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A Letter to My Pandemic Baby
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On March 26, 2020, as hospitals in the US were starting to fill with coronavirus patients and the country was adjusting to the new reality of lockdown, WIRED senior associate editor Zak Jason found ou
what’s the point of kitchen gadgets?
In the second half of the 20th century, the poster child of kitchen innovation was the microwave oven.Since microwaves can’t penetrate very far into food, and the waves don’t contact the food eve
Opinion | The Life of Calvin Haworth, a Veteran Who Helped Raise His Granddaughters After Unspeakable Loss
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“OK, well, you can just start by giving us your full name and where you were born.He’s a lifelong conservative Republican who listened to Rush Limbaugh.You do not break a rule with Calvin Haworth.
Our children could be the heroes future generations read about
A common fear expressed by many over the past few years, and increasingly since the 2020 general election, is concern for the future of children or grandchildren and the world in which they will have
A Beloved World War II Photo Comes to Life in a Virtual Reunion
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Late last month, Ms.My dad Martin Adler, 96 years old, would be overjoyed.Adler Donley, a former art director for a book publisher, said of the search for the children.The photo caught the attention o
Chloe Grace Moretz Battles WWII Gremlins in Outrageously Entertaining B-Movie
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“Shadow in the Cloud” is a war picture and a monster movie that dips into one or two more genres before it’s done, but director and co-writer Roseanne Liang (“My Wedding and Other Secrets”)
DC’s Justice Society: World War II Movie Cast Revealed
Gamespot -
Home Entertainment and DC Comics have announced the cast for the upcoming Justice Society: World War II film.A drawing showcasing the designs for some of the starring superhero team in Justice Society
Salisbury Cathedral: Covid-19 vaccines are given with organ music
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Local GPs invited patients in the over-80s priority group to visit the cathedral and have their first vaccine doses.Former RAF Flight Sergeant and Lancaster tail gunner Louis Godwin, 95, was among the
German Woman, 95, Charged With Complicity In 10,000 Concentration Camp Deaths
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A 95-year-old German woman has been charged with being an accessory to the murder of more than 10,000 people at the Stutthof concentration camp in Poland during World War II.The unidentified woman, w
Polish Court Orders Historians to Apologize for Naming Mayor in Holocaust Dispute
WARSAW—A Polish court has ordered two historians to apologize for identifying a town mayor as an accused collaborator who gave up Jews to occupying Nazi forces during World War II, potentially chil