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Coronavirus and weddings: Tying the knot in virus times

Without a doubt, 2020 has not been a great year to hold events. Some events, however, cannot easily be canceled or postponed.
Under the brightest spotlight yet, Jill Biden takes on her biggest role

On the chaotic day that Joe Biden called Sen. Kamala Harris to ask whether she'd be his running mate, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti's phone rang.
Why Kamala Harris chose Howard University

Kamala Harris, the California senator tapped by Joe Biden on Tuesday to join him on the Democratic presidential ticket, attended schools with majority-White populations from elementary school through high school. But when it came time to go to college, she was determined to have a different experience: She wanted to attend a Historically Black College or University (HBCU).
They were family and fought Beirut's fires together - including their last

BEIRUT - Shortly after Charbel Hitti got to Beirut's port on Tuesday, he felt something was off. He turned to a colleague behind him as he put on his black-and-yellow firefighter gear and said so. And then everything went black.
Hiroshima's Enola Gay carried 12 men, hope and the world's deadliest weapon

The giant silver bomber roared along the runway on Tinian Island in the darkness, passing the firetrucks and ambulances parked every 50 feet, struggling to pick up speed.

Workers disinfect a wedding venue in Suwon, Gyeonggi Province, on Aug. 19. (Yonhap)

Coronavirus and weddings: Tying the knot in virus times

Jill Biden, shown introducing her husband at a 2013 event, is taking an active role in his campaign for president. MUST CREDIT: Photo for The Washington Post by Astrid Riecken

Under the brightest spotlight yet, Jill Biden takes on her biggest role

A Howard University yearbook contains Kamala Harris's photo. MUST CREDIT: Washington Post photo by Marvin Joseph

Why Kamala Harris chose Howard University

Charbel Hitti's mother, second from left, sits next to Charbel Karam's father as they cry for the young men feared lost in the blast. Hitti, 22, and cousin Najib Hitti, 20, were firefighters along with Karam, 32, their uncle. The three grew up as best friends in the village of Qartaba. CREDIT: Photo by Lorenzo Tugnoli for The Washington Post

They were family and fought Beirut's fires together - including their last

A Boeing B-29 Superfortress nicknamed

Hiroshima's Enola Gay carried 12 men, hope and the world's deadliest weapon

Japan’s UCC concept store in Ekamai offers flavourful ‘360-degree coffee journey’

Jeff Bezos's wealth soars to $171.6 billion to top pre-divorce record

Summer beckons: Do's and don'ts for a pandemic

An employee checks the temperature of a customer at the reception counter of Tsuki no Yu in Tokyo. MUST CREDIT: Japan News-Yomiuri photo

Pandemic pushes public bathhouses into predicament

The families of Matt and Liz Peters stand at the U.S.-Canada border to celebrate the couple's marriage. MUST CREDIT: Photo courtesy of Ron Peters Photography
Photo by: Photo courtesy of Ron Peters Photography — Photo courtesy of Ron Peters Photography

There's a loophole along the closed U.S.-Canada border. Couples are getting married there.

Eduardo Cojuangco speaks to reporters after being re-elected as chairman of San Miguel, the Philippines' largest food and beverage business empirem in Manila on April 20, 2004. MUST CREDIT: Bloomberg photo by Jose Reinares

Eduardo Cojuangco, who built San Miguel empire, dies at 85

Bangkok’s highest beauty spot reopens at Mahanakhon building

Shigeru Yokota and his wife, Sakie, give a lecture in Tsuruoka, Yamagata Prefecture, in June 2008. MUST CREDIT: Yomiuri Shimbun

Shigeru Yokota, at forefront of efforts to rescue abducted Japanese, dies at 87

Victorine Creavalle laughs as her relatives congratulate her on her 100th birthday Sunday, May 24, 2020. MUST CREDIT: Washington Post photo by Julie Zauzmer

For a woman who loves birthdays, her 100th meant a Zoom call and a car party

Our romantic relationships are actually doing well during the pandemic, study finds

Thailand’s highest restaurant reopens after lockdown

'Sunken forest' appears anew as snowmelt fills lake

A person walks by a storefront display of dog mannequins wearing masks in Lompoc, Calif. MUST CREDIT: photo for The Washington Post by Karla Gachet.

These towns love their federal prison. But covid-19 is straining the relationship.

Ilanne Dubois, a 36-year-old single mother who was laid off in mid-March, completes her grocery shopping in New York. MUST CREDIT: photo for The Washington Post by Michael Noble, Jr.

Women have been hit hardest by job losses in the pandemic. And it may only get worse.

Gloria Jackson at home in Minnesota. She has health conditions that elevate the risk she faces from covid-19. MUST CREDIT: Photo by Jenn Ackerman for The Washington Post

'I apologize to God for feeling this way'

Philosopher of the Heart
(Photo by: FarrarStraus and Giroux — handout)

Book World: Kierkegaard, the philosopher who rebelled on matters of the soul

Jack Randall is pictured in 1991 with a model of a white shark at the Taronga Zoo in Sydney. MUST CREDIT: Photo courtesy of the Randall family

Jack Randall, marine taxonomist known as 'Dr. Fish,' dies at 95

Leah Lujan hugs her daughter Tamina Tracy, 6. Lujan, 51, and her husband, Jimmy Tracy, 38, are both nurse practitioners who work with high-risk patients. MUST CREDIT: Washington Post photo by Salwan Georges

Pandemic demands toll on familes of health-care providers

File Photo by Syndication Washington Post

Three hours longer, the pandemic workday has obliterated work-life balance

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