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After bouts of COVID, decorated war vet withered away, with family rarely allowed to visit
The Bergen Record via Yahoo News· 2 years agoJack Smith, a decorated Korean War veteran, beamed with joy despite having dementia when his family...
‘The Rise and Fall of the Second American Republic’ Review: The Dream That Died
The Wall Street Journal· 2 months agoBOOKSHELF In 1872 John Lynch became the first African-American from Mississippi to be elected to the...
The collapse of the American Youth Symphony: Behind the closure of a beloved L.A. institution
LA Times via Yahoo News· 3 weeks agoThe American Youth Symphony was on the threshold of its 60th anniversary. Carlos Izcaray, music...
With tempers mounting, Tennessee's special session ends with little action on guns
The Tennessean via Yahoo News· 9 months agoTennessee's special legislative session, held in the shadow of the worst school shooting in state...
The 13 Most Cunning and Ruthless Military Leaders of All Time
Biography via Yahoo News· 5 months agoThe 13 Most Cunning Military LeadersPhoto Illustration by Tom Messina using photos by Getty,...
Moral questions on a standard San Luis Valley farm
Las Cruces Sun-News via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThis story was originally published by Source New Mexico. MONTE VISTA, Colo. - A self-described Midwest import from Missouri, 39-year old Kyler Brown is...
The 1833 Treaty of Chicago forced Native Americans off their land, but legal disputes continued for...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 4 months agoIn June 1905, the Tribune recalled that some 70 years earlier, diplomacy had been a thriving...
Why Does White East Palestine, Ohio Get Apologies, But None for Black Cancer Alley?
The Root via Yahoo News· 1 year agoOn Wednesday, Norfolk Southern CEO Alan Shaw told a Senate hearing he was “terribly sorry” for...
1960 Olympic 5,000-meter champion Murray Halberg dead at 89
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoMurray Halberg, who overcame serious injury to win the 5,000-meter gold medal at the 1960 Rome Olympics and later devoted his life to charity work, has died. Athletics New Zealand described ...
