All Stories from January 1, 2026 (Change date)
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Cary home a total loss after New Year's Eve fire; family dog missingJan 01, 2026 8:52 am - A house in Cary was a total loss following an afternoon fire New Year’s Eve and fire officials say a dog remains missing.
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Find common ground on solving problemsJan 01, 2026 8:02 am - Donald Trump is not your typical warm and fuzzy president. His mannerisms, ego, unnecessary name calling can be difficult to digest. His never-ending criticism of the Bid...
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Read Obama; work for unityJan 01, 2026 8:02 am - “We the people” need to heed the words of President Obama. “We the people” need to keep our country for the people. All the people. “We the people” need to elect people w...
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Photo bar low, politicalJan 01, 2026 8:02 am - I must say that the bar has been set awfully low for the Top Photos of the Year when one is a rather generic photo of a banner waving in the wind just because it has an a...
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Let’s make positive quantum leaps in 2026Jan 01, 2026 8:01 am - Especially around the holidays, I think that life can be magical. And, to a degree, I also thought that I had to become a magician to affect every conceivable outcome. In...
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Columnist must lack direct experienceJan 01, 2026 8:01 am - Evidently, Michael Barone does not live in an area that has been bearing the brunt of climate change destruction. If he did, he would not be implying the issue is loaded ...
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Daisy Ridley holds onto hope in the zombie thriller ‘We Bury the Dead’Jan 01, 2026 5:15 am - Movies that begin with a wedding often don’t bode well for the couple. In the case of “We Bury the Dead,” something cosmically catastrophic is coming: the accidental detonation of an experimental weapon that instantly wipes out some 500,000 people in Tasmania, including Ava’s (Daisy Ridley) husband, Mitch (Matt Whelan).
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‘The Plague’ dives into a sink-or-swim water polo campJan 01, 2026 5:15 am - The undercurrents of adolescent cruelty churn queasily in Charlie Polinger’s stylish first feature, “The Plague,” about pre-teen boys in a water polo camp who make a smart but awkward camper the easy outcast of the group.
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Daily Herald opinion: Toward better democracy: ranked choice voting coming back to forefront in 2026Jan 01, 2026 4:00 am - The discussion about ranked choice voting for Illinois has gone quiet in the last year and a half, and you’d be forgiven for thinking it had been buried, killed by a fear...
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Today’s editorial cartoonJan 01, 2026 4:00 am -