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At a small general store in a tiny Pennsylvania township, a husband and wife are worried they’re the last shopkeepers of their kind. Centermoreland Grocery & Deli is a small, family-owned general store in the heart of its namesake town — Centermoreland, Pennsylvania.  The store is owned by married couple …

The internet is largely supporting a mom in her decision to exclude her child’s bully from a birthday party invite as noted in a viral Reddit post.  Reddit user Opposite-leg2854 posted in the subreddit “Am I the A*****e” on Wednesday, Oct. 12, asking others for advice regarding her seven-year-old daughter …

Theodore Roosevelt, almost four years removed from the White House and running for a third term as president, survived a gunshot wound to the chest during an assassination attempt in Milwaukee on this day in history, Oct. 14, 1912.  He was shot at 8:10 p.m. — yet stoically went on …

There’s no denying candy is a central part of Halloween. But some candy brands are more liked than others. Instacart – a digital grocery delivery and pick-up service – says it has determined which candies are most loved by Americans, based on sale data from October 2021. The e-commerce retail …

Construction of the White House, a global symbol of American power and political stability, began with the laying of its cornerstone on this day in history, Oct. 13, 1792. “James Hoban, an Irish-born and trained architect then living in South Carolina, won the design competition for the White House,” reports …

Operation Deep Blue is driving the mission of giving back to America’s heroes. The nonprofit organization based in New Jersey, which honors fallen law enforcement officers, first responders and military service members, has donated $20,000 to the Tunnel to Towers Foundation. Operation Deep Blue made the generous donation following its …

A Reddit user revealed in a recent post that as a young person in his mid-20s, he’s had a lot of trouble making new friends. He said he’d kept a “few golden friends” over the years — yet lately he’d been “working so much I hardly noticed that’s all I …

Gen Z says a commonly used emoji is totally not cool today.  Emojis — which first made it onto iPhone keyboards in 2011 — are a popular tool for sending messages from one person to another.  But one particular emoji is now considered “passive-aggressive,” according to members of Gen Z, …

The USS Cole suffered a surprise attack by al Qaeda suicide bombers while at port in Yemen — killing 17 American sailors and wounding about three dozen others, on this day in history, Oct. 12, 2000.  It proved an ill-heeded harbinger of much more terrifying al Qaeda attacks on the …

The Daughters of the American Revolution, comprised of women in the United States and around the world who descend from patriots of the nation’s fight for independence, was founded in Washington, D.C. on this day in history, Oct. 11, 1890. Its motto is “God, Home and Country.” The DAR “is …