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The poem “SMILE…” by Laura Neri Poems is a touching tribute to the love and memory of a dear one. With delicate and heartfelt words, the author paints a portrait of the beloved through memories that emerge from his voice, his zest for life, and the laughter shared. “SMILE…: A Hymn to Memory and Eternal Love” The poem begins by capturing the reader’s attention with the evocative image of the…

WASHINGTON | NASA’s Voyager 2 becomes 2nd craft in interstellar space

WASHINGTON — NASA’s Voyager 2 is now the second human-made object to zip away from the sun into the space between the stars.

Voyager 2 last month exited “this bubble that the sun creates around itself,” longtime NASA mission scientist Ed Stone said Monday. The spacecraft is now beyond the outer boundary of the heliosphere, some 11 billion miles (about 18 billion kilometers) from Earth.

It’s…

SAN DIEGO | November border arrests jump to highest in Trump presidency

SAN DIEGO — Border Patrol arrests in November jumped 78 percent from a year earlier to the highest level in Donald Trump’s presidency, with families and children accounting for a majority for a third straight month.

The numbers are the latest sign that people who cross the border illegally are increasingly families and children traveling alone, a trend that began several years ago but has…

ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar | Madagascar to vote for familiar faces in presidential polls

ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar — Voters in Madagascar will go to the polls Wednesday to elect a president with hopes that a new leader will take this Indian Ocean island nation out of chronic poverty and corruption.

The 36 candidates have all promised to improve the country’s economy and end graft but political analysts say the three leaders in the race are familiar faces who offer little chance of a…