Sailor Who Kissed Woman in Iconic Times Square V-J Day Photo Dies at 95
(PROVIDENCE, R.I.) — The ecstatic sailor shown kissing a woman in Times Square celebrating the end of World War II died Sunday. George Mendonsa was 95. Mendonsa fell and had a seizure at the assisted living facility in Middletown, Rhode Island, where he lived with his wife of 70 years, his daughter, Sharon Molleur, told The Providence Journal. Mendonsa was shown kiss...
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See Behind the Scenes as the Statue of Liberty’s Original Torch Moves to Its New Home
Coated in its signature green patina, gazing over New York City with its burning torch held high, the Statue of Liberty’s image reoccurs in popular and commercial culture. From cartoons to tourist souvenirs, bank logos to official seals, the statue has become a ubiquitous symbol of freedom and an icon of American identity.
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Chicago Police Are Seeking a Follow-Up Interview With Actor Jussie Smollett About His Reported Attack
(CHICAGO) — Chicago police said Sunday they're still seeking a follow-up interview with Jussie Smollett after receiving new information that "shifted" their investigation of a reported attack on the "Empire" actor. The trajectory of the investigation "shifted" after detectives questioned two brothers about the attack and released them late Friday without charges, police...
4m Feb 18, 2019
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7 Lawmakers Quit U.K.’s Labour Party Over Brexit and Anti-Semitism
Seven lawmakers resigned from the U.K.’s opposition Labour party on Monday morning, in what they described as an act of protest against the party’s Brexit policy and persistent allegations of anti-Semitism, just 39 days before the country is set to leave the European Union. The lawmakers said they supported calls for a so-called “People’s Vote,” or second Brexit referen...
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Ruth Bader Ginsburg Is Expected to Return to the Supreme Court Bench This Week
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is expected to sit for a U.S. Supreme Court argument Tuesday for the first time since she underwent surgery in December to remove cancerous masses from one of her lungs. Ginsburg’s presence will be a relief to liberals worried about any prospect that the 85-year-old justice might have to step down and give President Donald Trump a third Supre...
2m Feb 18, 2019
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A Growing American Crisis: Who Will Care for the Baby Boomers?
Every day since her husband broke his hip, Beatrice Egger has been afraid. The 91-year-old retired teacher worries when William, 90, a retired principal, is in the shower. She worries when she is helping him get dressed and he unsteadily towers over her. And she worries when he moves from sitting to standing or from room to room. When he falls, which inevitably happens, sh...
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New York City Mayor Slams Amazon’s ‘Abuse of Corporate Power’ After HQ2 Pullout
(Bloomberg) — New York Mayor Bill de Blasio on Sunday slammed Amazon.com Inc.’s decision to pull out of a second headquarters in the city as “an example of an abuse of corporate power” that hurts working people. “Amazon just took their ball and went home,” de Blasio said Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press.” “What they did was confirm people’s worst fears about corporate Am...
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Americans Already Celebrate Presidents’ Day. Here’s the Case for Celebrating the First Ladies Too
While Americans celebrate Presidents’ Day on Monday, honoring the achievements of George Washington and his fellow leaders, it’s also worthwhile, as Abigail Adams once put it, to remember the (First) Ladies.
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These Are the 5 People Killed in the Aurora, Illinois Manufacturing Facility Shooting
Details have begun to emerge about the lives of the five men killed after a gunman opened fire at a manufacturing facility in Aurora, Ill., on Friday. [video id=6003181684001 autoplay] The victims were employees of valve manufacturer Henry Pratt Co. and its parent company, Mueller Water Products. The youngest was a 21-year-old college student and intern; the others l...
5m Feb 18, 2019
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McCabe Claims Dep. Attorney General Rosenstein First Brought Up Invoking the 25th Amendment Against President Trump
Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein brought up the possibility that the 25th Amendment could be invoked to remove President Trump from office, former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe said. In an interview with 60 Minutes scheduled to air on Sunday, McCabe confirmed that Rosenstein was "counting votes or possible votes" to determine the whether the Amendment could be...
3m Feb 18, 2019
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How to Watch the Super Snow Moon, the Biggest Supermoon of 2019
Good news for sky watchers and selenophiles, the next full moon is set to be the biggest and brightest of the year, according to NASA. the "super snow moon" as it is being called, will cross the skies next Tuesday on Feb. 19. While the upcoming "super snow moon" won't be the extravagant astronomical spectacle that January's "super blood wolf moon eclipse" was, it will b...
3m Feb 18, 2019
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R.E.M. Lashes Out at President Trump for Mocking Democrats With ‘Everybody Hurts’
Rock band R.E.M probably couldn't predict their early '90s hit song "Everybody Hurts" would be put to political use in 2019. When it was, they were not happy about it. The episode began on Friday afternoon, when President Trump retweeted a video meme. The clip, created by Trump-supporting meme-maker Carpe Donktum, showed Democratic lawmakers like Senators Bernie Sanders...
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Illinois Gunman Had a History of Domestic Violence and Was ‘Stressed’ Before Shooting
Five people were killed and six injured on Friday after 45-year-old Gary Martin opened fire at Henry Pratt Co. warehouse in Aurora, Ill. Records reveal that he had a violent past before the shooting. Officers have not yet revealed Martin's motive, but confirmed that he was fired from the valve manufacturing warehouse on Friday after working for the company for 15 years....
3m Feb 17, 2019
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Berlin Film Festival Review: A Great Filmmaker Says Goodbye, Joyfully, in Varda by Agnès
Before she was awarded an honorary Oscar in 2017, it’s hard to say how many average moviegoers—as opposed to fans of French cinema—had ever heard of Agnès Varda. She’s a lot more well-known now, and that’s as it should be. Varda, 90, was the only woman among all those men—Godard, Truffaut, Rivette and others—to carve out a legacy for herself in the French New Wave. ...
4m Feb 17, 2019
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Cardi B and Offset Released Back-to-Back Songs. Here’s How They Signal a Role Reversal
In the twisting saga of Cardi B and Offset, the actual music often seems tangential. Gossip magazines and distinguished newspapers alike have breathlessly covered the roller-coaster relationship of the two chart-topping rappers: her pregnancy reveal, his onstage proposal. Her accusations of his infidelity, her breakup. His bouquet-wielding apology, their Grammys reconci...
5m Feb 17, 2019
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Nigeria’s Presidential Election Has Been Delayed Due to Unspecified ‘Challenges’
(YOLA, Nigeria) — Nigerians awakened on Saturday to find the presidential election delayed a week until Feb. 23 because of what the electoral commission called unspecified "challenges." The top candidates condemned the decision and blamed each other but appealed to Africa's largest democracy for calm, while they rushed back to the capital to learn more about what went w...
4m Feb 17, 2019
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Why I’m Still a Conscientious Objector, Almost 50 Years After the Vietnam Draft
"Let’s play guns!" There were giant mounds of dirt on Mabie Street in New Milford, New Jersey. It was 1955. What was once a farm was now being turned to a middle-class housing development. My immigrant father had moved our family of seven out of the Bronx to a better life in the suburbs. A good place for a 6-year-old kid to run around play baseball, football, and guns. Lik...
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White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders Interviewed As Part Of Mueller Investigation
(WASHINGTON) — White House press secretary Sarah Sanders has been interviewed as part of special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation. Sanders says in a statement released Friday that she was "happy to voluntarily" sit for the interview. It was unclear when Sanders was interviewed but she says her boss, President Donald Trump, urged her to "fully cooperate." ...
1m Feb 16, 2019
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5 Killed in Workplace Shooting Near Chicago
Five people are dead and five police officers are wounded after a shooting Friday afternoon at the Henry Pratt Co. warehouse in Aurora, Illinois, the Associated Press reports. The gunman, who law enforcement officials identified as 45-year-old Gary Martin, was also killed, officials said at a press conference in the hours after the shooting. The wounded officers are ...
3m Feb 16, 2019
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How Trump's New Attorney General Controls Who Will See the Mueller Report
On Thursday afternoon, William Barr became the most important person in America when it comes to determining the fate of special counsel Robert Mueller's final report. Barr, who was sworn in Thursday as the new Attorney General of the United States, will make the call about who gets a copy of the report inside the leak-prone Trump administration. He will decide how hard...
6m Feb 16, 2019
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Chicago Police Release Suspects in Empire Actor Jussie Smollett Attack
(CHICAGO) — Chicago police released without charges two Nigerian brothers arrested on suspicion of assaulting "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett and said they have new evidence to investigate as a result of questioning them. "The individuals questioned by police in the Empire case have now been released without charging and detectives have additional investigative work to c...
2m Feb 16, 2019
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The Green New Deal Could Launch Republican Climate Solutions
The attention surrounding the Green New Deal rollout last week seemed to underscore the entrenched partisanship of addressing climate change: progressive Democrats demanded a quick drawdown from fossil fuels while top Republicans, including President Trump, dismissed their plan as a "socialist" joke.
7m Feb 16, 2019
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Your iPhone's Contacts App Is More Powerful Than You Realize. Here Are 5 Ways to Get the Most Out of It
You're not the only one who silently laments spending time searching through the Contacts app on your iPhone or other iOS device, hunting for that one person you barely remember yet need to get in touch with for whatever reason. It only gets worse when you realize their information is either incorrect, outdated, or not where you thought you saved it.
4m Feb 16, 2019
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Two Men Arrested In Connection With Attack Against Empire Actor Jussie Smollett
(CHICAGO) — The investigation into black actor Jussie Smollett's account of being beaten in a racist, anti-gay attack took another turn Friday when Chicago police said two men arrested in the case are also black. Police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said the two were arrested for "probable cause" of committing assault and battery on the "'Empire' cast member" but had not ...
3m Feb 16, 2019
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Hundreds of Kind Strangers Show Up to the Funeral for a Veteran With ‘No Surviving Family’
World War II veteran James McCue outlived his wife and family. But when he died at the age of 97 in Massachusetts in February, a crowd of hundreds still turned out for the decorated war veteran's funeral, thanks to a call for community presence sent out over social media via the Massachusetts Veterans’ Services Secretary and the City of Lawrence, and the kind hearts of doz...
1m Feb 16, 2019
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Haiti’s President Says He Won’t Step Down as Violent Protests Grip the Capital
Haiti's embattled leader has made his first public statements since protests rocked the Caribbean nation's capital more than a week ago, vowing in a televised address that he will not step down. Voice of America reports that President Jovenal Moise appeared on national television Thursday to address calls for his for resignation. Critics claim his government lacks trans...
2m Feb 15, 2019
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Kashmir Car Bombing Becomes Region’s Deadliest Attack as Toll Rises to 41
(SRINAGAR, India) — The death toll from a car bombing on a paramilitary convoy in Indian-controlled Kashmir has climbed to 41, becoming the single deadliest attack in the divided region's volatile history, security officials said Friday. A local Kashmiri militant rammed an explosive-laden van into the convoy along a key highway Thursday.
5m Feb 15, 2019
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‘He Proposes Peace, But Invades Women’s Bodies.’ Inside the Allegations Against Costa Rica’s Former President and Nobel Laureate
A pristine, white, two-story building stands in downtown San José, home to the Arias Foundation for Peace and Human Progress. It is named after Oscar Arias, one of the country’s most revered presidents, who started the foundation after winning the Nobel Peace Prize in 1987 for his efforts to end civil wars in Central America. But a string of sexual assault allegations ...
10m Feb 15, 2019
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President Trump's National Emergency Is a Ploy to Avoid Admitting Defeat on the Wall
Mexico refused to pay for it. Congress wouldn't shell out, either. So President Donald Trump capped a two-month battle over his border wall by deciding to go it alone. The White House announced Thursday that Trump would sign a spending bill to avoid a second government shutdown over his signature campaign promise, then declare a national emergency in a bid to construct ...
6m Feb 15, 2019
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4 Digital Rules You Should Follow When You’re In Love
It's impossible to separate the digital world from the one you build with your partner. Americans check their smartphones about 46 times a day — which can make the devices feel like a third party in a relationship. But your phone and laptop habits can threaten your love life without you even realizing. Here are four ways to ensure that the digital part of your relations...
5m Feb 15, 2019
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Theresa May Suffers Embarrassing Brexit Defeat as Lawmakers Remain Resistant
(LONDON) — British Prime Minister Theresa May has suffered an embarrassing parliamentary defeat on Brexit as lawmakers remain resistant to her EU divorce plan. The House of Commons voted 303 to 258 on Thursday against a motion reiterating support for May's approach to Brexit — support expressed by lawmakers in votes just two weeks ago.
1m Feb 15, 2019
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Barack and Michelle Obama Valentine’s Day Messages to Each Other Are Just As Romantic As You’d Expect
Disclaimer: This post comes with a romance warning. In honor of Valentine's Day, Barack and Michelle Obama are celebrating their 26-year-marriage by once again proclaiming their undying love for one another. The former president took to social media on Thursday to pay tribute to their relationship with some sweet words that are sure to tug at their fans' heartstrings...
1m Feb 15, 2019
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Mariah Carey’s Response to This Boy Band Mix-Up Is Oh So Very Mariah Carey
You'd think we've learned our lesson by now: don't expect Mariah Carey, beloved musical legend, to "know" about other celebrities. Carey may have the voice of an angel, but she is not omniscient when it comes to the identities of other artists. The latest? In a radio interview, The Chainsmokers — that's electronic dance music duo Alex Pall and Drew Taggart — recalled an in...
2m Feb 15, 2019
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Chicago Police Question Two People of Interest in Connection to Jussie Smollett Attack
Chicago police have questioned two people of interest in connection to an attack on Empire actor Jussie Smollett that detectives are investigating as a possible hate crime. Chicago Police Department spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said in a statement that detectives have questioned two people who are alleged to have been in the area where the attack occurred. They are not c...
2m Feb 15, 2019
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This Type of Date Night Activity Could Make You Feel Closer to Your Partner
You may want to branch out from dinner-and-a-movie. According to a new study, a different type of date night can bring couples closer together. The research, which was recently published in the Journal of Marriage and Family, identified activities that spark the release of oxytocin, the so-called bonding hormone, when partners do them together: painting and playing boar...
4m Feb 15, 2019
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‘No Animal More Elusive, No Animal More Beautiful.’ Watch This Rare Footage of a Black Leopard in Kenya
Conservationists have captured their first ever high-quality images of the elusive black leopard in Kenya, confirming previous reports of sightings and proving that the rare creatures do indeed reside in the East African country. The footage was shot by a team of scientists affiliated with the San Diego Zoo, after they set up remote cameras in Laikipia County, north of ...
2m Feb 14, 2019
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Cupid Is Everywhere on Valentine’s Day. Here’s Why That Famous Embodiment of Desire Is a Child
Every year on Feb. 14, Valentine's Day is marked by shades of pink, flowers, chocolates, romantic movies and wine — and images of a magical baby boy who flies around shooting arrows at people. But despite his infant form, that baby, widely known these days as Cupid, began his mythological life as a man who had more power than any god.
7m Feb 14, 2019
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Philippines Journalist Maria Ressa Released on Bail After Arrest for ‘Cyber Libel’
Philippines journalists Maria Ressa, an outspoken critic of President Rodrigo Duterte, was released on bail Thursday following her arrest a day prior on a charge broadly viewed as an attempt to silence her. Ressa, editor and CEO of the influential English-language news website Rappler, was apprehended at the company's Manila headquarters Wednesday night and charged with...
3m Feb 14, 2019
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‘We Went Through This Together.’ How Parkland Survivors Are Helping Each Other Cope 1 Year Later
Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School teacher Diane Wolk-Rogers now begins every class by asking her students to relax into their chairs, close their eyes and breathe deeply for a few moments. It's a technique she learned from the Center for Mind-Body Medicine last summer after being overwhelmed by anxiety and depression upon returning to her own classroom and filling in fo...
8m Feb 14, 2019
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From Mass Weddings to Spilled Wine: How 6 Countries Around the World Celebrate Valentine’s Day
Like most other annual holidays, Valentine's Day in the U.S. tends to follow a predictable script. Lovers might buy each other flowers and a card, or gorge on a fancy dinner. From Paris to Dhaka, that script is followed in cities around the world. But there are still some places where people celebrate Valentine's Day in weird and wonderful ways. Wales Wales celebrates...
5m Feb 14, 2019
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The Best Romantic Movies You Can Watch on Netflix for Valentine’s Day
When it comes to celebrating Valentine's Day this year, queueing up a romantic movie on Netflix is a fine way to go. Romance always seems to play out better onscreen — in movies, music swells, the rain falls at the just the right moment and people are forgiven, even if they screwed up earlier. A romantic movie tracing the pattern of a relationship can immediately bring ...
11m Feb 14, 2019
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Goodbye to NASA’s Opportunity Rover, a Machine We Loved That Could Never Love Us Back
All of the things you need to know now from the editors of TIME
6m Feb 14, 2019
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Mark Kelly Isn't the First Astronaut to Consider a Political Campaign. But Most Didn't Have the Right Stuff
Most people go through their entire lives without checking any of the major fame boxes. In a nation of 325 million people, there are only so many NFL quarterbacks, Oscar winners and Nobel laureates. There are only so many astronauts and elected officials, too — so it's especially rare when someone tries to succeed at both gigs. Mark Kelly, onetime NASA astronaut and husban...
6m Feb 14, 2019
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Depression Affects 15% of New Moms. A New Guideline Could Help Prevent It
A new recommendation from a group of independent experts convened by the government could help more new and expecting mothers avoid depression, one of the most common complications of pregnancy and childbirth. The recommendation is the first from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) on preventing perinatal depression, which strikes during pregnancy or after ...
5m Feb 14, 2019
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To the Parkland Parents: I Lost My Son at Sandy Hook. Here’s Some Advice for this Painful Anniversary
Firsts are usually cause for celebration. First birthdays. First time driving. First graduation. First wedding anniversary. First grandchild. But when your child has been murdered, firsts become terrifying. The first missed birthday. The first missed Christmas. The first-day-of-school photo that will never be taken. The first that marks one year since your child was kil...
5m Feb 14, 2019
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Inside a Young Fidel Castro’s 1940 Letter to an American President
This post is in partnership with History Today. The article below was originally published at History Today. Perhaps better than anyone else, Fidel Castro was keenly aware of the fact that the histories and destinies of Cuba and the United States were profoundly intertwined. A fascinating and virtually unknown document housed in the U.S. National Archives and Records Ad...
7m Feb 14, 2019
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Judge Rules Paul Manafort Intentionally Lied to Investigators in Russia Probe
WASHINGTON — Paul Manafort intentionally lied to investigators and a federal grand jury in the special counsel in the Russia probe, a judge ruled Wednesday. The ruling by U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson was another loss for the former Trump campaign chairman, who faces years in prison in two separate criminal cases stemming from special counsel Robert Mueller's i...
4m Feb 14, 2019
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Behind the Oscar-Nominated Documentary Challenging India’s Taboos About Menstruation
When Sneha began working at a sanitary pad-manufacturing unit in her village on the outskirts of New Delhi, she told her father she was making children’s diapers. “It was embarrassing,” the 23-year-old tells TIME. “If I can’t talk to my friends about this, then how can I tell my father?” “This” is something of a euphemism.
5m Feb 13, 2019
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4 Important Steps to Take After a Cancer Diagnosis
Each year, more than 1.7 million people in the United States hear three dreaded words: You have cancer. As common as cancer is, no one expects cancer to happen to them. We understand, as patients and as caregivers, how frightening a cancer diagnosis can be: how it can upend your life, leaving you feeling like you’re barely treading water. And we know that making tough d...
5m Feb 13, 2019
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Ohio Teen Chooses to Vaccinate Himself Despite Parents’ Objections: ‘God Knows How I’m Still Alive’
An Ohio teen who turned to the popular online forum Reddit for medical advice said he finally got vaccinated at age 18 despite objections from his parents. Two months ago, Norwalk, Ohio resident Ethan Lindenberger submitted a question onto the r/NoStupidQuestions subreddit asking where he could go to get vaccinated and if it was possible to do so at age 18. [protecte...
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