Tennessee Williams

FILE - Playwright Katori Hall poses for a portrait in front of the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre in New York on Sept, 21, 2011. Hall won the Pulitzer Prize for drama for her play "The Hot Wing King." (AP Photo/Charles Sykes, File)

'The Night Watchman,' Malcolm X biography win arts Pulitzers

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Today in History Today is Thursday, Feb. 25, the 56th day of 2021. There are 309 days left in the year. Today’s...

In this May 15, 2020 image, Blake Ross, founder of Kindness of Strangers, right, works on her laptop as her daughter, Tess, 2, works on her toy laptop in New York. Ross has partnered with Enlivant, which runs senior homes in 20 states, and has set up an Adopt a Grandparent program. “The essence of volunteering is that you feel wonderful after giving of yourself," Ross feels. “You certainly get as much as you give.” (Colin Nanka via AP)

In virus chaos, some find solace, purpose in helping others

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