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Looting and rioting has stopped in New Caledonia but problems remain
NPR· 23 hours agoBEARDSLEY: Well, the looting and rioting has stopped. More than 1,000 police officers flew in over the weekend from mainland France. They're...Caledonia is practically on ...
NYC Museum of Natural History under fire for shuttering Native American exhibit — then abandoning it...
NY Post metro via Yahoo News· 23 hours agoMesserschmidt for NY Post The American Museum of Natural History closed these exhibits about Native...
Veterans column: Perry Miles buries dead Spanish soldiers in Manila, prevents looting
Newark Advocate via Yahoo News· 3 days agoOn display are the names of the 1,098 men and women who lived, died or were buried in Licking County...
Netanyahu's warning to US leaders: 'You're next'
Newsweek· 11 hours agoIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in an interview Tuesday afternoon with CNN's Jake Tapper, continued to condemn the arrest warrant being sought...
Today in History: May 27, the Golden Gate Bridge opens
San Francisco Chronicle· 2 days agoToday in History
Brazil’s floods smashed through barriers designed to keep them out, trapping water in for weeks —...
CNN via Yahoo News· 3 days agoAs the floods came into the glitzy state capital, so too did criminals ready to loot. In the past...
On This Day, May 16: Joan of Arc canonized as saint
United Press International via Yahoo News· 6 days agoFile Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI In 1997, Mobutu Sese Seko -- who ruled Zaire for more than 30 years, allegedly looting it of billions of dollars -- fled the...
Thailand celebrates return of looted statues from New York's Met
AFP via Yahoo News· 22 hours agoTwo statues smuggled out of Thailand, including a 900-year-old sculpture that spent three decades at...
Today in History: May 31, the Johnstown Flood kills more than 2000
San Francisco Chronicle· 2 days agoToday is Friday, May 31, the 152nd day of 2024. On May 31, 1889, some 2,200 people in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, perished when the South Fork Dam collapsed, sending 20 million tons of water rushing ...
‘The Falling Sky’ Review: A Vivid Portrait of an Indigenous People’s Urgent Fight for Survival
The Hollywood Reporter via Yahoo News· 2 days agoPremiering in Cannes’ Directors’ Fortnight, the documentary spends time with the Yanomami people of...