It was four hundred years ago this month that the Pilgrims reached Cape Cod aboard the ship Mayflower, ending a 66 day voyage across the Atlantic Ocean from England in 1620.
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How to celebrate Thanksgiving this year is a challenging question for many American families. Whatever the details of the decision, let’s hold on to the transcendent spirit of the holiday.
Pfizer COVID Vaccine 90 Percent Effective in Trials, Company May Request Approval by End of November
Pfizer announced on Monday that its coronavirus vaccine developed with BioNTech SE prevented 90 percent of infections in a trial with tens of thousands of volunteers, in a major step toward authorization of a vaccine for general use.
Keeping Cool During High Political Drama
The political climate is pretty hot right now! Threats, scandals, verbal attacks, social unrest, corruption, and control tactics are all part of the current political scene. People are preparing for the worst no matter what the United States election turns out like. What preparations are the most effective? Preparing your own heart to be calm and focused on truth is the best way to prepare. Here's how.
Families resilient in face of COVID-19, American Family Survey says
In the tumult of 2020 America—the pandemic, the protests, the presidential election—BYU political scientists have spotted some good news. On average, American families have shown strength despite the year’s challenges, according to results from the annual American Family Survey.
“You all are not alone”: On the Anniversary of the Tree of Life Synagogue Shooting
It was the evening of October 27, 2018, just hours after Robert Bowers had carried an assault rifle into the Tree of Life synagogue, opened fire, and brutally murdered eleven worshippers simply because they were Jews. To mourn the victims as well as to begin to come to terms with this tragedy themselves, members of Durham’s Judea Reform Congregation were holding a special prayer vigil in their sanctuary. I sat on the side, in the back, hoping to help somehow, not knowing how deeply that service would affect me.
BYU professor helps courts solve 60 cases as language detective
“It was a little bit like the kind of thing you see in movies.” Those are the words recently retired BYU professor William G. Eggington used more than once when he described stories from his nearly three decades as a forensic linguist.
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