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VIDEO, PHOTOS: Forest Lawn’s 2026 Memorial Day service focuses on gratitude
(WSB photos by Torin Record-Sand) The rain did not deter a larger-than-usual turnout today for the traditional Memorial Day service…
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FERRY NOTES: Ticketing trouble today; online meetings tomorrow
Two Washington State Ferries notes: TICKETING TROUBLE: According to the WSF alerts/bulletins page, “Vehicle reservations, Wave2Go ticketing and terminal ticket…
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Bolivia’s president cuts salary in half amid protests
Bolivian President Rodrigo Paz says he and his cabinet ministers will cut their salaries by 50 percent.
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Trump pays tribute to US troops killed in war on Iran on Memorial Day
US President Donald Trump marked Memorial Day at Arlington National Cemetery, paying tribute to US troops killed.
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Ex-Scottish National Party chief pleads guilty to embezzling funds
Peter Murrell admitted the offences at the High Court in Edinburgh after an investigation into the party’s finances.
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Czech police detain Russian priest over ‘white substance’ find
Moscow condemned the actions of the Czech police, calling the detainment a ‘provocation’.
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Israel to intensify Lebanon offensive in bid to ‘crush’ Hezbollah
PM Netanyahu said Israel will ‘intensify’ strikes, while the Israeli military said it was attacking the armed group.
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In Lebanon, everything and nothing has changed since 2000
A local war has gone regional, drawing in Iran and the US, but its root cause is unchanged: Palestine.
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Bolivia’s embattled president says will take a 50 percent salary cut
Paz says the salary cut for him and cabinet ministers shows the government’s ‘commitment’ to the country’.
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THE KISWA: BEYOND THE CLOTH
Every Muslim on earth has faced it in prayer. Billions have seen it in photos. Almost nobody knows its story.
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