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Cemeteries get a new lease on life as dog parks, antique markets and picnic grounds
Market Watch· 7 hours agoAt a time when people’s preferences for death care have swung from formal burials to alternative...
Opinion: If Trump wins, I might leave America for good
CNN via Yahoo News· 3 days agoWith the prospect of a second Donald Trump presidency looming, some Americans are considering making...
On This Day, May 2: 630 Nigerian Muslims die in Yelwa massacre
United Press International via Yahoo News· 2 days agoOn May 2, 1519, the Italian artist, scientist and inventor, died at age 67. File Photo by Dennis Van...
Ohio State University's leaders have a lesson to learn. Where would we be without protests?
The Columbus Dispatch via Yahoo News· 6 days agoSadly, students who protested back then were met with an even heavier hand, but then of course, that...
Jay Robert Nash, prolific Chicago crime author, dies at 86
Chicago Sun-Times· 1 day agoChicago author Jay Robert Nash, who penned about 70 books, was a literary fireball and part of the...
Today in History: Nelson Mandela claims victory in first democratic South Africa elections
Chicago Tribune· 2 days agoThere are 243 days left in the year. On May 2, 1994, Nelson Mandela claimed victory in the wake of...
Today in History: May 10, Nazis invade Netherlands, Belgium and France
San Francisco Chronicle· 4 days agoToday in History
The Fabulous Fabulist Lawyer Who Wasn’t, but Still Managed to Get a Man Off Death Row
Smithsonian Magazine· 4 days agoEddie Harrison was in deep trouble. It was 1960, and he was an 18-year-old Black man accused of...
Government Ditching D.C. Office Amid Real Estate Pullback
The Real Deal· 2 days agoAn agency of the Treasury Department is set to move out of its Southwest D.C. digs next spring after...
Today in History: May 2
The Herald Bulletin· 1 day ago“I didn’t like the idea of being foolish, but I learned pretty soon that it was essential to fail and be foolish.” Today is THURSDAY, MAY 2, the 123rd...