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Harry M. Reid, pugnacious Senate majority leader, dies at 82
By Michael H. Brown Washington Post, Today at 8:23 p.m. EST
Harry M. Reid, a Nevada Democrat who rose from a hardscrabble mining town to become one of the longest-serving Senate majority leaders in history and a political force during the presidencies of George W. Bush and Barack Obama, died Dec. 28 at his home in Henderson, Nev. He was 82.
The death was confirmed by David Krone, a former chief of staff. Mr. Reid was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in 2018.
A combative but soft-spoken former amateur boxer, Mr. Reid displayed an economy of personal magnetism and embraced the art of the scrappy insult. Columnist Molly Ivins called him “charismatically challenged.” Obama, a friend and political ally, euphemistically remarked on his “curmudgeonly charm.”
Mr. Reid was never a commanding presence before a crowd or on television. Sometimes he was barely audible, and he tended to litter his speeches with awkward pauses. But he was the consummate inside player, exercising his political and legislative skills behind the scenes.
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Award winning short film about climate change
Yes, it stars polar bears
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Coronavirus infections set new U.S. record. Regional updates
Here are some of the latest Coronovirus news stories from New Jersey, Pennsylvania, New York, Boston and Washington
U.S. sets record high for coronavirus infections – Washington Post
The lightning spread of the coronavirus’s omicron variant in the United States pushed the seven-day average of new daily cases to 253,245 as of Tuesday afternoon, surpassing the previous high of 248,209 cases on Jan. 12.
CDC shortens isolation and quarantine guidelines; COVID-19 cases surge in Pa. and N.J.
How Will Omicron Affect NJ Hospitals As Cases Surge?
Fears that COVID-19 surge will limit visits at Long Term Centers in NJ
Demand for COVID-19 tests creates long lines across Delaware Valley
State of Delaware’s Coronavirus response
Pa. healthcare system at ‘brink of collapse,’ doctor says
Coronavirus in Pa. daily update: 38,618 new four-day cases, 1,964,994 total as of Dec. 27, 2021
FEMA sending ‘strike teams’ to Pennsylvania hospitals to help with COVID surge
Maryland Hospital Association calls on Gov. Hogan to reinstate public health emergency
Mass. reports 9,228 new COVID-19 cases from Monday, as well as 63 new deaths over 3 days
With COVID cases growing, people around the world are fighting back
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Plans Submitted for Another 607-Unit Tower Near Journal Square
By Chris Fry – JerseyDigs
One of Jersey City’s fastest-growing neighborhoods has yet another high-rise in the works as a huge parking lot has a planned renaissance that includes a mixed-use development with a new public plaza.
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Just before Thanksgiving, an application was submitted that could bring new life to 499-501 Summit Avenue. Currently a surface parking facility adjacent to the Journal Square Transportation Center, the entirety of the property spans about an acre and backs up to trackage for the PATH trains built beneath the cliff.
The land has been owned since the mid-1990s by Pathside LLC, a subsidiary of Panepinto Properties. The latest proposal submitted by the company calls for a 53-story tower set to rise just over 556 feet that includes a base structure featuring 3,183 square feet of ground-floor retail space.
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Leading American naturalist EO Wilson, dubbed ‘Darwin’s heir’, dies at 92
Edward Osborne Wilson, one of the world’s leading naturalists and conservationists, had died aged 92.
Wilson was an award-winning biologist and professor at Harvard and Duke universities and earned the nickname of the natural heir to Charles Darwin.
E.O. Wilson, a Pioneer of Evolutionary Biology New York Times video
He specialised in studying ants and ecosystems, and campaigned to halt the rapid global decline in biodiversity.
He died on Sunday in Burlington, Massachusetts, the EO Wilson Biodiversity Foundation said.
Evolutionary biologist changed how we look at the world Boston Globe
No cause for his death has been given, but the foundation said a tribute to his life was planned for 2022.
‘Of Ants and Men’ PBS video
“Ed’s holy grail was the sheer delight of the pursuit of knowledge,” said foundation president Paula Ehrlich.
“A relentless synthesiser of ideas, his courageous scientific focus and poetic voice transformed our way of understanding ourselves and our planet,” she added.
Born in Birmingham, Alabama, in 1929, EO Wilson said he developed an interest in the natural world from a young age. After a fish’s fin cut his eye during a fishing accident, his long-range vision was impaired, and he chose to focus on smaller creatures as he could study them up close.
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