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A Deadly Ambush, a Giant Manhunt and 3 Weeks With No Arrest
New York Times· 8 hours agoThe aftermath of a brazen attack on a prison convoy has raised uncomfortable questions for France’s...
In France, D-Day evokes both the joys of liberation and the pain of Normandy's 20,000 civilian dead
San Francisco Chronicle· 8 hours agoCARENTAN-LES-MARAIS, France (AP) — Shortly after D-Day in 1944, the American soldiers heading out to more fighting against Adolf Hitler's forces couldn't help but notice the hungry French boy ...
Teen phenom Mirra Andreeva gears up for the biggest match of her career
ESPN· 17 hours agoFor a brief moment in the early hours on Friday morning, Mirra Andreeva looked her age. The...
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Idaho State Journal· 2 hours agoA gunman was shot and captured by Lebanese soldiers after a shootout outside the U.S. Embassy outside Beirut on Wednesday morning, the military said. The attack took place as tensions continued ...
The perfect holiday in Normandy
Daily Telegraph· 2 days agoThere are two specific reasons for visiting Normandy this year. Second, it is 150 years since the impressionists – Monet, Dégas, Renoir, Pissarro and the...
D-Day’s Forgotten Victims Speak Out | Ed Vulliamy
New York Review of Books· 6 days agoAt lunchtime in the small Normandy town of Évrecy, men gather in the tabac-café-bar to wager on the next harness race through the PMU betting network. Up...
On This Day, May 30: Congress establishes Everglades National Park
United Press International via Yahoo News· 6 days agoFile Photo by Michael Bush/UPI On this date in history: In 1431, Joan of Arc was burned at the stake...
Today in History
Arizona Daily Sun· 5 days agoIn 1922, the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., was dedicated in a ceremony attended by President Warren G. Harding, Chief Justice William Howard Taft...
Why these women are the only ones to receive this high WWII honor
FOX 8 Cleveland· 7 days agoMary Bankston, Mary Barlow, Dolores Brown and Elizabeth Richardson are the only women to be buried...
Four women are buried among several thousand men at the US’s D-Day cemetery. These are their...
Stars and Stripes· 1 day agoCOLLEVILLE-SUR-MER, France — Among the roughly 9,400 graves at Normandy American Cemetery are those...
