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The holiday season can be exciting and joyful, but it can also be tough for families impacted by separation or divorce. If you are a parent facing your first holiday season as a single parent, you may be feeling anxious, overwhelmed or concerned about how your children will cope. You are not alone.

How could someone play soccer without shoes? Why would somebody choose to play soccer without a soccer ball? These questions were spinning around a 9-year-old boy’s head.

Every year on the third Thursday of November, smokers across the nation take part in the American Cancer Society’s Great American Smokeout.

A sane junior NCO rises before four in the morning, triple-checks the decorations adorning his Army Service Uniform and refreshes his knowledge of obscure Army programs only for pretty compelling reasons.

Participants of the Red Ribbon Run Superhero 5K event begin running Oct. 17 at Sembach Kaserne. The 5K run was in support of Red Ribbon Week, which is the oldest and largest drug prevention campaign in the United States.

On a pitch black October morning in 2002, the humming of engines from an Ilyushin Il-62 commercial airliner faded as it taxied away from Manas Air Base, Kyrgyzstan. It didn’t get far. The jet crashed and burst into flames after running off the tarmac into the grass and veering into the nearby woods.

National Hispanic Heritage Month is observed from Sept. 15 to Oct. 15. Just as the observance month is not confined to a specific calendar month, so too are the contributions and achievements of the Hispanic Americans who have helped energize our nation’s diversity.