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Cricket is trying to take the US by storm, but is it working?
The Telegraph via Yahoo Sports· 7 days agoNow, 180 years on, this fixture opened the 2024 Twenty20 World Cup in Grand Prairie Stadium, Texas,...
Perspective | Amputations, iron hands, wooden legs: A history of artificial body parts
Washington Post· 10 hours agoThe human body today has many replaceable parts, ranging from artificial hearts to myoelectric feet....
When is Juneteenth observed in 2024? Here's when the US commemorates the end of slavery
Delaware Online | The News Journal via Yahoo News· 4 days agoHere's how the holiday started and why we celebrate each year: What is Juneteenth? Declared by President Abraham Lincoln in 1863 during the American Civil
In Washington, D.C., the city’s ‘forgotten river’ cleans up, slowly
Associated Press· 3 days agoBruce Holmes, 65, grew up fishing on the Anacostia River, a 9-mile (14-kilometer) urban waterway...
Civil War (Or, Who Do We Think We Are) Streaming: Watch & Stream Online via Peacock
COMINGSOON.net via Yahoo News· 7 days agoThe documentary Civil War (Or, Who Do We Think We Are) explores how Americans remember and teach the...
Janie Slaven: LIVING ON PURPOSE: Fallen but not forgotten
The Times-Tribune, Corbin, Ky. via Yahoo News· 6 days agoJun. 2—This week we honored those who died while fighting for our country. There was a time when society seemed to be more sensitive and compassionate about casualties of war, but today there ...
Things to do this weekend: Cheese Olympics, Proudly PA!, Pride and more
WHTM via Yahoo News· 1 day ago(WHTM) – The countdown to Summer is on. Central Pennsylvania is filled with activities to enjoy the...
Summer movie guide, through Labor Day
Republican-American· 7 days agoThings kicked off in theaters in May with Universal’s Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt action romantic comedy “The Fall Guy” (May 3), a new installment in...
D.C. Metro Shows its Pride with Rainbow-Wrapped Train and Bus
Metro Weekly· 6 days agoThe Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) will run a Pride-themed, rainbow-colored subway train and bus throughout the system during June. This marks the second year in a row ...
The transfixing, cathartic experience of rocking out in a Chicago cemetery
WBEZ 91.5 Chicago· 3 days agoWhen Kim Gordon comes to Chicago on Saturday to perform songs off her new record The Collective, she won’t be appearing at Metro or the Riviera or even a summer music festival. Instead the iconic ...