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Governor Cuomo and state lawmakers should pass a streamlined budget and fight their policy battles another day.
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Once again, the president is using aid to extort re-election help.
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The sordid business of a pointless, low-stakes prosecution.
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President Donald Trump suggested there may be thousands of surgical masks going 'out the back door,' although he didn't provide evidence for his claim.
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President Donald Trump said it was 'unbelievable' what the head of My Pillow is able to do, as the CEO pushed for putting religion in schools at Monday's coronavirus briefing.
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New York Rep. Nydia Velazquez has announced she has as 'presumed' coronavirus infection. She attended a bill enrollment ceremony with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
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Minnesota Trooper Brian Schwartz gave cardiologist Dr. Sarosh Janjua five N95 medical masks that had been given for his protection from the deadly COVID-19.
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A doctor debunked the biggest myths surrounding COVID-19 - including whether you should be taking supplements and if it's worth following the Keto diet to reduce your chances of getting it.
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Studies have shown that chronic health conditions such as obesity and diabetes can increase the risk of infection and death, making the coronavirus pandemic even deadlier in the US.
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Didi Hirsch's Suicide Crisis Line, which runs one of the largest suicide call centers in the US, has an increased number of calls, DailyMail.com can disclose.
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Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro said on Monday that there can be no more quarantine measures imposed on the country than those already in place to combat coronavirus because jobs are being destroyed and the poor are suffering disproportionately.
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When casino owner Kang Qiang looks out the window of his 20th floor office in this city on the remote Cambodian coast, he sees construction cranes sitting idle.
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CONCORD, New Hampshire — Tomie dePaola, the prolific children’s author and illustrator who delighted generations with tales of Strega Nona, the kindly and helpful old witch in Italy, died Monday at age 85.
DePaola died at the Dartmouth-Hancock Medical Center in Lebanon, New Hampshire, according to his literary agent, Doug Whiteman. He was badly injured in a fall last week and died of complications following surgery.
He worked on close to 250 books in a half century of publishing. More than 15 million copies have been sold worldwide and his books have been translated into more than 20 languages.
Strega Nona, his most endearing character, originated as a doodle at a dull faculty meeting at Colby Sawyer College in New London, New Hampshire, where dePaola was a member of the theater department. The first tale was based on one of his favorite stories as a child, about a pot that keeps producing porridge. “Strega Nona: An Original Tale,” which came out in 1975, was a Caldecott finalist for best illustrated work. Other books in the series include “Strega Nona’s Magic Lessons” and “Strega Nona Meets Her Match.”
Reflecting on her popularity, dePaola told The Associated Press in 2013, “I think it’s because she’s like everybody’s grandmother. She’s cute, she’s not pretty, she’s kind of funny-looking, but she’s sweet, she’s understanding. And she’s a little saucy, she gets a little irritated every once in a while.”
DePaola said he put Strega Nona in Calabria, in southern Italy, because that’s where his grandparents came from.
He said over the years, the visualization of Strega Nona — who grew out of his drawing of Punch from the commedia dell’arte — became more refined. But his liberal use of color and folk art influences in her stories were a constant. After saving her village from being flooded with pasta from a magic pot by her assistant, Big Anthony, Strega Nona went on to star or play a supporting role in about a dozen more books.
“I remember laughing at the pictures of Big Anthony, the townspeople, and even cute little Strega Nona,” wrote one of his many fans in 2013, a woman who recalled her mother reading the book to her growing up. “She is ingrained in my childhood … I hope to read Strega Nona to my kids one day.”
In 2011, dePaola received a lifetime achievement award from the American Library Association.
“Tomie dePaola is masterful at creating seemingly simple stories that have surprising depth and reflect tremendous emotional honesty,” the committee chair Megan Schliesman said at the time. “They have resonated with children for over 40 years.”
At age 4, dePaola knew he was going to be an artist and author — and he told people so. He received a lot of encouragement from his family. “They gave me half of the attic for my ‘studio.’ Now, how neat is that?” he said.
His family, in turn, became central characters in a number of his autobiographical books, such as “26 Fairmont Avenue,” about growing up in Connecticut during the Great Depression, and “The Art Lesson,” about reaching a compromise with his art teacher on drawing in class. The former received a Newbery Honor Award in 2000.
DePaola wrote about doodling on his bedsheets and on his math work in second grade, telling his teacher he wasn’t going to be an “arithmetic-er.”
Many of his books bring to life folktales, legends, and spirituality — he often incorporated images of a white dove among the pages. Christmas, his favorite holiday, was a popular subject of many of his works exploring traditions of the season, and offered some storylines for Strega Nona.
In 2013-2014, dePaola had two exhibitions at Colby-Sawyer College, “Then,” and “Now.” The first showed his early artistic efforts, his formative years at the Pratt Institute and his work, influenced by Fra Angelico and George Roualt, among others; the second came out shortly after dePaola turned 80 and it focused on his more recent artwork.
“Even though I love doing my books and I try to be as creative as possible, there’s always a restriction,” he said in 2013. “I have to please other people, I have to please my art director, my editor, and then there’s all the public to please. Some of the books I’ve considered my best artistic personal accomplishments aren’t necessarily the books that appeal to children. And that’s OK.”
In 2011, dePaola received a lifetime achievement award from the American Library Association.
“Tomie dePaola is masterful at creating seemingly simple stories that have surprising depth and reflect tremendous emotional honesty,” the committee chair Megan Schliesman said at the time. “They have resonated with children for over 40 years.”
DePaola spent much of time working in his 200-year-old barn in New London, which houses his studio and library. It includes wall niches displaying folk art and a corner with a chair facing a small altar, where he meditated. More Native American, Mexican and early American folk art decorated his nearby home.
DePaola received many letters through the years from children with questions about his life and books, and he often took the time to chat with them at book signings and other events. It was always important to him to keep that voice active.
“I just keep the inner critic,” he said in an interview. “Don’t let the little 4-year-old get jaded. I listen to him. He stands beside me and says, ‘No, I don’t like that.’”
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- Tom Brady pitched himself to Bucs brass, Tampa Bay GM says ESPN
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Roger Federer put on a show for fans via Twitter on Monday, pulling off trick shots against a wall in the snow.
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Coronavirus: Hospitalizations have doubled from 746 to 1,432 in California over last three days
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Posts on Facebook claim the House of Representatives gave itself a pay raise in the COVID-19 relief package. We rate those claims false.
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As we learn about COVID-19, reevaluate. Imagine psychological and human toll if this shutdown continues indefinitely, writes Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis.
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The economy and fighting COVID-19 is one and the same. Continue to flatten the curve, push on test kits and vaccines: Our view
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Officials in Washington State worry that their gains are precarious, but they see evidence that containment strategies have lowered the rate of virus transmission.
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For a leader who has embraced the language of a wartime president, it is as if the Pentagon asked for missiles and bombers but wouldn’t say how many or where they should be delivered.
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Karim Benzema has taken a swipe at Olivier Giroud, implying the Chelsea striker who replaced him in the France national team is an inferior player. The 32-year-old has not played for Les Blues since 2015.
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The impact of Elizabeth Warren's presidential campaign might be felt well after it ended. The Warren for President team is open-sourcing some of its key get-out-the-vote projects to help other politicians and cause supporters with their own efforts. These include the peer-to-peer texting platform Spoke, the polling location search tool Pollaris, a Caucus App used in Iowa (above) and the data handling app Redhook, among other tools.
The campaign will have "more to say" in the weeks ahead about what it did with technology.
It isn't unheard of for American candidates to rely on software for election runs, but developing open source tools is relatively rare. It may become more common, mind you. The Warren team noted that Spoke alone saved the campaign over $580,000 in texting costs. Free, easily modified tools like this could sustain political hopefuls who otherwise couldn't afford to either buy pre-made software or write their own from scratch.
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Islamic State prisoners on Sunday seized control of the ground floor of a major prison in northeastern Syria run by the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), with some of the militants managing to escape, an SDF spokesman said.
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