia, a U.S. resident who contracted Ebola while treating patients in Sierra Leone, died of the virus at Nebraska Medical Center. He was the third patient to be treated there and the only one to have died. Nov. 15, 2014 – Salia, a native of Sierra Leone who […]

Jan. 6, 2014 – US Supreme Court Halts Gay Marriages in Utah “The Supreme Court on Monday [Jan. 6, 2014] blocked further same-sex marriages in Utah while state officials appeal a decision allowing such unions. The terse order, from the full court, issued a stay ‘pending final disposition’ of an appeal to the federal appeals […]

October 2014[edit] 1 October: The town of Taza Kharmatho was retaken by Peshmerga and Iraqi Army forces, but remained uninhabitable, due to the booby traps that had been left by ISIL.[295] 2 October: The Turkish Parliament voted 298:98 to authorize anti-ISIL operations, following concerns over ISIL advances close to Turkey’s borders. Turkey will allow foreign […]

If you thought you had plenty of time yet to give to Alma’s Closet for the 2018 General Assembly, we have to tell you that the Assembly is almost here. This is it! Wonderful, dedicated missionaries are expecting some of their dreams to come true when they visit Alma’s Closet. For years, World Missions and […]

2001 July The worm named Code Red affects computer networks running a Microsoft operating system. Some websites, including the White House site, are disabled. 2003 Anonymous, the group of hackers who refer to themselves as “Internet activists” and attack government, corporate, and religious websites, is organized. While the group avoids adhering to a strict philosophy, […]