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I sat on the vinyl exam table in a paper gown that rustled every time I breathed. My husband stood nearby, looking at a shelf ...

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Vigils held over the weekend in LaPorte and Valparaiso drew out large numbers of people to remember conservative activist Charlie Kirk, who was gunned down Wednesday during a speaking engagement on ...