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At 100, this vet says the ‘greatest generation’ moniker fits ‘because we saved the world’
Scottsbluff Star-Herald· 22 minutes agoIt was 1943, and Negra had just finished high school. Born May 28, 1924, near Avella, Pennsylvania, he served with the Army’s 128th Armored Field Artillery Battalion, 6th ...
A whack-a-mole approach to big tech won’t do, says Europe’s antitrust chief
The Economist· 1 hour agoAS DIGITISATION HAS progressed, we have seen power become increasingly concentrated in the hands of a small number of companies, much like the period that spawned the first antitrust laws in ...
John Burnside, vivid poet and memoirist whose work was influenced by a brutal childhood – obituary
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 34 minutes agoJohn Burnside, who has died aged 69, was one of the most acclaimed writers of his time in both prose...
A (very) brief history of immigration to Massachusetts - The Boston Globe
The Boston Globe· 2 days agoIt’s not clear precisely how many new immigrants have arrived in Massachusetts over the past two...
Thomas Cole Paintings, Bio, Ideas
Mountain View Telegraph· 1 day agoBorn in the industrial north-west of England, Cole moved to the United States as a young man, and from that point onwards sought to capture in paint the...
‘The Dead Don’t Hurt’ Review: Viggo Mortensen Disappears From His Own Western for a Spell, Letting...
Variety via Yahoo News· 4 days agoFrom the second scene of Mortensen’s second feature, “The Dead Don’t Hurt” (following 2020’s...
How Birkenstock Became an Improbable Luxury Empire
Bloomberg· 8 hours agoSince the 1990s, the property has belonged to Christian Birkenstock, the seventh-generation scion of the German footwear dynasty. Out front, the mailbox...
Climbing Mount Everest can be deadly. Some Sherpa guides say the grueling work isn't worth it...
INSIDER via Yahoo News· 3 days agoNepal's job economy has undergone major shifts in the 21st century.Rully Anwar/Getty Images In 2020,...
'Kidnapped' tells the historical horror story of an abducted Jewish child
WUNC Chapel Hill· 5 days agoIt was made by Marco Bellocchio, the great Italian filmmaker who first burst on the scene 59 years...
Destined for Stardom: How Ángela Aguilar Powers Her Family’s Musical Legacy
Billboard via Yahoo News· 23 hours agoI get to learn from them every weekend.” Most recently, Ángela released Bolero, a nine-song set...